CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS

Registered charity 295336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CNP, COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL PARKS

Campaign for National Parks is the only independent charity dedicated to securing the future of National Parks in England and Wales. We campaign for a world where nature and people are thriving in National Parks that are nature-rich and accessible to everyone. Our mission is to inspire action for wilder, inclusive National Parks.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£519k

Latest spending

£530k

Registered

1986

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£519k

Total spending

£530k

Cost of raising funds

£38k

Reserves (reported)

£447k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Brian McCloychair
Anna Rachael Beattie
Catherine Yvonne Broomfield
Dr Geeta Ludhra · trustee of 1 other charity
Isaac James Turner
John George Henry Dubber
Katherine Jessie Ashbrook
Letitia Kenny
Susan Janet Beaumont · trustee of 1 other charity
William John Swan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£519k	£530k
31/03/2024	£280k	£426k
31/03/2023	£544k	£353k
31/03/2022	£404k	£242k
31/03/2021	£291k	£198k

Common questions

Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, RUTH SMART FOUNDATION, The Patricia Routledge Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£167k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£95k	Towards core costs to deliver their strategy for healthier ecosystems, land and freshwater in National Parks in England and Wales
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2022	£54k	Secondary - The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£26k	Yr1 2021
RUTH SMART FOUNDATION	FY2021	£12k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2025	£11k	Secondary
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2025	£3k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2022	£2k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2024	£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Charitable Donation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2025	£248k	"National Parks Reimagined"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/10/2023	£200k	"National Parks: New Perspectives"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/05/2012	£295k	long-term youth skills, citizenship, health and confidence project.
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/05/2011	£296k	Mosaic: Building links between ethnic minority comms & National Parks in Wa
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/01/2005	£5k	"The Organisation Will Promote A Programme Of Training Workshops To Support Parks Groups."
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/12/2004	£5k	Training workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/11/2004	£635k	"The Mosaic Partnership"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/01/2001	£158k	"Developing Links: Ethnic Community Participation in National Parks"