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THE UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 299498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, U K E L A, UKELA

The UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) aims to make better law for the environment.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY THE ENHANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING, APPLICATION AND PRACTICE OF LAW RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income
£219k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £6,354, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £105,023. The trustees report that these reserves are above the stated policy limit and consider £60,000 adequate for working capital and risk requirements. The council confirms that projected income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£219k£215k
31/12/2024£204k£210k
31/12/2023£174k£185k
31/12/2022£128k£157k
31/12/2021£133k£115k

Common questions

Is THE UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £6,354, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £105,023. The trustees report that these reserves are above the stated policy limit and consider £60,000 adequate for working capital and risk requirements. The council confirms that projected income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
AKO FOUNDATION1£1.1m
CLEAN AIR FUND1£929k
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FUND1£200k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£183k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£150k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£150k
LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATION1£80k
THE AURORA TRUST1£68k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION£219k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FY2025£964k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM LITERACY ASSOCIATION FY2025£223k—0above—no doubt
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY UK FY2024£6.6m——below—no doubt
WALES ENVIRONMENT LINK FY2025£262k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK FY2025£480kunclear2above3.0%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.