PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK

Registered charity 327215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAN UK, THE PESTICIDES TRUST

PAN UK works to eliminate the dangers of toxic pesticides use to human health plus the environment, reduce pesticide use and raise awareness of sustainable alternatives.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported its highest ever income of £1,565,920 and unrestricted reserves of £908,955 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, these figures reflect strong underlying performance and successful fundraising, with reserves held well above the stated policy target range. The trustees confirm that adequate funding is available to continue operating for the next twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £420,000 to £595,000 (held: £909k)
“we have determined that we should hold reserves in the range of £420,000 to £595,000. This is roughly equivalent to six to nine months of the total salaries plus core organisational costs budgets.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: PAN UK paid a €300 membership subscription to PAN Europe.
“PAN UK paid a €300 membership subscription to PAN Europe.” — page 51
“PAN UK employs one of these coordinators and receives funding for this role.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: PAN UK employs one coordinator for PAN International and receives funding for this role.
“PAN UK paid a €300 membership subscription to PAN Europe.” — page 51
“PAN UK employs one of these coordinators and receives funding for this role.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pesticide Action Network UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£909k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Belgium · Benin · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Kenya · Madagascar · Mali · Senegal · Suriname · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.4m
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/12/2021£943k£949k

Common questions

Is PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported its highest ever income of £1,565,920 and unrestricted reserves of £908,955 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, these figures reflect strong underlying performance and successful fundraising, with reserves held well above the stated policy target range. The trustees confirm that adequate funding is available to continue operating for the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK as a grant recipient include THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, TEXTILE REUSE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£80k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£40k
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£40kGrants to institutions
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2021£20k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£4k
TEXTILE REUSE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTFY2024—Transitioning towards vegetable production and marketing under Agroecological Guarantee for Lake Ziway farmers and consumers.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
ARCADIA01/04/2026£500kAddressing the gap between investigative journalism and advocacy on chemicals
ARCADIA01/08/2024£8kA scoping project on investigative journalism and campaigning
ARCADIA15/01/2024£200kTowards Pesticide Action Network UK's core costs
Farming The Future01/11/2020£20kReforming Red Tractor to Drive Pesticide Reduction
Farming The Future01/11/2020£42kPreventing Trade Deals from Weakening UK Pesticide Standards
Farming The Future31/01/2020£13kProtecting UK pesticide standards from post-Brexit trade deals
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2015£495kImproving cotton farming in Benin
City Bridge Foundation18/02/2010£53kGrant to Pesticide Action Network UK
ARCADIA—£110kPesticide Free Towns

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVER ACTION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
RIVER ACTION UK FY2025£1.1m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
PANS/PANDAS UK FY2026£221k—0unclear—no doubt
Mikuyu Tanzania FY2025£240k—0unclear10.8%no doubt
GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK UK FY2024£3.7m—0below—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.