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Registered charity 802623 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.9m
Grants listed (FY2025)
46
Listed grants total
£3.1m
Accounts grants total
£3.2m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (22 grantees)
  • Education/training (21 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (9 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (8 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (8 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (5 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (4 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (3 grantees)
  • Recreation (3 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (23 grantees)
  • Scotland (11 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (9 grantees)
  • Kenya (3 grantees)
  • Turkey (3 grantees)
  • India (3 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • Nigeria (2 grantees)
  • Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Italy (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Ashden Climate SolutinsFY2025£760kTowards the International Climate Solutions programmes
Regen Farming Research ProgrammeFY2025£625kA five-year grant of £125,000 per year for follow-on work from the Future of UK Agriculture conference
Harmony ProjectFY2025£233kA two-year grant (£33,900 in 2024/25 and £199,445 in 2025/26) to run nature-based learning field trials and develop and test the evaluation framework
Global Legal Action NetworkFY2025£206kA three-year grant (£60,000 in 2024/25, £72,000 in 2025/26 and £74,000 in 2026/27) to hire a project manager who will help bring legal action against a multinational commodity conglomerate
Horatio's GardenFY2025£110kA three-year grant (£35,000 per year) towards core costs
ClientEarthFY2025£83kA three-year grant to support for the Accountable Finance team
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2025£69kTo continue its work uncovering shadow company operations in Indonesia and using the evidence to secure restitution for communities and stop the trade in illegal palm oil
New Economy Organisers NetworkFY2025£65kTo help deliver worker-led plans which protect jobs and decarbonise UK industry and support their communications needs on this project
Farms for City ChildrenFY2025£60kA two-year grant (£30,000 per year) towards core costs
Environmental Law FoundationFY2025£60kA two-year grant of £30,000 per year towards its work to develop the legal concept of nature’s rights in local authorities in the UK
ClientEarthFY2025£54kA two-year grant (£26,680 in 2024/25 and £27,347 in 2025/26) to run a Judicial Training Programme for judges across Asia
Peers for the PlanetFY2025£52kA three-year grant (£16,849 in 2024/25, £17,186 in 2025/26, and £17,530 in 2026/27) towards staff costs
Traction Energy AsiaFY2025£50kFor the third edition of the journalist academy
Global Legal Action NetworkFY2025£50kUnrestricted grant
Real Farming TrustFY2025£49kA two-year grant (24,550 per year) towards its communication programmes and core costs.
Good Law ProjectFY2025£37kTo hire a journalist to investigate how ‘dark money’ is used to influence politics in the UK
Heard Organisation LtdFY2025£34kA two-year grant of £17,000 per year towards the Climate Stories that Work project
Carbon TrackerFY2025£33kTo engage climate scientists to review already-published papers on the economic impacts of climate change
Wild in the City Community Interest CommunityFY2025£31kTowards core costs
ClientEarthFY2025£31kTo scope a legal action using the European Social Charter
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2025£30kA five-year grant (£6,000 per year) for the annual running and project costs of the Archive
Jesus College CambridgeFY2025£25kTo complete a project to develop a launch a fossil-free bond index with Bloomberg
Conservation CollectiveFY2025£24kTo set up the Conservation Collective Foundation for Antigua and Barbuda
Alam Sehat LestariFY2025£24kTowards building its organisational capacity
Stop Ecocide FoundationFY2025£23kTowards a funding shortfall and business support
Springtail Productions Community Interest CommunityFY2025£20kTowards the production of schools’ educational materials based on the film, Six Inches of Soil.
School of Law, Queens UniversityFY2025£20kTo develop a charter for the restoration of Lough Neagh
Schumacher CollegeFY2025£20kTo support Schumacher College to develop a business plan that considers future options for the College
Just FarmersFY2025£20kTowards its operating costs
Integrity Initiatives InternationalFY2025£20kFor a Deputy Director position to work on the International Anti-Corruption Court campaign
We Are PossibleFY2025£19kToward its campaign to encourage communities to adopt low-carbon technologies
Green Finance Community HubFY2025£18kTowards a business plan and community/stakeholder engagement for Project Collette
Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLPFY2025£15kTo develop a strategy and then commission a legal opinion on potential legal interventions to clarify the duties of pension funds in relation to understanding and managing the impacts of climate change
South Lakes Action on Climate ChangeFY2025£15kTo challenge the development of a proposed coal mine in Cumbria through a judicial review in the High Court
Food, Farming and Countryside CommissionFY2025£15kTowards the Fields Good 2024 event
Climate OutreachFY2025£13kTowards the Action on Climate Empowerment Coalition to support the delivery of the Government’s first national Net Zero Public Participation Strategy
King Charles lll Charitable FundFY2025£10kTowards the Coronation Food Project grants programme
E3GFY2025£10kTowards the communication costs and secretariat support for London Climate Action Week 2024
Woodland TrustFY2025£8kTo contribute to the Memorial Woodland at Preston Farm Estate
Good Law ProjectFY2025£8kAn additional grant to the Good Law Project in 2023/24 for its legal challenge of the Planning Inspectorate’s rejection of Local Plans
Shine CampaignFY2025£8kTo fund the design and delivery of two webinars and guidance about gender equality in the energy transition
Falkland Stewardship TrustFY2025£5kTowards Go Falkland 2024
East Tytherley Church, RomseyFY2025£5kA three-year grant towards annual running costs
Charity Finance GroupFY2025£3kTo promote the Charity Investment Governance Principles
Peers for the PlanetFY2025£3kTowards its Guide and its October launch event
Right of Nature Exploratory discussionsFY2025£2kTowards Rights of Nature Exploratory discussions
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2024£333kThree-year unrestricted grant to Ashden.
Ernest Cook TrustFY2024£99kTowards its Outdoor Essentials grant programme
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2024£84kInvestigating and holding to account the illicit activities of Indonesian commodity companies
Harmony ProjectFY2024£70kTo continue the Nature Premium field trials in schools
Food, Farming and Countryside CommissionFY2024£65kTo maintain and build its grassroots networks
Royal Agricultural UniversityFY2024£58kFor a project to change how agriculture is taught in higher education institutions
New Economy Organisers Network (NEON)FY2024£54kFor its partnership with the TUC to develop decarbonisation plans within UK industry
mySocietyFY2024£50kTowards its Neighbourhood Warmth Programme.
Purpose Climate Lab IndonesiaFY2024£50kTo work which uses Islamic finance law to protect forests
SustainFY2024£50kCore costs for Sustain’s sustainable farming team
Conservation VolunteersFY2024£50kTowards the Active Minds project in Northern Ireland
Nature Friendly Farming NetworkFY2024£45kTo cover the salary of NFFN’s Communications Officer
Influence MapFY2024£45kTo investigate corporate lobbying against biodiversity and land use policies in Europe and globally.
Laudato Si’ MovementFY2024£45kTo deliver their Catholic Fossil Fuels Campaign 2.0
Nature PremiumFY2024£42kTowards the field trials of the Nature Premium
Centre for Sustainable EnergyFY2024£41kTo contribute towards the costs of appointing a Policy Officer.
Purpose Climate Lab BrazilFY2024£40kTo run a pilot Rapid Response Hub which responded to and combatted fossil fuel extraction in the Amazon
ClientEarthFY2024£40kTowards a lawyer within Client Earth’s forests team
Soil AssociationFY2024£40kTo support their three-year work programme taking forward its Ten-Year Plan for Agroecology.
Good Law ProjectFY2024£40kTo scope and identify legal cases which would accelerate energy efficiency uptake in the UK.
Country TrustFY2024£40kCore costs
Farms for City ChildrenFY2024£40kTo reduce the charity’s budget deficit.
Community Energy EnglandFY2024£35kTo fund a package of support for community energy organisations to set up and run fuel poverty and energy efficiency advisory services.
Wild in the City CICFY2024£35kCore costs
Horatio's GardenFY2024£35kTowards core costs
Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors without BordersFY2024£31kTowards its work in the Israel – Hamas conflict.
Friends of the Earth Charitable TrustFY2024£29kTowards their core work on the UK fossil fuel divestment movement and their partnership with Platform and Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Queen’s University, BelfastFY2024£28kProgramme of work to develop and support Rights of Nature legal expertise and adoption of rights of nature across Ireland and Northern Ireland
ClientEarthFY2024£28kTo fund a lawyer within the Climate Finance Initiative
PlatformFY2024£25kTowards their core work on the UK fossil fuel divestment movement and their partnership with Friends of the Earth Scotland and Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
FarmEdFY2024£25kTowards FarmEd’s core costs
Stop Ecocide FoundationFY2024£25kTowards a fundraising/development coordinator
Stop Ecocide FoundationFY2024£25kTowards a freelance fundraising position and an administration and communications support position
Social Change NestFY2024£22kUnrestricted funding
British Red Cross – HeadquartersFY2024£21kTowards its Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)FY2024£20kCore funding
Pasture For LifeFY2024£20kCore costs for Pasture for Life
Green Finance InstituteFY2024£20kFor a member of staff and communication campaign to encourage UK local councils to set up Local Climate Bonds.
Heard Organisation Ltd (formerly On Road Media)FY2024£20kTowards delivering its strategic climate change communications project.
Peers for the PlanetFY2024£20kCore funding
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)FY2024£18kTowards its consortium of trans-national litigation organisations.
PlatformFY2024£17kKick Fossil Fuels out of Football campaign
Carbon TrackerFY2024£16kFor staff capacity to engage regulators/wider stakeholders with the findings of its ‘Loading the Dice’ report.
Heard Organisation Ltd (formerly On Road Media)FY2024£15kTowards the core climate team in 2024/25
Influence MapFY2024£15kTo investigate lobbying against biodiversity and land use policies in Europe and globally
Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)FY2024£15kFunding for LEAF’s Beacons of Excellence programme.
Friends of the Earth ScotlandFY2024£15kTowards their core work on the UK fossil fuel divestment movement and their partnership with Platform and Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Bates WellsFY2024£14kTo understand the legal and regulatory impacts of Carbon Tracker’s ‘Loading the Dice report
Organic Research CentreFY2024£13kFunding for a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) to find out what existing regenerative farming research exists and where the current research gaps are
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2024£12kTo host another meeting of Peruvian indigenous lawyers/human rights defenders and another People’s Legal School for indigenous law students and graduates.
Integrity Initiatives InternationalFY2024£12kFor staffing needs on the IACC
Imagination Design LimitedFY2024£10kFor the expenses associated with Imagination Design’s woodland design and community engagement with local residents around Preston Candover
Turkey Mozaik FoundationFY2024£10kEarthquake Relief Fund
Conciliation ResourcesFY2024£10kTowards its work on climate change, conflicts, and peacebuilding
Good Law ProjectFY2024£10kTowards its work to develop new legislation which would oblige judges to consider and protect the environment when adjudicating cases and/or interpreting legislation.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2024£9kTo host an event at Chatham House in September 2023
CIRFY2024£8kTowards the next phase of the CIR work for briefing notes, PR support and staff attendance at events
Charity Finance GroupFY2024£8kTo develop the Charity Investment Governance Principles
Environmental Law FoundationFY2024£8kTo work with local communities on a democratic process to include the river Ouse’s rights into the Council’s constitution in ways that recognise the participatory rights of the local people.
Eco BirminghamFY2024£7kTowards its Wild Bunch Holiday programme
Integrity SoilsFY2024£7kTo contribute to a student’s scholarship fees to attend Integrity Soil’s UK CREATE course
PRFY2024£6kTo support PR, comms and market research in 2023/24
Stomping Grounds Forest School North East CICFY2024£5kTowards its Going Wild afterschool sessions for children aged 12-15 in the Chopwell area of Tyne and Wear.
Free to be KidsFY2024£5kTowards Thrive Outside
Wild in the City CICFY2024£5kFundraising support to help with writing a bid to the National Heritage Lottery Fund
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2024£5kTowards the maintenance and running costs of the Sainsbury Archives.
Nature VibezzzFY2024£4kTowards its afterschool nature-based sessions for local primary school children in Lambeth.
ClientEarthFY2024£1kSupplementary grant towards cost of living contribution
East Tytherley Church, RomseyFY2024£1kAnnual donation
Regenerative Farming UK Conference budgetFY2024£750To contribute to the costs of the Regenerative Farming UK Research Conference
Regenerative Farming UK Conference budgetFY2024£429To contribute to the costs of the Regenerative Farming UK Research Conference
Friends of the Earth Charitable TrustFY2024£371Supplementary grant towards cost of living contributions
Regenerative Farming UK Conference budgetFY2024£60To contribute to the costs of the Regenerative Farming UK Research Conference
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£333kA three-year unrestricted grant to Ashden.
Amazon WatchFY2023£84kTo contribute to its campaign calling for an end to illegally mined gold in Brazilian.
Food, Farming and Countryside CommissionFY2023£65kTo maintain and build its grassroots networks and decision makers to mainstream regenerative farming across the Island of Ireland.
Purpose Climate Lab BrazilFY2023£60kFor the third edition of the IARA Accelerator to build the campaigning capacity of Brazilian grassroot organisations.
Soil AssociationFY2023£55kTo contribute to its global farming metrics work and core costs
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£50kTo establish a learning hub for local government staff and officials to share their knowledge on how to improve home energy efficiency and enable them to work together to communicate what support they need from Government.
Stop Ecocide FoundationFY2023£50kTo contribute to a freelance fundraising position and an administration and communications support position.
MCS Charitable FoundationFY2023£50kTo contribute to the costs of setting up a project supporting local councils develop energy efficiency programmes for residents.
The Gecko ProjectFY2023£45kTo contribute to its investigation into the opaque corporate structure of a prominent oil palm corporation.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2023£45kTo contribute to Forest Peoples Programme’s work on uncovering the illicit activities of three Indonesian oil palm corporations.
Greenhouse PR LtdFY2023£44kPayment for Greenhouse PR’s work to communicate the benefits of the Nature Premium for children’s learning and well-being.
Traction Energy AsiaFY2023£44kTo contribute to the costs of the Green Economy Journalism Academy.
Nature Friendly Farming NetworkFY2023£40kTo contribute to the costs of its Communications Facilitator role
Green Finance InstituteFY2023£40kFor an additional member of staff and communication campaign to encourage UK local councils to set up Local Climate Bonds.
Farms for City ChildrenFY2023£40kTo contribute towards core costs as the charity was facing a budget deficit.
Soil AssociationFY2023£40kTo support its three-year work programme taking forward its Ten-Year Plan for Agroecology.
Purpose Climate Lab IndonesiaFY2023£40kTo contribute to its campaign to build an Islamic Climate Movement in Indonesia which will build public support and put pressure on government for climate action including
Sherpa AssociationFY2023£40kTo contribute to Sherpa’s litigation against Casino, a French retailer, which is selling beef products derived from illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
Real Farming TrustFY2023£38kTowards college courses
ClientEarthFY2023£38kTo contribute to the costs of a new lawyer in its forest litigation team.
Horatio's GardenFY2023£35kTo contribute towards the Charity’s core costs.
Purpose Climate Lab BrazilFY2023£30kTo contribute to a 4-day training event as part of the wider IARA programme.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£30kTo increase attention on energy access in global and UN climate negotiations.
Conservation VolunteersFY2023£29kTo contribute to the Active Minds project, working with primary schools in Northern Ireland.
Purpose Climate Lab BrazilFY2023£28kTo contribute to its emergency campaign within the Brazilian presidential run-off election in October 2022.
Client EarthFY2023£28kTo fund a lawyer within the Climate Finance Initiative.
PlatformFY2023£27kTo contribute to its core work on the UK fossil fuel divestment movement and partnership with Friends of the Earth Scotland and Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Friends of the Earth Charitable TrustFY2023£26kTo contribute to its core work on the UK fossil fuel divestment movement and partnership with Platform and Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Carbon TrackerFY2023£25kTo contribute to its work on The Big Shift Global campaign.
C40 Cities Climate Leadership GroupFY2023£25kTo continue the work of C40’s Divest Invest Forum.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2023£21kTo contribute to its People’s Legal School based in Peru, which supports indigenous lawyers who can support and advise their communities on legal matters.
We are GrowFY2023£21kTo contribute to the costs of employing an operations manager.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£20kTo support the Ashden Award for Refugee Livelihoods.
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)FY2023£20kTo contribute to its fossil fuel divestment campaign for the UK voluntary sector.
Peers for the PlanetFY2023£20kTowards core funding.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)FY2023£20kFor its legal work to establish the facts and develop a legal case to challenge the environmental destruction of Barbuda.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)FY2023£20kTo enable it to increase its staff capacity for central support, communication and fundraising.
Pasture For Life AssociationFY2023£20kTo contribute to its core costs.
The Social Change NestFY2023£20kUnrestricted funding.
Royal Agricultural UniversityFY2023£19kTo the Royal Agricultural University for its retreat for farming educators on transforming teaching on agriculture.
PlatformFY2023£17kTo contribute to its Kick Fossil Fuels out of Football campaign.
Nature PremiumFY2023£16kTo support the Nature Premium campaign team.
Wild in the CityFY2023£16kTo contribute to the costs of providing traineeships and skills development for young people.
PR BudgetFY2023£15kTowards PR and Communications.
People & PlanetFY2023£15kTo fund staff to deliver and expand on its university climate campaign.
Christian AidFY2023£12kTo support activities to ensure that the Butler-Sloss judgment is accurately reflected in Charity Commission guidance and integrated into charities’ Statement Of Recommended Practice (SORP).
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)FY2023£12kTo contribute to a communications coordinator role.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2023£11kTo contribute to a legal school for current legal professionals working to defend the Amazon.
Stop Ecocide FoundationFY2023£11kTo enable it to have a presence at the December 2021 Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court.
South Lakes Action on Climate ChangeFY2023£10kFor its legal work in challenging the development of a coal mine in Cumbria.
Good Law ProjectFY2023£10kTo review opportunities for using existing policy and regulations to improve home energy efficiency across the UK.
Carbon TrackerFY2023£8kTo contribute to its project to challenge the flawed advice to pension funds which is endangering people’s pensions.
GPLTC (Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training Centre)FY2023£8kThe grant was made in memory of Sabera Khan, formerly a much-valued Trustee of Ashden – climate solutions in action trustee. The grant was be used towards Centre’s gemstone cutting competition and gemstone equipment for the GPLTC.
PR BudgetFY2023£8kTowards PR and Communications.
King's College LondonFY2023£5kTo support the Sir Jonathan Bate Lecture series at King's College London
Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)FY2023£5kTo contribute to the costs of the Beacons of Excellence programme.
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2023£5kTowards the maintenance and running costs of the Sainsbury Archives.
Scotswood Natural Community GardenFY2023£5kTo contribute to the costs of its two of youth groups for one year.
KINDFY2023£4kTo contribute to the Summer 2022 Residential Project, week-long outdoor activity and learning experiences for disadvantaged children aged 5-12 from Liverpool and Merseyside.
Harmony ProjectFY2023£4kTo engage Richard Dunne to advise and support the Nature Premium team.
Prospects FoundationFY2023£4kTo contribute to a summer holiday programme for children and young people in east Lancashire.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2023£2kA supplementary grant towards its People’s Legal School based in Peru to cover the costs of exchange rate fluctuations.
PlatformFY2023£1kA small additional grant to enable the charity to manage unexpected costs because of high inflation.
East Tytherley Church, RomseyFY2023£1kAnnual donation.
Forest Peoples ProgrammesFY2023£895A supplementary grant towards its legal school for current legal professionals working to defend the Amazon to cover the costs of exchange rate fluctuations.
People & PlanetFY2023£600A small additional grant to enable the charity to manage unexpected costs because of high inflation.

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