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The Whitley Fund for Nature
The Whitley Fund for Nature is a registered charity (number 1081455) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Edward John Whitley OBE. Latest income £2.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as WFN (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Kensington And Chelsea, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh and more
- Website
- www.whitleyaward.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Whitley Fund for Nature
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.6m
- 2024£2.6m£2.7m
- 2023£2.3m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.9m
- 2021£1.7m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE WORLD'S ANIMAL, BIRD, FISH AND PLANT LIFE, AND ITS INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, RURAL, NATURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF ECOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE, AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES; (11) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN NATURAL HISTORY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION IN INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, RURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; (111) RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY AND THE PROVISION OF VETERINARY SERVICES FOR ANIMALS WHETHER IN CAPTIVITY OR OTHERWISE; AND (IV) PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN CONNECTION WITH THE WITH THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE COMPANY MAY DECIDE.
Grants received
9 grants · £2,044,179 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- ARCADIA · £1,085,550 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £516,429
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £270,000 (2 grants)
- The Shears Foundation · £97,200
- LUND TRUST · £75,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- LUND TRUST
- LUND TRUST
- LUND TRUST
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Edward John Whitley OBE Chair
- Catherine Faulks
- Dr Joseph Martins Visitacao since 2021
- Francis Sullivan since 2012
- Honor Perdita Whitley since 2025
- IAN Kenneth Lazarus since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Francis Sullivan since 2012
- IAN Kenneth Lazarus since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Joseph Martins Visitacao since 2021
- Honor Perdita Whitley since 2025
- IAN Kenneth Lazarus since 2016
Portfolio (3)
- Edward John Whitley OBE Chair
- Catherine Faulks
- Francis Sullivan since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1081455
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH APRIL 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 9TH JUNE 2000
- Companies House
- Company number 03968699 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072219752 · info@whitleyaward.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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