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The Ecology Trust
- 3 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Indonesia, United States, Brazil, Canada and more
- Website
- www.ecologytrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.9m
- 2024£1.7m£1.2m
- 2023£896k£385k
Earlier years
- 2022£641k£649k
- 2021£676k£752k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR ALL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:-THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;
Grants received
28 grants · £1,266,949 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
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £270,000 (2 grants)
- Mark Leonard Trust · £244,962 (5 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £195,000 (2 grants)
- Unbound Philanthropy · £155,000 (2 grants)
- ARCADIA · £105,378
Most recent
- Unbound Philanthropy
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Alexander Benedict Hayum Goldsmith
- Benjamin James Goldsmith since 2012
- Charlotte Colbert since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin James Goldsmith since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
Portfolio (2)
- Benjamin James Goldsmith since 2012
- Charlotte Colbert since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099222
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SETTLEMENT DATED 4 APRIL 2003
- Contact on the register
- 01183779085 · info@ecologytrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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