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Registered charity · C/o Sedulo London

Environmental Defense Fund UK

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Austria, Belgium, Germany and more
Website
www.edfeurope.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Environmental Defense Fund UK
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.4m
  • 2024£3.1m£3.1m
  • 2023£9.3m£9.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.9m£5.8m
  • 2021£4.1m£4.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE: 1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY:(A)THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B)THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Grants received

2 grants · £300,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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

6.3y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 5Economic/community Development/employment 4Religious Activities 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2020

15 from 15 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1164661
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 JUN 2016 as amended on 07 Dec 2022
Companies House
Company number 09217493 · Active
Contact on the register
02033105925 · compliance@edf.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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