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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £77m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, China, India and more
Website
www.ceh.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£77m£73m
  • 2024£69m£68m
  • 2023£60m£62m
Earlier years
  • 2022£53m£53m
  • 2021£57m£48m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 22% · Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE SCIENCE, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH:3.1.1.1 CARRYING OUT PURE AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS (NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY) INCLUDING THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND3.1.1.2 DELIVERING SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE IN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS (NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY), INCLUDING THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE.3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH, THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, THE TRAINING OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS OF THE FUTURE, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS.3.1.3 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:3.1.3.1 PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND3.1.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION."SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS "DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS".

Grants received

103 grants · £10,053,461 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.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £8,608,041 (85 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,210,251 (7 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £185,303 (10 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,865

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £330,2132024-02-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £6,2342024-01-26
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £17,5852023-12-04
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £46,6022023-08-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8652023-08-30
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.

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance
11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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

Other services 14Professional services 8Tech and media 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£68.9m latest income
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.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.7 in 2020

709 from 537 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.
80%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1185618
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 APR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03 OCT 2019
Companies House
Company number 11314957 · Active
Contact on the register
01491692371 · enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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