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Registered charity · London

The Zoological Society of London

The Zoological Society of London is a registered charity (number 208728) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £93m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Institute of Zoology, London Zoo, Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, ZSL (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £93m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £2,000,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • JNCC BUSINESS ASSOCIATES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NATURE CONSERVATION Buyer: JNCC SUPPORT CO £2,000,000 2026-09-10 Source: Find a Tender

    The Joint Nature Conservation Committee ("JNCC") is the statutory adviser to the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK and international nature conservation. JNCC and the conservation sector are under increasing pressure to deliv…

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Algeria, Angola, Argentina and more
Website
www.zsl.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Zoological Society of London
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£93m£91m
  • 2024£83m£81m
  • 2023£79m£76m
Earlier years
  • 2022£80m£71m
  • 2021£59m£58m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF ZOOLOGY BY, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THE CONDUCTING OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE PROMOTING OF CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS, THE CARE FOR AND BREEDING OF ENDANGERED AND OTHER SPECIES, THE FOSTERING OF PUBLIC INTEREST, THE IMPROVEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF ZOOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PARTICIPATION IN CONSERVATION WORLDWIDE

Grants received

129 grants · £26,795,364 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £177,3672026-03-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £394,0732026-03-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £248,5802026-01-15
  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002025-12-19
  • Pears Foundation £50,0002025-06-09
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.

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

3
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 11Animals 10Environment/conservation/heritage 9Amateur Sport 2General Charitable Purposes 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.

Agriculture 2Other services 2Arts and leisure 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£92.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2021

957 from 787 in 2021
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
208728
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER DATED 15TH JANUARY, 1963; ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON ACT 1928 ROYAL CHARTER DATED 15TH MAY 1995. And Royal Charter granted on 23 Jun 2021as amended by supplemental Charter 23 Jun 2021
Companies House
Company number RC000749 · Active
Contact on the register
03442251826 · GeneralEnquiries@zsl.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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