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as at 27 September 2026

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18,694 charities work on environment/conservation/heritage

That is 10.9% of the register. Together they report £13.4bn of income, and 778 (4.2%) are behind with their accounts. A charity can list several purposes, so it can appear under more than one.

The largest, by income

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty 205846 £766.2m
2 The Archbishops' Council 1074857 £234.9m
3 Canal & River Trust 1146792 £232.6m
4 Quadrature Climate Foundation 1187301 £221.7m
5 University of Wales:trinity Saint David 1149535 £209.8m
6 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 207076 £195.0m
7 Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation 211775 £182.1m
8 Ubs Optimus Foundation UK 1153537 £157.0m
9 Walsall Housing Group Limited 1108779 £155.4m
10 The Master Charitable Trust 1139904 £155.3m
11 The English Heritage Trust 1140351 £155.2m
12 Denise Coates Foundation 1149110 £144.0m
13 Historic Royal Palaces 1068852 £138.6m
14 The Royal Horticultural Society 222879 £124.8m
15 Walk Wheel Cycle Trust 326550 £110.7m
16 The Royal Parks [limited] 1172042 £109.9m
17 The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical Philosophical and Philological Studies 233176 £106.2m
18 Sue Ryder 1052076 £104.7m
19 The Greencliffe Foundation Ltd 1196347 £101.8m
20 The Mines Advisory Group 1083008 £99.3m
21 The Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of ST. John of Jerusalem 1077265 £98.8m
22 The Zoological Society of London 208728 £92.7m
23 Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) 266518 £91.3m
24 The Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon, Within the Town of Harrow-On-The-Hill 310033 £90.8m
25 The Woodland Trust 294344 £89.4m
26 WWF - UK 1081247 £89.3m
27 The Royal Collection Trust 1016972 £85.3m
28 John Innes Centre 223852 £78.8m
29 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 1185618 £76.7m
30 Al-Khair Foundation 1126808 £74.8m
31 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited 1137167 £74.4m
32 The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 254543 £72.1m
33 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (UK) 1091043 £66.7m
34 Moondance Foundation 1139224 £66.4m
35 YHA (England and Wales) 306122 £66.1m
36 Bre Trust 1092193 £64.8m
37 The North of England Zoological Society 306077 £63.1m
38 CDP Worldwide 1122330 £60.5m
39 Catholic Agency for Overseas Development 1160384 £56.2m
40 Nesta 1144091 £55.3m

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