Common questions about Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity a good charity? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity scores 96 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 86% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity as a registered charity (charity number 1059559). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1059559&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's charity number? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's charity number is 1059559. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's charity rating? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity scores 96 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 86% of Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 14% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 14% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity. Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity receive? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity reported £8.1m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-13). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity based? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's registered contact address is in Salisbury (SP1 2AP). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on wildlife conservation.
How much is Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's money come from? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity reported £8.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £5m (62%), donations and legacies £2.5m (31%), investments £322k (4%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £802k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity? +
The register records Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's trustees paid? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity: Plantlife the Wild Plant Conservation Charity.
When was Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity registered as a charity? +
Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity was entered on the register on 3 December 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03166339).
How does CharityCompare score Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Plantlife International-the Wild Plant Conservation Charity's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.