Activities

As described by the charity on the register

CDP works with market forces to motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural resources and take action to reduce them. CDP now holds the largest collection globally of primary climate change, water and forest-risk information and puts these insights at the heart of strategic business, investment and policy decisions.

Latest income

£60.5m

Expenditure

£52.9m

Financial year end

2025-03-31

Income & spending history

As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end

Year end Income Expenditure income spend
2021-03-31 £23.7m £22.1m
2022-03-31 £30.6m £28.1m
2023-03-31 £40.8m £38.3m
2024-03-31 £61.4m £44.3m
2025-03-31 £60.5m £52.9m

Latest detailed return

Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures

Income mix

Donations & legacies £24.2m
Charitable activities £22.0m
Trading £13.9m
Investment income £287k
Total income £60.5m

Spending

Charitable spend £38.6m
Raising funds £2.9m
Grants to institutions £0
Governance £83k
Total expenditure £52.9m

Balance sheet

Reserves £31.0m
Total funds £31.0m
— restricted £1.1m
— unrestricted £29.9m
— endowment £0
Total assets £31.0m
Cash £17.4m

People

Employees 516

Classification

The charity's own register classification

What it does

  • Environment/conservation/heritage

Who it helps

  • The General Public/mankind

How it works

  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.