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The Aspinall Foundation

Howletts And Port Lympne Foundation, The John Aspinall Foundation, Aka The Howletts And Port Lympne Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
326567
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 31, 2025. Filing history
Registered
April 27, 1984
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
The Aspinall Foundation
Port Lympne Reserve
Nr Ashford
Kent
CT21 4PD

Activities

The Foundation is actively involved and sponsor conservation activities both at Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks, in addition to overseas projects in the Congo and Gabon and more recently in Indonesia and Madagascar. Our main spheres of conservation-based activity include captive breeding and ecosystem management and reintroduction of captive-bred and confiscated wild-born animals.

Objects: (I) The Advancement And Promotion (Whether In England Or Elsewhere In The World) For The Public Benefit Of Education And Useful Knowledge In Relation To The Science Of Zoology, The Preservation And Exhibition Of Living Animals And In Particular (Without Prejudice To The Generality Of The Foregoing) All Wild Animals In Danger Of Extinction And The Conservation Of The Natural Wildlife Inhabitants; (Ii) Such Other Charitable Purposes As The Trustees May Be Deed Appoint.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country
Congo, Gabon, Indonesia, Madagascar

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 31, 2025On time £1,950,000 £3,480,000 £32,428,000 20
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 31, 2024On time £1,529,000 £3,158,000 £33,581,000 22
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 31, 2023On time £1,921,000 £3,095,000 £35,374,000 22
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 31, 2022On time £2,325,000 £3,279,000 £38,731,000 22
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 25, 2021On time £1,948,000 £2,892,000 £37,675,000 19

Trustees

Name Appointed
Damian Aspinall (Chair)
Tansy Aspinall June 26, 2019