# THE ASPINALL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 326567
- **Other names:** HOWLETTS AND PORT LYMPNE FOUNDATION, THE JOHN ASPINALL FOUNDATION, AKA THE HOWLETTS AND PORT LYMPNE FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 27, 1984
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=326567


## Contact

- **Address:** The Aspinall Foundation, Port Lympne Reserve, Nr Ashford, Kent
- **Postcode:** CT21 4PD
- **Phone:** 01303234199
- **Email:** info@aspinallfoundation.org
- **Website:** https://www.aspinallfoundation.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Congo
- Gabon
- Indonesia
- Madagascar



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1950000 | £3480000 | £32428000 | 20 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1529000 | £3158000 | £33581000 | 22 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1921000 | £3095000 | £35374000 | 22 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2325000 | £3279000 | £38731000 | 22 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1948000 | £2892000 | £37675000 | 19 |



## Trustees

- **DAMIAN ASPINALL** (Chair)
- Tansy Aspinall — appointed June 26, 2019