Cases / Agriculture, livestock and food · United Kingdom · 2024–2025
WWF-UK corporate income falls to GBP 10.6m as charity consults on 90 job cuts
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
WWF-UK's corporate income fell to GBP 10.6m in 2024-25 as partnerships with Tesco, HSBC, Reckitt and KPMG ended or shrank. In November 2025 the charity opened a consultation on 90 job cuts, about 20% of its staff, and the sources reviewed do not state the reason for the cuts.
What?
WWF-UK's corporate income fell to GBP 10.6m in 2024-25, and the charity opened a consultation on 90 job cuts in November 2025. Civil Society
Where?
United Kingdom Civil Society
When?
Financial year 2024-25; consultation on job cuts opened in November 2025 Civil Society
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- WWF-UK — Corporate income fell, and the Tesco, HSBC, Reckitt and KPMG partnerships ended or shrank Civil Society
- WWF-UK staff — About 90 roles, about 20% of staff, were put into a consultation on job cuts in November 2025 Civil Society
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Several corporate partnerships ended or shrank over the year, and the charity then opened a consultation on job cuts. Civil Society
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Civil Society reported that WWF-UK's total income was GBP 89.3m in 2024-25 and its corporate income was GBP 10.6m, a fall in corporate income.
Civil Society reported that the Tesco, HSBC, Reckitt and KPMG partnerships had ended or been scaled back, with GSK coming in instead.
Civil Society reported that the charity opened a consultation in November 2025 on 90 job cuts, about 20% of its staff.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: 2023-24 total income of GBP 92.5m, of which GBP 18.2m (about 20%) was corporate income, from the WWF-UK annual report summary of March 2025.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state why the partnerships ended or were scaled back, or whether the job cuts were caused by the fall in corporate income.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the individual corporate donors behind the partnership income, or give the value of the GSK partnership.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether conservation programmes were affected by the cuts.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- WWF-UK corporate income fall and job cutsCivil Society · 2025-11
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