Atlantic Salmon Trust

Registered charity 252742 · since 1967atlanticsalmontrust.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

If your work concerns wild Atlantic salmon or sea trout, catchment restoration, monitoring or scientific research in countries bordering the North Atlantic, the Trust's stated aims match it.
The annual report gives no grants figure that could be read, and no typical grant size is stated, so keep any first request modest and tie it closely to the Trust's aims.
No application process is published, so start by using the contact shown in the annual report or on its website to ask whether it accepts approaches.
Its published material does not say how competitive its funding is, but its collaborative approach and its support for partner organisations suggest that working with it in partnership may matter.
No exclusions or eligibility rules are stated, so no type of organisation is ruled out; the aims above are the test of fit.

Overview

Atlantic Salmon Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 252742).

The Atlantic Salmon Trust exists to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout stocks in the countries bordering the North Atlantic Ocean for the public benefit. It promotes, encourages and directly finances practical scientific research, arranges workshops and international conferences, and publishes booklets and reports on matters of scientific interest. It also provides financial or scientific assistance to other organisations whose activities are in line with its objectives, alongside its own research projects.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust's central purpose is the conservation and improvement of wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout stocks for public benefit in countries bordering the North Atlantic. Its practical work is guided by evidence, solutions and partnership: it undertakes and supports scientific research, builds knowledge of pressures on salmon, and develops catchment-scale restoration and monitoring. Through Watershed Connections, it supports a wider network of catchment partnerships with project design, delivery, governance, management, fundraising and communications. It also provides financial or scientific assistance to other organisations whose activities align with its objectives. Its approach is collaborative and evidence-led, combining habitat restoration with monitoring to help recover wild salmon populations and the environments on which they depend.

Themes

Wild salmon conservation
Sea trout conservation
Scientific research
Catchment restoration

Geographic Focus

Countries bordering the North Atlantic Ocean.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Atlantic Salmon Trust.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,755,663	£1,689,013	£1,500	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,984,125	£1,959,012	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£2,159,075	£2,304,817	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,558,660	£1,473,346	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,614,384	£1,992,771	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.