Chiltern Society

Registered charity 1085163 · since 2001chilternsociety.org.uk·Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire·Updated 31 October 2026

Key takeaways

Its stated grant offer is the Community WildBelt Fund, which gives small grants for nature recovery projects, so a small, practical nature project in the Chilterns is the clearest fit.
Neither the annual report nor the Charity Commission register gives a usable grants total or grant range, so a modest request is the safer starting point.
The application route is shown on its website under Apply for funding, but no full process is published, so it is worth contacting the Society before writing a full application to confirm timing and size.
Nothing published sets out competitiveness or relationship requirements, or exclusions, so no group is ruled out on these facts alone.

Overview

Chiltern Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1085163).

Chiltern Society is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to conserve and enhance the natural beauty and heritage of the Chilterns, and to encourage everyone to care for and enjoy the landscape. The Chilterns covers 650 square miles. Its main stated grant offer is the Community WildBelt Fund, which gives small grants to nature recovery projects.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Society’s stated grant offer is the Community WildBelt Fund, which supports nature recovery projects through small grants. In the associated project, it developed and supported individuals, parish councils and community groups to take practical action for nature recovery in the Wendover-Tring-Aylesbury triangle. The Society’s wider charitable work focuses on conserving and enhancing the Chilterns’ natural beauty and heritage. Its practical conservation work includes maintaining paths, providing wildlife havens in woodlands and nature reserves, and improving streams and ponds. Its work combines hands-on environmental activity with community participation and encourages people to connect with the natural and cultural heritage of the area.

Themes

Nature recovery

Geographic Focus

The Chilterns.

How to apply

The page presents an Apply for funding route for the Community WildBelt Fund, alongside a more details link.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Chiltern Society.

Trust for Oxfordshire’s EnvironmentMixed deadlinesGave £1.7M Rothschild FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £8.3M Janet and Bryan Moore Charitable TrustRollingGave £44,000 Christopher Laing FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £485k The Annabel Arbib FoundationInvitation onlyGave £425k Kop Hill CharityNo public processGave £125k South of England Agricultural SocietyFixed deadlinesGave £11,000 Newbury & District Agricultural SocietyNo public process The Lionel Abel-Smith TrustRollingGave £55,910 The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable TrustMixed deadlinesGave £1.1M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£434,217	£434,137	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£584,636	£529,826	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£866,125	£882,167	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£702,981	£600,204	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£708,640	£720,827	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

— 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.