Helping Rhinos
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Helping Rhinos fits best if your work falls under its stated themes of wildlife protection, habitat restoration, community education or community livelihoods.
- The annual report shows its grants mainly in Uitenhage, but no geographic focus is stated, so ask the funder before assuming it will consider work elsewhere.
- No grant range is stated, so ask what size of request it would consider rather than guessing.
- Requests from organisations outside its agreed beneficiary list are considered at quarterly trustee intervals, though applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so send yours well before a quarterly meeting.
- Its partnership approach suggests a relationship-led process, so an unknown applicant may find the route slower.
Overview
Helping Rhinos is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1175762).
Helping Rhinos is an international NGO, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, that exists to promote the conservation and protection of the rhino population for the public benefit, preserving them from extinction. It began when its founder, horrified by a devastating poaching attack at Kariega Game Reserve, gave up a corporate career to set it up. Its mission is to create Rhino Strongholds, expanding wild spaces for wildlife, and it centres its charitable activity on three pillars: PROTECT the Wildlife, PRESERVE their Habitats and PROVIDE for People. Its annual giving was £171,698, according to the annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Helping Rhinos funds conservation through a project-partner matrix, allocating grants to agreed beneficiaries and considering additional requests from other organisations at quarterly trustee intervals. Its work protects rhinos and other wildlife through ground-based anti-poaching patrols, surveillance, rescue and rehabilitation, and technology to reduce security risks. It supports habitat expansion, restoration and rewilding, and translocations that establish new rhino populations. For people, it backs education and outreach in local communities, community-led conservation and livelihood initiatives. The organisation brings these strands together as protecting wildlife, preserving habitats and providing for people, with the aim of creating Rhino Strongholds where rhinos and other wildlife can thrive and local communities benefit. Its partnership approach draws on the strengths of specialist organisations to support conservation work.
Themes
- Wildlife protection
- Habitat restoration
- Community education
- Community livelihoods
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Uitenhage.
How to apply
Organisations outside the agreed beneficiary list can make additional grant requests, which are considered at the same quarterly intervals as allocations to agreed beneficiaries.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
- Uitenhage
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Helping Rhinos.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Orphanage£62,698year to 31 December 2024
- Kariega£43,500year to 31 December 2024
- Ol Pejeta£32,500year to 31 December 2024
- ARCC£24,000year to 31 December 2024
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 grant to individuals.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £410,244 | £258,048 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £657,615 | £735,807 | £568,893 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £491,754 | £525,611 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £569,635 | £457,655 | £259,500 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £358,525 | £378,845 | £171,698 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- helpingrhinos.org
- helpingrhinos.org/about-helping-rhinos · read on 31 October 2026
- helpingrhinos.org/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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