Hertfordshire Zoo

Registered charity 1108609 · since 2005hertfordshirezoo.com·International·Updated 29 October 2026

Overview

Hertfordshire Zoo is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1108609).

Hertfordshire Zoo is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, set up for the preservation of endangered wildlife through in-situ projects and through fundraising, conservation and education at its site. It grew out of Friends of Paradise Wildlife Park, which had helped a number of wildlife conservation projects, before becoming a full charity. It has donated £107,000 to projects, and its programmes include five short-term grants for conservation projects around the world.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Hertfordshire Zoo supports global and local conservation organisations, helping to protect vulnerable animals and habitats. Its key focus is conserving threatened and endangered species in their natural habitats, including species seen at the Zoo. Through its Grants programme, it offers short-term, one-year funding for conservation projects around the world. Applicants must be organisations based in the range country of the focal species, landscape or ecosystem, and projects must demonstrate clear conservation value. Fieldwork by students and researchers can be funded where it demonstrates that value, but tuition fees are not covered. Projects contributing to long-term sustainable action are preferred. The charity's wider conservation work also supports vulnerable animals and habitats.

Themes

Wildlife conservation
Endangered species
Habitat conservation

Geographic Focus

Around the world.

What they don't fund

Grants only: tuition fees

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.

What to send:

The organisation must provide high quality content, and a report at the end of the project year

Applying again: Historical recipients of this grant must wait two years before applying again

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects must demonstrate clear conservation value to the focal species, landscape or ecosystem.
Projects contributing to a long-term sustainable action are preferred.
The organisation must provide high-quality content and a report at the end of the project year.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Hertfordshire Zoo.

Colchester Zoological SocietyNo public processGave £430k Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - UKNo public processGave £1.8M International Eco FundNo public processGave £228k Humane World for Animals UKNo public processGave £236k People's Trust for Endangered SpeciesFixed deadlinesGave £448k The Nature Recovery ProjectInvitation onlyGave £197k Disney Conservation FundFixed deadlinesGave £3M The Halpin TrustNo public processGave £30,700 Born Free FoundationNo public processGave £526k Wildlife & WelfareNo public process

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£6,160,540	£4,379,133	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£7,524,451	£6,075,142	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£8,153,405	£7,154,278	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£8,657,160	£8,881,787	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£10,090,192	£8,894,809	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 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.