Pipal Tree

Registered charity 1159770 · since 2015pipaltree.org.uk·Nepal·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£597k
Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025
From filed accounts
£153k
Typical grant (median)
3 published grants

Key takeaways

  • Pipal Tree is a good fit only for work in Nepal, where it prioritises Bagmati and Madhesh Provinces, and its themes are environmental restoration, education, livelihoods and health.
  • It does not fund projects outside Nepal.
  • Its annual report shows about £597,356 paid in its most recent year, but no grant range is stated, so you cannot judge a realistic request size from the published information.
  • No application process is published, so contact the charity first using the contact shown on its website or in its register entry before preparing a full proposal.
  • It funds mainly through a small group of trusted local partner organisations, so a cold approach from outside that network may be less likely to succeed.

Overview

Pipal Tree is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1159770).

Pipal Tree is a registered charity in England and Wales whose mission is to restore Nepal's degraded environment so that wildlife and communities can co-exist, while offering the poorest people healthier, more secure lives and the chance to realise their full potential. It supports community-based initiatives across education, livelihoods and health as well as environmental interests, concentrating on a small number of carefully chosen projects. In its most recent annual report it paid out £597,356 in grants. It usually runs five Big Give campaigns each year, for general purposes or themed around the environment, education or women and girls.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Pipal Tree supports community-based initiatives in Nepal, concentrating on a small number of carefully chosen projects in Bagmati and Madhesh Provinces. Its mission is to restore degraded environments so wildlife and communities can co-exist, while helping the poorest people live healthier, more secure lives and realise their full potential. Its work spans education, livelihoods and health as well as environmental interests. It works through a small group of trusted local partner organisations, providing mainly funding alongside occasional consultancy, mentoring and support with project design, development and fundraising. It monitors and evaluates projects and reports back to funders, with an emphasis on local capacity and grassroots impact.

Themes

  • Environmental restoration
  • Education
  • Livelihoods
  • Health

Geographic Focus

Nepal. Priority: Bagmati Province; Madhesh Province.

What they don't fund

  • Projects outside Nepal

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

  • Nepal

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Grants

3 published grants analysed · median £153k

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • Mithila Wildlife Trust, Nepal
    £428,128year to 31 December 2025
  • Lily's Leaves, Nepal
    £153,015year to 31 December 2025
  • Our Sansar, UK
    £16,213year to 31 December 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 December 2021£372,265£324,405—Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022£379,960£419,298—Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023£338,678£305,311—Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024£547,826£526,059£443,037Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025£1,212,978£707,359£597,356Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024
£443k grants
YE 2025
£597k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

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

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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