Rebel Restoration
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits best if it combines carbon removal, habitat restoration and community involvement, since the charity says it prefers projects that do all three, and its stated priority is the UK.
- Most of its grants fall between £2,500 and £77,000 (about 8 in 10 of the 13 grants to organisations in its annual report), with a median of £20,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant was £100,000.
- No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website to ask whether a project is a fit before writing a full application.
- It says it selects projects for their carbon, biodiversity and community impact and for delivery by highly credible groups and partnerships, and it backs overlooked regions and pioneering research, so a well-evidenced proposal that shows these strengths will stand out more than a general request.
Overview
Rebel Restoration is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1197777).
Rebel Restoration is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1197777). It exists to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment, funding holistic projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere while restoring natural habitats and biodiversity, researching nature-based carbon removal, and encouraging community involvement in nature-based projects. Since its inception it has distributed over £800k. Its projects include peatland, chalk streams and grassland, seagrass, rewilding, forests, regenerative agriculture and mangroves.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Rebel Restoration funds holistic environmental projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere while restoring natural habitats and biodiversity, develop research into nature-based carbon removal, and encourage communities to take part in nature-based projects; it prefers projects that combine all three. Its work is mostly in the UK. Its website describes support for habitat restoration including peatland, seagrass and chalk streams, grassroots programmes that connect children with nature, and pioneering research. It selects partners and projects for their carbon, biodiversity and community impact, and for delivery by highly credible groups and partnerships. The foundation says its support reaches projects, people and places restoring UK nature and local experts doing that work.
Themes
- Carbon removal
- Habitat restoration
- Biodiversity
- Nature-based research
- Community involvement
- Children's nature connection
Geographic Focus
Priority: The UK.
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.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It prefers projects that combine carbon removal, habitat restoration and community involvement.
- It selects partners and projects for their carbon, biodiversity and community impact.
- It selects projects delivered by highly credible groups and partnerships.
- It backs overlooked regions and pioneering research.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Rebel Restoration.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in year to 30 September 2025 by size
Median £20,000 (year to 30 September 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Wild Ingelborough · Ingleborough Landscape Restoration£100,000year to 30 September 2025
- Chiltern Cons Board · Tracking the Impact£76,600year to 30 September 2025
- Moors for the Future · Dense Sphagnum£59,500year to 30 September 2025
- Good Food Oxford · OxFarmtoFork£50,000year to 30 September 2025
- Moors for the Future · Peat Restoration Science£37,450year to 30 September 2025
- Heart of Bucks · Soil Association Land Trust£25,000year to 30 September 2025
- JUST ONE Tree · Mangroves£20,000year to 30 September 2025
- Chiltern Rangers · Rebel Rangers£15,000year to 30 September 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
4 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £152,492 | £41,357 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £482,066 | £533,793 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 30 September 2025 | £548,386 | £489,302 | £412,350 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: 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
- rebelrestoration.org
- rebelrestoration.org/whyfundus · read on 24 October 2026
- rebelrestoration.org/projects · read on 24 October 2026
- rebelrestoration.org/contact · read on 24 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 September 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 24 October 2026.
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