Red Squirrel Survival Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust's work fits best where a project directly serves one of its six objectives: raising awareness, keeping red and grey squirrels apart, funding research, encouraging populations, reintroducing red squirrels where conditions are right, or securing their natural environment through healthy woodlands.
- Because it mainly funds partner organisations, including local red squirrel conservation groups, a small nonprofit should show how its work supports red squirrel conservation or woodland health rather than sending a general request.
- The annual report shows £183,427 paid in grants, but it gives no typical grant size or grant range, so a request should be sized to the project itself.
- Applicants use the trust's standardised grant application system, which a committee handles on behalf of the board of trustees, though no fuller published process is listed.
- Timing and how competitive funding is are not covered, so a grant writer should not assume either.
Overview
Red Squirrel Survival Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1116947).
The Red Squirrel Survival Trust is a registered charity that exists to ensure the conservation and protection of the red squirrel in the United Kingdom and to promote improved habitat management to aid its survival. Its principal activity is providing grants and support to partner organisations that carry out work in line with its core objectives. It has six core objectives: raising awareness, protecting red squirrels by keeping red and grey squirrels apart, funding research, encouraging successful populations, reintroducing red squirrels where conditions are right, and securing their natural environment. In all, grants totalling £183,427 were made in the latest year reported, and its funding supports local red squirrel conservation groups in Dorset, northern England, Anglesey, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight, as well as project management, research and development, and marketing.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 30 September 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 31 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Red Squirrel Survival Trust provides grants and support to partner organisations carrying out work in line with its core objectives. These include raising awareness of red squirrels; protecting them by keeping red and grey squirrels apart; funding research into their long-term future; encouraging successful red squirrel populations; reintroducing them where conditions are right; and securing their natural environment through healthy woodlands. It works nationally with government and agencies on red squirrel conservation and the associated issues of grey squirrel and woodland management. This work benefits regional red squirrel conservation organisations across the United Kingdom.
Themes
- Red squirrel awareness
- Grey squirrel management
- Conservation research
- Red squirrel populations
- Red squirrel reintroduction
- Woodland health
Geographic Focus
Priority: The United Kingdom.
How to apply
Applicants use the trust's standardised grant application system; a committee processes grant applications on behalf of the board of trustees.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Red Squirrel Survival Trust.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- UK Squirrel Accord£98,025year to 30 September 2025
- Animal and Plant Health Agency£85,402year to 30 September 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2021 | £442,858 | £257,007 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2021 |
| year to 30 September 2022 | £434,342 | £358,979 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £238,382 | £306,149 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £381,009 | £535,602 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 30 September 2025 | £301,279 | £339,915 | £183,427 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
- rsst.org.uk
- rsst.org.uk/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 September 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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Applying to Red Squirrel Survival Trust?
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Contact
- info@rsst.org.uksource
- RSST 10 Norwich Street London EC4A 1BDsource
- rsst.org.uk
- Contact form
Applying to Red Squirrel Survival Trust?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- info@rsst.org.uksource
- RSST 10 Norwich Street London EC4A 1BDsource
- rsst.org.uk
- Contact form