Rewilding Britain

What Rewilding Britain does

Rewilding Britain is a UK charitable incorporated organisation (registered in England & Wales no. 1159373 and Scotland no. SCO45685) founded in 2015 and headquartered in Steyning. Its mission is to catalyse large-scale restoration of nature across Britain through rewilding — the recovery of natural processes including missing species reintroductions (beavers, bison, lynx, white stork) rather than habitat-by-habitat management. The organisation operates three core programmes: the Rewilding Network (a membership community of over 1,000 projects connecting practitioners across England, Scotland, and Wales for knowledge exchange and collaboration), the Rewilding Innovation Fund (grants of up to £15,000 per project, having cumulatively awarded over £1 million to 86 projects), and the Rewilding Challenge Fund (a £100,000-per-year flagship grant, first awarded to Kent Wildlife Trust's Wilder Blean project in 2023). Supporting infrastructure includes Britain's first Rewilding Monitoring Framework for standardized ecological/social/economic measurement, and policy advocacy leads embedded in each UK nation. Partnerships span the Scottish Rewilding Alliance (24 members), Welsh Rewilding Alliance, Rewilding Europe, RSPB Haweswater, ZSL, Trees for Life, and Kent Wildlife Trust.

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable channels — individual donations, supporter fundraising, legacy gifts, and grants from trusts and foundations (Dormywood Trust, Evolution Education Trust, The Vintry, Charles Langdale). The organisation employs approximately 30 staff distributed across Britain in functions including fundraising, communications, policy, marine, Scotland, Wales, and operations, led by co-founder and CEO Rebecca Wrigley (in role since 2017). The 2025-2030 "Wild by Nature" strategy targets rewilding 30% of Britain's land and sea by 2030. As of 2026, the chair role is in transition, with Rachel Evatt serving as Interim Chair following Justin Albert's June 2026 departure. The go-to-market is community-led: the Rewilding Network is the primary distribution surface, supplemented by content marketing (YouTube, blog, social), events (annual Rewilding Network Gathering), and policy advocacy campaigns. No commercial products or services are sold.

Name

Rewilding Britain

Legal name

Rewilding Britain

Website

https://rewildingbritain.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rewilding Britain is a UK conservation charity founded in 2015 that runs the Rewilding Network of 1,000+ projects, the Rewilding Innovation Fund (£1M+ to 86 projects), and policy advocacy across England, Scotland, and Wales to enable large-scale nature restoration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conservation and Rewilding Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

akta.pro primary industry

Ecosystem Restoration & Rewilding Services (AFAMAMAE)

Keywords

• Nature restoration services
• Rewilding network membership
• Conservation grant funding
• Biodiversity recovery programs
• Environmental policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Steyning

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Rewilding Britain is funded through individual donations, supporter fundraising, legacy gifts, and charitable giving.
2. Trust and Foundation Grants: Funding from charitable trusts and foundations such as Dormywood Trust, Evolution Education Trust, The Vintry, Charles Langdale, and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rewilding Britain is a UK charitable incorporated organisation that champions large-scale rewilding of land and sea across Britain. It operates the Rewilding Network (connecting over 1,000 rewilding projects for knowledge exchange and collaboration), administers funding programmes including the Rewilding Innovation Fund (up to £15,000 per project) and the Rewilding Challenge Fund (up to £100,000 per year), and conducts policy advocacy to influence laws and practice governing land and marine restoration.

Product overview

Rewilding Britain operates as a charitable organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and services to advance large-scale rewilding across Britain. The core offerings include the Rewilding Network (a membership platform connecting over 1,000 rewilding projects for knowledge exchange and collaboration), the Rewilding Innovation Fund (granting up to £15,000 per project to remove barriers to rewilding), and the Rewilding Challenge Fund (awarding up to £100,000 annually to projects with maximum upscaling potential). These are supported by practical resources including the Rewilding Monitoring Framework (Britain's first standardized system for measuring ecological, social and economic change at rewilding sites) and community-focused initiatives like Community Rewilding Hubs that connect practitioners at the grassroots level.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rewilding Innovation Fund: A fund supporting innovative rewilding projects across Britain with up to £15,000 per project
• Rewilding Challenge Fund
• Rewilding Network

Products and services

• Rewilding Network A rapidly growing membership network connecting Britain's rewilding practitioners, supporting over 1,000 projects to work together on restoring nature at scale. The network enables knowledge exchange, collaboration, and mutual support among rewilders ranging from farmers to conservation professionals to community groups.
• Rewilding Innovation Fund A funding programme awarding up to £15,000 per project to remove barriers to rewilding across Britain, supporting fresh thinking while building an essential knowledge base for pioneering practitioners. Has awarded over £1 million to 86 projects since launch.
• Rewilding Challenge Fund A major funding initiative awarding up to £100,000 per year to rewilding projects demonstrating maximum potential to upscale rewilding on land or sea, supporting projects that 'Think Big, Act Wild'.

Quantifiable outcome

• 206,556 HA of land in rewilding flourishing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Scottish Rewilding AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of 24 leading environmental charities, countryside access organisations, businesses and community groups working to enable rewilding at scale new to Scotland. Rewilding Britain participates in the alliance's management team.
• Welsh Rewilding AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRewilding Britain helped start the Welsh Rewilding Alliance to lead rewilding advocacy in Wales, working deeply with local culture and communities.
• Kent Wildlife TrustflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecipient of £100k Rewilding Challenge Fund for the Wilder Blean project, working to rewild tens of thousands of hectares across South East England. The project includes UK's first reintroduced European bison.
• RSPB HaweswatercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRewilding Network member hosting the annual Rewilding Network Gathering, demonstrating rewilding in an upland and cultural landscape within a national park setting.
• ZSL (Zoological Society of London)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading the Menai-Connecting Coasts project in Wales, exploring native oyster reef recovery in North Wales with Bangor University.
• Rewilding EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRewilding Britain joined forces with Rewilding Europe in 2017 to advance their shared mission of rewilding across Europe.
• Community of Arran Seabed TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-driven organization that established Scotland's first and only No Take Zone after driving force against bottom trawling destruction of marine habitats.
• Tarras Valley Nature ReserveflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest community buy-out in southern Scotland (over 4,200 hectares), creating a new nature reserve through community initiative in Langholm.
• Dalnacardoch EstatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated in Cairngorms National Park, experiencing significant ecological degradation; new 100-year lease agreement established in 2023 for ambitious restoration plans.
• Rewilding Network MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 1,000 rewilding projects connected through the network, ranging from clusters of small farmers to community groups, including projects restoring native oysters in Wales, rewilded municipal golf courses, and various conservation initiatives.
• Trees for LifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading rewilding organization in Scottish Highlands, working on deer management and landscape restoration through the Common Ground Forum network.
• Wilderness FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental charity using Innovation Funding to create outdoor classrooms in ancient woodland in Essex for youth education programs.
• YoungwildersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth-led non-profit extending the scope of Overgrowth (formerly Resurgence), the UK's only Youth Rewilding Summit.
• Citizen ZoominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEast London-based rewilding organization conducting feasibility study for white stork reintroductions in London.
• The Missing Lynx ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject exploring social feasibility of restoring lynx to Britain through travelling exhibition at schools and universities.
• Bright Green NatureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity transforming Haining estate in Scottish Borders into nature-rich living classroom for local schools.
• The ScoutsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdventure Centres spanning 300+ hectares supporting rewilding strategies across protected landscapes including Ashdown Forest and Lake District.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rewilding Europe: Rewilding Europe's continental sister organisation, with which Rewilding Britain has a formal alliance since 2017. It runs directly comparable programmes — landscape rewilding sites, a rewilding network, European Rewilding Network — and shares the same mission framing around large-scale nature restoration.
• Trees for Life: Scotland-based rewilding charity operating in the Scottish Highlands on Caledonian forest restoration, deer management and species recovery. A direct peer in the rewilding sub-sector — same mission framing, same practitioner-network ethos, and a listed partner in Rewilding Britain's Scottish Rewilding Alliance.

Emerging players

• Heal Rewilding: Smaller UK rewilding charity focused on rewilding land and supporting rewilding start-ups. An emerging peer in the same rewilding niche; staff career histories (e.g. Ruby Batt) link the two organisations, indicating a tight UK rewilding-charity ecosystem.

Regional players

• Kent Wildlife Trust: Flagship recipient of Rewilding Britain's £100k Challenge Fund for the Wilder Blean bison-reintroduction project. One of 46 Wildlife Trust federated members, operating as a regional conservation delivery partner with directly comparable land-management and species-recovery activity.
• Scottish Wildlife Trust: Scotland's largest nature conservation charity, managing over 100 wildlife reserves and running the Saving Scotland's Seabed programme. A regional peer with overlapping marine rewilding and policy advocacy interests, particularly relevant given Rewilding Britain's Scotland Rewilding Policy lead.

Broad incumbents

• WWF UK: UK arm of the global WWF network with strong climate, biodiversity and policy advocacy remit. Comparable as a major UK conservation charity competing for the same trust, foundation and individual donor pools; several Rewilding Britain team members (e.g. Lewis Carr) have prior WWF UK experience.
• National Trust: UK's largest conservation land-owner/operator with over 5 million members and 250,000+ hectares under management. Comparable as a large-scale nature and landscape charity with policy influence and substantial freehold land, though with a much broader heritage/property portfolio beyond rewilding.
• The Wildlife Trusts: The UK's largest federation of local conservation charities (46 trusts) operating a combined 2,300+ nature reserves. A broad incumbent covering habitat management, species recovery and public engagement that overlaps heavily with Rewilding Britain's landscape-scale ambition but operates a much larger membership and estate base.
• Woodland Trust: UK conservation charity focused on woodland creation, restoration and protection, with over 1 million supporters. Closely comparable in terms of UK land-restoration focus, freehold land ownership model, and large-scale habitat-recovery framing, though with narrower scope (trees/woods) than Rewilding Britain's whole-ecosystem approach.
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB): Europe's largest conservation charity with over 1 million members and a national reserve estate. Comparable as a UK conservation non-profit with policy advocacy, land management and membership fundraising; overlapping heavily on habitat recovery though traditionally more species-led than process-led.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rewildingb
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCoD8EioYJzo508yJe4OxO_A
• Facebookfacebook.com/rewildingbritain
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rewilding-britain
• Instagraminstagram.com/rewildingb

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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