THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Registered charity 1000412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "THE WILDLIFE TRUST", BEDFORDSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST, THE WILDLIFE TRUST BCNP, THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH, THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH

Latest income

£14.0m

Latest spending

£7.7m

Registered

1990

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£14.0m

Total spending

£7.7m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£6.0m

Employees

143

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Dr Hilary Mary Allisonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Brown
Dr Reiner Schulte
Hannah Mary Bartram
James John Paul Marsh · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Audrey Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew Gordon William Day
Matthew Philip Hayes
Michael Samways
Professor Humphrey Quentin Pitts Crick
Professor Samuel Fraser Brockington
Richard James Vyse

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Luton · Northamptonshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£14.0m	£7.7m
31/03/2024	£6.9m	£7.1m
31/03/2023	£10.5m	£7.2m
31/03/2022	£7.1m	£5.8m
31/03/2021	£5.4m	£5.0m

Common questions

Who funds THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE as a grant recipient include ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FUND, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LEONARD AND SUZANNE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FUND	FY2024	£2.0m
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£100k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£98k
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE LEONARD AND SUZANNE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2023	£1k
ELLINGHAM AND RINGWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/05/2024	£250k	"Wilder Luton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/06/2021	£8.8m	"HHA2019 Peatland Progress: A New Vision for the Fens"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/08/2020	£250k	"AOF2020: Wildlife Trust BCN"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/08/2020	£47k	"COVID19: The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/10/2017	£10k	"Developing the concept of Biosphere Reserve status for the Cambridgeshire Fens"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/01/2016	£70k	"WILDside - Enthusing and enabling the next generation of wildlife recorders across Northamptonshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/09/2015	£663k	"Into the Valley, Rushden"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/2013	£75k	"Venture into the Valley"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/10/2011	£40k	"Recording wildlfe near you"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/03/2011	£943k	"Living Nene"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/10/2010	£49k	"Understanding the Greensand - bridging the gap between science, conservation and community."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/07/2008	£3k	"This Dependent Branch Of The Wildlife Trust Will Use An Award To Upgrade Their Equipment, Enabling More Effective Promotion Of Nature Reserv"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/07/2007	£9.2m	"Restoring our Fenland Heritage - the purchase and restoration of the Holmewood Estate"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/03/2007	£181k	"Dodhaws Woodland Restoration - Linking Southwick Wood and Short Wood SSSI"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/07/2004	£50k	"Wildlife Trust Ecology Groups"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2004	£5k	"Award To Help Group Promote Themselves And Raise Awareness Of Wildlife And Natural Heritage."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/09/2002	£166k	"Extension of Woodland & Grassland Habitats at Gamlingay Wood, Waresley & Gransden Woods SSSI"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/02/2002	£163k	"Restoration of the Woodland at Gamlingay Wood and Waresley and Gransden Wood SSSI"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/01/2002	£123k	"Ring Haw and Surrounding Land Acquisition; An extension to Old Sulehay Forest SSSI and Quarry"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/12/2001	£50k	"Communities for Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/08/2001	£31k	"Warsley and Gransdens Woods Acquisition, Beds"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/06/2001	£50k	"Flitwick Moor Pasture Acquisition, Bedfordshire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/03/2001	£123k	"Old Sulehay Forest and Quarry"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/02/1998	£550k	"Bedfordshire, Cambridge and Northamptonshire Reserves"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/03/1997	£12k	"Devils Dyke & Roman Road - Restoration"