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WILDERNESS TRUST

Registered charity 1011511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Environmental protection and enhancementEducation in traditional crafts, arts, sustainable living, natural sciences and heritagePromotion of the artsRelief of suffering by inclusion of marginalised people in communal life and work and by providing a place of temporary refuge or respite

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,000, which the trustees describe as 'small' and held to help with cash flow. Per the trustees' report, the main risk identified is a lack of unreserved funds to service running costs on the Llanidloes project, although the trustees state they are managing this situation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Small reserves are held to help with cash flow (held: £2k)
“Small reserves are held to help with cash flow”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The main risk the Trust has is lack of unreserved funds to service our running costs on the Llanidloes project, but we are managing.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52k£50k
31/03/2024£59k£59k
31/03/2023£149k£93k
31/03/2022£66k£49k
31/03/2021£80k£85k

Common questions

Is WILDERNESS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,000, which the trustees describe as 'small' and held to help with cash flow. Per the trustees' report, the main risk identified is a lack of unreserved funds to service running costs on the Llanidloes project, although the trustees state they are managing this situation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILDERNESS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILDERNESS TRUST as a grant recipient include The Ashley Family Foundation, MARGARET DAVIES CHARITY, THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£10k
MARGARET DAVIES CHARITYFY2025£5k
MARGARET DAVIES CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£1k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2022£900
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£0
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£0
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£0
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/10/2025£25k"#COED6 Coed Esgair"
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£15kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2022£10kThe Hanging Gardens Theatre Stage
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£50kLong May They Recycle
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2020£10kThe 'Hanging' Garden