WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST

Registered charity 1030884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W W T

Latest income
£46.8m
Latest spending
£32.1m
Registered
1993

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

Total income
£46.8m
Total spending
£32.1m
Cost of raising funds
£7.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
599

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Cambodia · China · Kuwait · Madagascar · Northern Ireland · Russia · Scotland · Seychelles · South Korea · Sri Lanka · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£46.8m£32.1m
31/03/2024£31.5m£30.4m
31/03/2023£26.1m£28.7m
31/03/2022£27.0m£24.0m
31/03/2021£20.9m£20.4m

Common questions

Who funds WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST as a grant recipient include PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION (GB), The Barratt Redrow Foundation, EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL) CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUST, THE VASEPPI TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/03/2026£227k"Somerset Blue Heritage: A Climate Resilience Blueprint for Nature and People"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/06/2025£237k"Steart: Connecting Coastal Communities"
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£1.1mRegular Grant 2025
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/10/2024£236k"#Grow WWT Early Careers Grow Phase Project"
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2024
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/09/2023£54k"#Innovate WWT Early Careers Test Phase Project"
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2022£25k"Explore: WWT Heritage Innovation Fund"
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£1.0mRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/08/2020£241k"COVID 19: The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2016£4.4m"Slimbridge 2020"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2014£66k"Wetland Encounters"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2006£3.1m"Castle Espie Wetland Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2005£47k"Wetlands for Townlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/08/2004£33k"Access and Outreach Project, The London Wetland Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2003£34k"Castle Espie Wetland Restoration, PPG"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/02/2003£990k"Welney Wildfowl & Wetlands Reserve - New Visitor Facility & Access,"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/09/2002£41k"Reaching Home - People and Brent Geese"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2002£973k"Purchase of land and restoration of wetland habitat, Woodland Farm, Martin Mere"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/10/1998£677k"Barnes Wild Reserve Wetland Centre- Access"