WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST

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

WWT works to save wetlands for wildlife and for people by inspiring people to connect with and value wetlands and their wildlife, by demonstrating and promoting the importance and benefits of wetlands, by countering threats to wetlands and their wildlife, by creating and restoring wetlands and protecting key wetland sites and by savings threatened wetlands species.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £46.8 million, driven largely by a £16.8 million restricted donation from Aviva, while total expenditure rose 7% to £32.1 million. The charity reports unrestricted funds totaling £38.5 million and notes that the Council has reviewed its reserves policy to adopt a more risk-based approach, with £8.4 million held within the desired range.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust | Wildlife, Conservation, Education britannica.com · 18/08/2026
• Warblers’ Meadow at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge greatbritishlife.co.uk · 12/09/2025
• Gloucestershire-based Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust scoops £20k grant bbc.com · 21/10/2023
• Digging deep – Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust help with pond makeover stroudtimes.com · 17/11/2022
• Martin Mere Wetland Centre: Sir Peter Scott's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) marks 75 years of saving birds from extinction lep.co.uk · 10/11/2021

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WWT (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Natural England — “Rare British waders one step closer to recovery with £650k of Natural England funding” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (27,817 followers) · instagram (47K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• General Manager — £61,400 per annum · GL2, Gloucester (Hybrid) · posted 2 weeks ago (seen 02/09/2026)
• General Manager — £61,400 per annum · L40, Ormskirk (On-site) · posted 3 weeks ago (seen 02/09/2026)

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

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW DAVID BEER
• Alan Bahadur Law
• Alexander Daniel Mawer
• BARNABY BRIGGS
• Fraser Stewart Montgomery
• Philip Wilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Christian Dunn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Flint · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Pearson

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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED.

• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD income £1.3m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS income £43.7m
• WORLD LAND TRUST income £9.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.