EDEN WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1060811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activities of the Trust are directed to education concerning wild animals and to the conservation of wildlife, both in Kenya.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION CONCERNING WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE BY THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF WILD ANIMALS SUFFERING CRUELTY OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£136k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that expenditure exceeded income by £9,806, a deficit covered by drawing down on the Expendable Endowment Fund. The charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £125,883 in income but carries a significant investment portfolio valued at £2,891,479, with the Trustees noting risks regarding economic fluctuations and project support in Kenya.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the value of the Expendable Endowment Fund (held: £126k)

“As a matter of policy, the Trustees will seek to maintain the value of the Expendable Endowment Fund.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Philip James Beesonchair
AMANDA JANE HAGUE
DAVID EDWARD HIGDON
Laura Claire HAGUE
Martin Eden

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£126k	£136k
05/04/2024	£125k	£125k
05/04/2023	£125k	£126k
05/04/2022	£119k	£120k
05/04/2021	£105k	£134k

Common questions

Is EDEN WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that expenditure exceeded income by £9,806, a deficit covered by drawing down on the Expendable Endowment Fund. The charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £125,883 in income but carries a significant investment portfolio valued at £2,891,479, with the Trustees noting risks regarding economic fluctuations and project support in Kenya. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	2	£408k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£57k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	2	£22k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST	1	—
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.4m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK.

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK income £10.4m
WILDWOOD TRUST income £4.4m
WILD PLANET TRUST income £13.1m
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
THE WILDHEART TRUST income £2.1m
THE EDEN TRUST income £29.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EDEN WILDLIFE TRUST	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK FY2025	£10.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
WILDWOOD TRUST FY2025	£4.4m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILD PLANET TRUST FY2025	£13.1m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	below	—	no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE WILDHEART TRUST FY2024	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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