BERWICK SWAN AND WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1064805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERWICK SWAN & WILDLIFE TRUST LTD

Establishment of local treatment centre for swans and any other wildlife who are in need of care and attention

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF SWANS AND OTHER WILDLIFE OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF WILDLIFE

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.

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Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust recorded a deficit of £34,026 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in free unrestricted reserves from £171,620 to £140,290. Despite this deficit, the trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. The Trust holds an emergency reserve of £40,000 within its designated funds to support unforeseen emergencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Berwick Swan & Wildlife Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• WALTER CURTISchair
• Gillian Powell
• James William O'Grady
• LAURIE CAMPBELL
• MIKE GREENER
• MR DICK GOFF
• PAT GOFF

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

Operates in: Northumberland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED.

• THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £13.5m
• THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST income £578k
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• THE SWAN SANCTUARY income £292k
• SHEFFIELD WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.6m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

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