WILD GROUND

Registered charity 1080838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEESIDE URBAN WILDLIFE GROUP LIMITED, NEW WILDLIFE, NORTH EAST WALES WILDLIFE LIMITED

Management and conservation of habitats and wildlife, especially amphibians and reptiles. Educational, and training activities and working with volunteers in communities to promote wildlife conservation.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF LAND MAINLY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (AS DEFINED BELOW) WHICH IS OF EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INCLUDING LAND WITHIN WHICH THE WILDLIFE IS IN NEED OF PROTECTION AND INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC PARKS, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING WILDLIFE AND NATURE CONSERVATION.THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS WALES AND ENGLAND

Area of benefit: WALES AND ENGLAND

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £261,281, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £61,538 for the year, supported by diverse funding streams including grants and private sector income. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with relevant regulations and give a true and fair view.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

In the news

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

• London Zoo reveals plans for new wildlife health centre blooloop.com · 29/04/2026
• New wildlife conservation Patronages announced for The Duke of Cambridge royal.uk · 19/10/2020
• Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s £1m appeal for new wildlife reserve hits milestone edp24.co.uk · 07/04/2017

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03889382 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OVERSON, Sarah — director, appointed 03/12/2025on trustee list
• READER, Nigel Frederick — director, appointed 24/11/2020not on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list
• MOORE, Stanley Victor, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (16 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Stanley Victor Moore · trustee of 3 other charities
• Helen Wright · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nigel Frederick Reader CBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sarah Overson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION.

• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• THE TOTTLE WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE CHARITY income £136k
• DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• THE WILDLIFE FOR ALL TRUST income £47k
• KNEPP WILDLAND FOUNDATION income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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