THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE

Registered charity 1081455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WFN

Promotes, through the giving of grants, the conservation, preservation and restoration for the public benefit of the world's animal, bird, fish and plant life and of its environments/habitats.To seek out and support the best grass roots conservation projects in developing countries, including projects which serve the needs of local people as well as achieving conservation outcomes.

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds stood at £2,664,912, which exceeds the identified reserves requirement of £1,375,175, satisfying the Trustees that the Charity holds sufficient reserves to operate efficiently. The charity reported a net income surplus of £40,138 for the year, with total funds increasing to £3,043,251. The Trustees confirmed that the assets and reserves are adequate to support on-going activities, though they noted a dependency on continued donation income to maintain current grant levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Calders (1883) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whitley Fund for Nature (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD JOHN WHITLEY OBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Catherine Faulks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Joseph Martins Visitacao
• Francis Sullivan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Honor Perdita Whitley
• IAN KENNETH LAZARUS

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

Operates in: Argentina · Armenia · Bangladesh · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Indian Ocean Territory · Bulgaria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chile · China

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• EDWARD JOHN WHITLEY OBE — trustee here and at WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 £2.0m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
• WORLD LAND TRUST income £9.7m
• WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST income £385k
• INTERNATIONAL ECO FUND income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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