THE HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1109031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the conservation of the UKs native amphibians and reptiles via conservation management, advocacy, research and education throughout the British Isles, Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CONSERVATION OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, THEIR HABITATS AND THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND;(2) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN HERPETOFAUNAL NATURE RESERVES AND TO UNDERTAKE HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND APPRECIATION OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN SUCH NATURE RESERVES;(3) TO EXECUTE, PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND PUBLISH RESEARCH RELEVANT TO SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PERTINENT TO AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES;(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(5) TO ADVANCE THE ABOVE MENTIONED OBJECTS IN THE BRITISH ISLES, EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

Area of benefit: BRITISH ISLES, EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted and endowment funds of £6,213,945, derived primarily from investment income of £383,267. The trustees consider the current reserves policy, which focuses on balancing the endowment fund value and return, to be adequate and appropriate for the charity's ongoing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• 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

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 — “Amphibian and Reptile Conservation is proud to be a partner in the latest round of Natural England Species Recovery Programme grants, which …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DR ROBERT JEHLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Elliott · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr ROGER MITCHELL CBiol FRSB · trustee of 3 other charities
• HOWARD INNS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY LARICK BRUCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN WEBSTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR RICHARD GRIFFITHS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rebecca Turner BSc, MSc · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST.

• AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.3m
• THE FROGLIFE TRUST income £1.5m
• GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.1m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• THE BRITISH HEDGEHOG PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £1.6m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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