BADGER TRUST

Registered charity 1111440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BADGER GROUPS

Badger Trust is a registered charity which promotes the conservation, welfare and protection of badgers, their setts and their habitats. It represents and supports local voluntary badger groups throughout Britain, provides expert advice on all badger issues and works closely with the RSPCA, the police and others.

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Latest income

£298k

Latest spending

£307k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Badger Trust operated at a deficit of £9,540 in 2025, with total income of £297,684 against expenditure of £307,224. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £80,530, which is below its stated policy target of twelve months of core budgeted expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be appropriate for the charity's size and risk profile.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months of core budgeted expenditure (held: £81k)

“Badger Trust's policy was to normally hold the equivalent of twelve months of core budgeted expenditure as unrestricted reserves.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05460677

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Badger Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

BIRCH, Timothy Selwyn — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
WINTON, Samuel Joseph — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
HOOPER, Jessica Marie — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
LEGENDRE, Antoine Andre Alain — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
WHEELER, Esme — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
OAKES, Rowan David — director, appointed 06/07/2024on trustee list
VAN DER BURGT, Guda Marina, Dr — director, appointed 06/07/2024not on trustee list
PHILLIPS, Susanna — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
LOVEDAY, Philip — director, appointed 15/04/2023on trustee list
CADWELL, Georgina — director, appointed 14/05/2022on trustee list
WOOD, Rosemarie Jane — director, appointed 17/04/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rosemarie Jane Woodchair
Antoine Andre Alain Legendre
Dr Guda Marina van der Burgt
Dr Jessica Marie Hooper
Esme Wheeler
Georgina Cadwell
Philip Loveday
Rowan David Oakes
Samuel Joseph Winton
Susanna Phillips
Timothy Selwyn Birch

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£298k	£307k
31/12/2024	£301k	£370k
31/12/2023	£382k	£342k
31/12/2022	£333k	£316k
31/12/2021	£195k	£267k

Common questions

Is BADGER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Badger Trust operated at a deficit of £9,540 in 2025, with total income of £297,684 against expenditure of £307,224. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £80,530, which is below its stated policy target of twelve months of core budgeted expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be appropriate for the charity's size and risk profile. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BADGER TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BADGER TRUST as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION, THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£12k	Christmas Challenge
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	FY2025	£10k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£4k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k