THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1112100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043066 (OSCR)

Vincent Wildlife Trust conserves British, Irish and European mammals through conservation research and practical fieldwork. We: 1) develop innovative monitoring solutions, 2) identify actions to generate conservation solutions for effective population restoration 3) develop effective mitigation strategies through conflict management to promote coexistence between mammal populations and humans.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£929k

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a strong financial position with total funds increasing to £22,781,118. The Trustees believe that the free reserves of £913,193 are currently adequate, representing approximately six months of operating costs, though they note this does not allow for future growth.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least six months operating costs (held: £913k)

“The Trustees believe that whilst the free reserves of the charity are currently adequate they do not allow for future growth or development. The charity therefore seeks funding to finance future projects and developments as set out in its ten-year strategy, whilst aiming to maintain free reserves that are equivalent to at least six months operating costs.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £40k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£929k

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£21.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~156.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Robbie McDonaldchair
Christopher Robert Frost
Dr Richard Paul Young
Dr Sallie-Anne Bailey
Ellen Watson-Hicks
Georgina Rose Tuesday Holmes-Skelton
Mark Davies
Prof Rosemary Susan Hails

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

Operates in: Croatia · Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£929k	£1.7m
31/12/2023	£1.9m	£1.2m
31/12/2022	£680k	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£500k	£1.1m
31/12/2020	£522k	£1.0m

Common questions

Is THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a strong financial position with total funds increasing to £22,781,118. The Trustees believe that the free reserves of £913,193 are currently adequate, representing approximately six months of operating costs, though they note this does not allow for future growth. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Who funds THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE OAKDALE TRUST, MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES	FY2025	£5k	Social feasibility assessment of reintroducing wildcats to Wales
PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES	FY2024	£5k	Assessing the social feasibility of reintroducing wildcats to Wales
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/05/2025	£27k	"Communities and carnivores of Welsh woodland"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/12/2021	£1.3m	"Martens on the Move: Long-term Strategic Recovery for Pine Martens in Britain"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/11/2010	£41k	"Our Beacon for Bats - safeguarding lesser horseshoe bats in the Upper Usk Valley"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	4	£692k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	2	£379k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST	1	—
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£450k
THE REECE FOUNDATION	1	£271k
THE PRIVY PURSE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£266k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£223k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST.

VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST income £444k
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
THE GAME AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST income £11.6m
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST income £623k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST	£929k	£70,001 - £80,000	—	within	—	no doubt
VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£444k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	within	15.1%	no doubt
THE GAME AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST FY2024	£11.6m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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