BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1115634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC042830 (OSCR)

Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2006

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£264k

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Angela Stylechair
Catriona Gardiner
David McIntyre
Dr Grace Deepa Senapathi · trustee of 1 other charity
Georgia Romeril
Sophie Theen · trustee of 1 other charity
Theresa Dauncey

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£2.3m	£2.2m
31/03/2023	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.5m

Common questions

Who funds BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION, CHK Foundation, M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£146k
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION	FY2022	£32k
CHK Foundation	FY2024	£20k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
LANGDALE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k
LANGDALE TRUST	FY2025	£4k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£2k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST COOKHAM DEAN	FY2023	£469

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	10/12/2025	£185k	"Save Our Shrills (SOS): Somerset"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/12/2025	£212k	"Cynefin i Gwenynen"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2025	£250k	"Buzzing in the East End (Southeast London)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2022	£20k	"#NNF2 Connecting the Carmarthenshire Coast"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/04/2022	£223k	"Bee Inspired"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/06/2019	£58k	"Creating a buzz around our story"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/05/2016	£45k	"Bee Wild West Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/03/2016	£967k	"Pollinating the Peak"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/03/2015	£1.1m	"Making a Buzz for the Coast"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/02/2015	£74k	"Thurso: Gateway to the Great Yellow"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/2011	£340k	"Bees for Everyone"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/05/2006	£50k	"Bumblebee Conservation"