WILDERNESS FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1118493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WF-UK, WFUK, WILDERNESS FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC041697 (OSCR)

The Wilderness Foundation UK mission is to harness the positive power of nature to change lives. Each year we work with over 8,000 young people across the UK, including some of the hardest-to-reach most disadvantaged youth, to offer programs that utilize the irreplaceable quality of wilderness and nature as a catalyst for transformational personal growth and change.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus of £54,325 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income increasing by 16% to £928,936 compared to the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves declined to £143,460, while total reserves stood at £1,124,603, excluding the fixed asset value of Mann Wood.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Edmund Carr LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wilderness Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GERALD VINCENT BODENHAM THOMPSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW SHEEPSHANKS
• Alan Somerville
• Alexandra Johnson
• Deborah Claire Fielding
• Glyn Parry
• Julie Ann Rogers
• MRS JO ROBERTS
• Murray Dunan Soutar
• Perdeep Grewal
• Ross Brockman
• Stephen John Carver
• Tomilewa Platts

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

Operates in: Essex · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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