AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1130188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC044097 (OSCR)

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £156,483 for the year, with total incoming resources of £2,347,538 against total expenditure of £2,230,693. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,097,880, which the trustees confirmed were within their stated target range of 6 to 9 months of budgeted expenditure. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 to 9 months of budgeted expenditure (held: £2.1m)
the target level for reserves is set at 6 to 9 months of budgeted expenditure. At the year end, unrestricted free group reserves were within our target range.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: ARC Ecological Services Limited
Included with other investments is a 100% holding in the ordinary share capital of ARC Ecological Services Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales on 20 October 2011. — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
43

Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£2.2m
31/03/2024£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.1m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.0m
31/03/2021£2.2m£1.8m

Common questions

Is AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £156,483 for the year, with total incoming resources of £2,347,538 against total expenditure of £2,230,693. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,097,880, which the trustees confirmed were within their stated target range of 6 to 9 months of budgeted expenditure. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

Who funds AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/12/2024£212k"Hop Spots! Inspiring Children and Young People to Protect UK Native Species"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/11/2017£489k"Connecting the Dragons: restoring reptile and amphibian populations and habitats in southern Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/09/2017£6k"Globe Way nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/03/2017£467k"Snakes in the Heather: helping Britain's rarest reptile"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/03/2016£70k"Great Crested Newt Detectives"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/09/2011£50k"Promoting Cumbria's Natterjack Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/11/2010£49k"Connecting London's Amphibian and Reptile Environments (CLARE)"

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