WESTMORLAND RED SQUIRREL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1144416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTMORLAND RED SQUIRRELS, WRSS

Red squirrel conservation in South Cumbria and North Lancashire, including removing threats to their survival and public education in the need for urgent action to prevent their extinction.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED RED SQUIRREL POPULATIONS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT IN SOUTH CUMBRIA AND NORTH LANCASHIRE IN ORDER THAT THEIR PRESENCE CAN CONTINUE TO BE ENJOYED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND BY FUTURE GENERATIONS. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE RED SQUIRREL, THE THREATS IT FACES AND THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION ACTIVITY TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL IN SOUTH CUMBRIA AND NORTH LANCASHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2011

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Policies the charity declares

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Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£14k£9k
31/03/2025£24k£21k
31/03/2024£25k£27k
31/03/2023£28k£29k
31/03/2022£33k£32k

Common questions

Who funds WESTMORLAND RED SQUIRREL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTMORLAND RED SQUIRREL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include LAKE DISTRICT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LAKE DISTRICT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kRed Squirrel Conservation