SHEPRETH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CHARITY

Registered charity 1145477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWCC

Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity (SWCC) was established in March 2011 to help fundraise for conservation work both home and abroad. The organisation will be responsible for raising funds and educating visitors about endangered species and also play a major role in providing funds for the on-site SWCC Hedgehog Rehabilitation Hospital.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE PREVENTION OR SUPPRESSION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OR THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ANIMALS (FALLING WITHIN THE DESCRIPTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN PART 1 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2006 BEING THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE);(B) THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; (C) EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR IN ANIMAL WELFARE, IN BRITISH FLORA AND FAUNA, IN ENDANGERED SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (IN PARTICULAR THE LOCAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT).

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,473 for the year, reducing total reserves to £49,614. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient at present, although the going concern basis is explicitly dependent on the continuation of donations, fundraising, and grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity (SWCC) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• REBECCA WILLERSchair
• COLIN TAYLOR
• Elizabeth Bennett
• Liz Dams
• MR MIKE HUNTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS S WILLERS
• Matt Gildersleeve
• Natasha Ennew
• Yvonne Morrin

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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