FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST LTD

Registered charity 1146071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FWAG SOUTH WEST

FWAG SW is a conservation charity that focuses on the interaction between wildlife and the farmed environment. To do this it seeks to support, enthuse & inspire farmers to value the environmental assets on their land & use them to secure sustainable and profitable businesses for the future. By using a Whole Farm approach FWAG SW seek to embed conservation into the commercial farming model.

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Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided text is limited to the title page and auditor's report of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West Ltd accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. It does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing reserves, income, expenditure, or financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Natural EnglandETAFFAESW0213/07/2026£266k
Natural EnglandCatchment Sensitive Farming and Capital Grant 1-1 Advice02/02/2026£28k
Natural EnglandAssessment of Capital Grant applications for CSF 13/08/2025£20k

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

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reserves (reported)
£361k
Employees
64

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.9m£3.7m
31/03/2024£3.4m£3.7m
31/03/2023£3.5m£3.8m
31/03/2022£3.9m£3.7m
31/03/2021£2.9m£2.6m

Common questions

Is FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided text is limited to the title page and auditor's report of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West Ltd accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. It does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing reserves, income, expenditure, or financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

Who funds FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST LTD as a grant recipient include THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2026£19kRegenerative Boconnoc
UK government01/04/2024£8kCHF_WEIF1201-2425
UK government01/04/2024£15kCHF_WEIF6302-2425
Farming The Future18/05/2020£20kA Local Compass for Regenerative Farming in Public Procurement
Farming The Future31/01/2020£15kEngland’s FIELDS (Farming and Integrated Environmental Local Delivery Support)
UK government01/04/2019£6kStour Headwaters 19/20
UK government01/04/2019£6kStour Headwaters 19/20
UK government01/04/2019£12kHills to Levels - Multiple Benefits project (œ100K allocated for 19/20, œ150K for 20/21)
UK government01/04/2019£4kStour Headwaters 19/20
UK government01/04/2019£28kHills to Levels - Multiple Benefits project (œ100K allocated for 19/20, œ150K for 20/21)
UK government01/04/2019£23kHills to Levels - Multiple Benefits project (œ100K allocated for 19/20, œ150K for 20/21)
UK government01/04/2019£23kStour Headwaters 19/20
UK government01/04/2019£20kWILD2 Project - CAPITAL (œ20K for 19/20, œ30K for 20/21 )
UK government01/04/2019£6kWILD2 Project-REVENUE
UK government01/04/2019£34kWILD2 Project-REVENUE
UK government01/04/2019£4kThames Farm Advice (River Coln)-FWAG SW
UK government01/04/2019£2kThames Farm Advice (River Coln)-FWAG SW
UK government01/04/2019£4kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£1kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£4kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£1kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£4kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£4kUpper Coln NFM Project
UK government01/04/2019£4kStour Headwaters 19/20
UK government01/04/2019£15kWEIF6302-19/20 (SOUTH & WEST SOMERSET) WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILD FISH CONSERVATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST LTD£3.9m—0unclear—no doubt
WILD FISH CONSERVATION FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
PIG SHED TRUST FY2024£925k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STONEBRIDGE CITY FARM FY2026£542k—0unclear—no doubt
LAWES AGRICULTURAL TRUST FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING FY2025£3.2m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.