THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST

Registered charity 1146387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION TRUST, ESCT

1. REMOVE SPECIES FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION IN THE UK THROUGH EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES INFORMED BY CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. 2. EDUCATE AND ENTHUSE THE PUBLIC TO THE PLIGHT OF SPECIES LOSS IN THE UK. TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF NATURALISTS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SPECIES ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION IN THE UK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SUCH SPECIES.

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£301k

Latest spending

£322k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £284,831, representing the free funds of the charity. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“One employee had emoluments for the year (not including employer pension contributions nor employer national Insurance contribution cost) that fell between £60,000 and £70,000” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee had emoluments for the year (not including employer pension contributions nor employer national Insurance contribution cost) that fell between £60,000 and £70,000” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Government grants and fees for services (64% of income)

“Government grants and fees for services 97,411” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

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

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 2% of the £300,524 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £45,384 — grants £45,384 (6); 13% of the £340,807 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £44,512 — grants £44,512 (3); 14% of the £311,046 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Species Recovery Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jed Hamblin-Boone MA BA FMCIchair
Catherine Dyer
Nicholas Berry MAHonsOxon

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£301k	£322k
31/12/2024	£341k	£264k
31/12/2023	£311k	£256k
31/12/2022	£209k	£186k
31/12/2021	£117k	£115k

Common questions

Is THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £284,831, representing the free funds of the charity. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£24k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£23k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE	FY2022	£6k	Deptford Pink Devon Project
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	Unverified read£5k	Yr1 2021
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE ELSIE DAVIS TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE NORMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£1k	towards an assessment of species most at risk of extinction in the South West, identified as Field Eryngo and Goldilocks Aster.
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2026	£1k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	14/08/2023	£27k	Protecting England's Rarest Invertebrates
UK government	14/08/2023	£14k	Protecting England's Rarest Invertebrates
Postcode Lottery	03/04/2023	£2k	Project Funding

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£311k
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£305k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION	1	£148k
BOLTON TOGETHER	1	£63k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£38k
THE PROSPECTS FOUNDATION	1	£24k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£14k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST.

AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.3m
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT income £661k
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES income £1.8m
AWE FOR NATURE TRUST UK income £163k
ENDANGERED ASIAN SPECIES TRUST income £179k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST	£301k	£60,000 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT FY2025	£661k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AWE FOR NATURE TRUST UK FY2025	£163k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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