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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.

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Latest income
£301k
Latest spending
£322k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £77,280 for the year, with total income of £340,807 exceeding total expenses of £263,527. The trustees report that total funds at year-end amounted to £362,906, comprising £279,176 available for general purposes and £83,730 held for restricted purposes.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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 FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £77,280 for the year, with total income of £340,807 exceeding total expenses of £263,527. The trustees report that total funds at year-end amounted to £362,906, comprising £279,176 available for general purposes and £83,730 held for restricted purposes.

Who funds THE SPECIES RECOVERY TRUST?

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

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£23k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVEFY2022£6kDeptford Pink Devon Project
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5kYr1 2021
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE ELSIE DAVIS TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2024£1k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE NORMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1ktowards an assessment of species most at risk of extinction in the South West, identified as Field Eryngo and Goldilocks Aster.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government14/08/2023£27kProtecting England's Rarest Invertebrates
UK government14/08/2023£14kProtecting England's Rarest Invertebrates
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£2kProject Funding