THE WILD TROUT TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1162478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WILD TROUT TRUST, WTT · also registered in Scotland as SC046354 (OSCR)

The advancement of public education in the promotion of conservation for the public benefit of wild trout and their habitats; ecosystems and environment; river and water conservation and management and creation of wild trout habitats. Wild trout being defined as any trout that has been spawned naturally including sea trout.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell to £933,991 from £1,006,799 in the previous year, resulting in a net expenditure of £82,538. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider the financial position to be good, noting that funds are mainly held in liquid assets and are sufficient to carry out activities for the foreseeable future. Free reserves stood at £366,652, which the trustees deem sufficient to cover their stated policy target of six months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hart Shaw LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03345901

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HEASMAN, Nicholas Edwin John — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• GANE, Penelope Theodora Blanche — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• SANDALL, Nicholas John — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• FRANCIS, Simon James — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• HARVEY, Andrew — director, appointed 02/07/2020on trustee list
• SELIGMAN, George Edward Spencer — director, appointed 20/02/2018on trustee list
• MANT, Jennifer Mary, Dr — director, appointed 10/06/2016not on trustee list
• WATSON, Christopher Ian — director, appointed 06/10/2015on trustee list
• MANTLE, Gary Jonathan, Dr — director, appointed 06/10/2015not on trustee list
• PICKSTONE, Alan — secretary, appointed 28/02/2026

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 10.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER WATSON
• Dr GARY MANTLE MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER SELIGMAN · trustee of 5 other charities
• Jenny Mant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Heasman
• Nicholas Sandall
• Penelope Gane
• Simon James Francis
• Sir Charles Joseph Napier

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAMES RIVERS TRUST.

• THAMES RIVERS TRUST income £136k
• FRESHWATER HABITATS TRUST income £2.8m
• THE RIVERS TRUST income £8.8m
• THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST income £1.9m
• ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST income £1.6m
• Dee Trust income £800k

Side by side with its peers

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