UK WILD OTTER TRUST

Registered charity 1167746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conservation organisation specialising in the European otter Lutra lutraDealing with raising awareness, education and promotion of the otterRehabilitation of orphaned or sick/injured otter cubs for eventual release back into the wild

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING THE CONSERVATION OF THE EUSRASIAN OTTER (LUTRA LUTRA) IN THE UK.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE UK PUBLIC IN OTTER CONSERVATION.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced a significant operational disruption due to an unexpected eviction notice requiring them to vacate their site. However, the organization successfully relocated by acquiring a new plot of land, which was developed into a new centre at a cost of approximately £165,000, funded by public donations. The trustees report that the new centre is now established and operational, with increased volunteer numbers and media presence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 02/05/2025 (received 02/04/2026, 31 days after the 02/03/2026 due date); year ending 02/05/2023 (received 18/03/2024, 16 days after the 02/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wickes Community Programme — “Wickes Community Programme and Grant Westfield Multipanel donated over 70 top-notch shower panels for our otter hospital and cub rooms, with…” (source page)
• Grant Westfield Multipanel — “Wickes Community Programme and Grant Westfield Multipanel donated over 70 top-notch shower panels for our otter hospital and cub rooms, with…” (source page)
• Classic Cottages — “Classic Cottages have kindly sponsored the new hospital buildings on our new land. These new hospital buildings will be invaluable to our wo…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN PAUL ANDERSONchair
• Christopher Hicks
• DAVID RICHARD WEBB CEO
• IAN HUMPHREYS
• Ian Gardiner

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 WORLD OWL TRUST.

• WORLD OWL TRUST income £214k
• THE OTTER TRUST income £62k
• LIBERTY'S OWL RAPTOR & REPTILE CENTRE income £448k
• THE WILD TROUT TRUST LIMITED income £934k
• WILD THINGS RESCUE income £51k
• THE OTTERHEAD ESTATE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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