WEST DORSET WILDING

Registered charity 1196964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

West Dorset Wilding aim to restore nature in West Dorset through working with farmers and landowner to restore land and ecosystems that have been degraded biologically. We also are looking to engage the wider public as much as possible and help people reconnect with nature.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND RESTORING DEGRADED ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £12,152 were held at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' targeted policy of £8,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £30,911, driven largely by restricted grant income from the Landscape Recovery Project, although core funding remains challenging. The trustees confirmed the charity can continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Lush — “Lush Charity Pot has kindly funded West Dorset Wilding this year, and we are very grateful for their generosity.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• VISCOUNT LUKE TIMOTHY CHARLES MONTAGUchair
• Arthur Percy Crutchley
• Dr Tarsha Finney
• Jonathan Luke Measures
• Sir Philip Colfox · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.3m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m
• THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST income £578k

Side by side with its peers

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