DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 200222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DORSET NATURALISTS TRUST LTD, THE DORSET TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Latest income

£7.3m

Latest spending

£5.4m

Registered

1961

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£7.3m

Total spending

£5.4m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£4.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

ANNE VIVIENNE WHEATCROFT
Akshay Sanghrajka
Andrew Littler
Dr Philip Sterling
GILES PUGH
Ian Alexander · trustee of 1 other charity
JAMES ROBERT WHITE
JOSEPHINE DAVIES MBE
John Allan Stobart
Leo Julian Henley Lock
Lisa Upchurch · trustee of 1 other charity
Lisbet Sherlock · trustee of 2 other charities
Richard Hulf
Simon Goldsack

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£7.3m	£5.4m
31/03/2024	£12.7m	£4.4m
31/03/2023	£5.1m	£4.2m
31/03/2022	£7.2m	£3.2m
31/03/2021	£3.5m	£2.7m

Common questions

Who funds DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROADSTONE, POOLE, BROWNSEA OPEN AIR THEATRE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2025	£187k
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£20k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROADSTONE, POOLE	FY2024	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROADSTONE, POOLE	FY2023	£500
BROWNSEA OPEN AIR THEATRE LIMITED	FY2022	£400
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2025	£142k	"Nature Connection North Dorset"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2020	£127k	"Covid-19: Dorset Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2020	£76k	"Explore West Dorset"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/01/2019	£62k	"Gillingham Royal Forest - a living landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/03/2018	£784k	"Wild Brownsea - Exploring Britain's favourite nature reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/2013	£9k	"Building Relationships - a step change in corporate engagement"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/01/2013	£2.8m	"The Great Heath Living Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2011	£223k	"Look Again"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2010	£351k	"Dorset Wildlife Trust Conservation Skills Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/03/2007	£49k	"Greenwood Tree Project - Conserving Dorset's Ancient Tree Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/03/2006	£373k	"New Frontiers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/2004	£28k	"Towards New Frontiers - PPG"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/10/2003	£39k	"Acquisition of land at Winfrith Heath, Dorset"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/06/2003	£19k	"Wild About Lorton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/03/2002	£15k	"Birch Common, Corscombe"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/01/2001	£17k	"Copse Close, Kingcombe"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/02/2000	£17k	"Turbary Trust Upton Heath Land - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/03/1999	£189k	"Winfrith Heath SSSI Land - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/1999	£27k	"Millennium Glades and Rides"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/1998	£137k	"Lorton Barn, Weymouth - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/02/1998	£86k	"Upton Heath Land, Poole - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/12/1997	£711k	"Dorset Wildlife Trust Bid"