HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST
Registered charity 201081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT NATURALISTS' TRUST LIMITED, HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED, HAMPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST
The Trust exists to advance, promote and further conservation maintenance and protection of wildlife and its habitats, places of natural beauty, places of zoological, botanical, geographical, archaeological or scientific interest and features of landscape with geological, physiographical or amenity value in particular, but not exclusively in ways that further biodiversity.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total incoming resources of £9.9m against total expenditure of £8.0m. Free reserves stood at £4.5m, which the trustees note exceeds their stated policy target of four months of unrestricted expenditure, although they anticipate this level may decrease in the near future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife 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).
- Abri — “The following companies are all funding partners and/or corporate members of the Trust and as such are standing up for local wildlife. Fundi…” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
73 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (50 freehold); recorded price paid £2.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Charlotte Rose
- Christopher Harwood
- Dr Helen McCormack
- Edward Henry David Densham
- Helen Cox
- Henry George Le Vaillant Gardener
- Matthew Prescott
- Oliver Cooper
- Oliver Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rachel Coyle MBE
- Richard Lumley Green-Wilkinson · trustee of 3 other charities
- Victoria Thorp
- William Vine
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total incoming resources of £9.9m against total expenditure of £8.0m. Free reserves stood at £4.5m, which the trustees note exceeds their stated policy target of four months of unrestricted expenditure, although they anticipate this level may decrease in the near future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUST, FAT FACE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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