ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS

Registered charity 207238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSWT, THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS

RSWT's objects are to promote the conservation and study of nature, the promotion of research into such conservation and to educate the public in understanding and appreciating nature, in the awareness of its value and in the need for conservation. The Society primarily does this by supporting the work of The Wildlife Trusts to restore 'A Living Landscape' and secure 'Living Seas'.

Causes: 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 funds increased by £12.5m to £34.8m, with unrestricted funds decreasing to £2.5m and designated funds increasing to £15.8m, largely due to the acquisition of The Rothbury Estate. The charity maintains strong liquidity with £19.4m in cash and net assets of £25.8m, while its free reserves of £2.4m fall within the trustees' target range of three to six months of core costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 02540956

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wildlife Trusts (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (207,879 followers) · instagram (384K followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlie Dixon
• DUNCAN INGRAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Robert Jordan
• Dr Kenny Taylor
• Dr Robert Brown
• Estelle Bailey
• Gillian Fawcett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Barry
• Julian Woolford
• Lara Burch · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICHOLAS SIMON PARSONS
• Nanret Senok
• Rosemary Grandage
• Sarah Jane Chimbwandira

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST.

• THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS income £195.0m
• NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.0m
• ESSEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £10.0m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

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