THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 208123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURREY TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED, SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST, THE SURREY NATURALISTS TRUST LIMITED

Working to protect and conserve wild places and wildlife across Surrey with the help of members and volunteers. Our vision is for a living landscape in Surrey that is rich in wildlife and valued by all.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus with total income of £7,466k and total expenditure of £6,843k for the year ended 31 March 2026. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £2,557k, which is above the stated policy target of two months of average unrestricted operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Surrey 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).

• Naturcontact — “We welcome Naturcontact as a new Business Supporter, helping to fund heathland restoration through their 1% for Nature commitment.” (source page)
• Premier Miton — “Premier Miton, an investment management company with offices in Surrey and London, has reaffirmed its commitment to nature through a renewed…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

118 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (46 freehold); recorded price paid £23k. 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Swarbrickchair
• Abigail Chicken
• Adam Edward Wallace
• Amy Joanne Sellers
• Caroline Louise Lovelace
• James Walter Sinclair
• Matthew William Pearce
• Nina Clare Powell
• Pamela Whyman
• Peter Bernard Sutton
• Peter Douglas Urquhart
• Simon John Humphreys

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

Operates in: Surrey

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 SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST.

• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.7m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

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