LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 210531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AND ENGAGING PEOPLE WITH NATURE.

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Latest income

£2.9m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a net increase in funds of £868,194 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,942,553. The Trustees confirm that the Group has adequate funds and sufficient cash flows to meet its liabilities for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The financial position is described as strong, with healthy cash balances and a surplus of free reserves over the chosen benchmark.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 : 1” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four months’ budgeted expenditure for the year ahead (held: £2.9m)

“The chosen benchmark is a figure equivalent to four months’ budgeted expenditure for the year ahead.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trust recharged management charges and expenses to trading subsidiary Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited.

“During the year, the Trust recharged management charges and certain expenses to its trading subsidiary Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited amounting to £34,268 (2024: £110,672) and were recharged expenses of £52,928 (2024: £79,823) At the year end, the Trust was owed £59,743 (2024: £64,256) from Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited.” — page 67

“During the year, the Trust was charged £135,425 (2024: £222,1324) by WFCL for its recruitment services. Included within creditors at 31 March 2025 was an amount of £16,258 (2024: £28,037) owed to WFCL.” — page 67

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trust charged by WFCL for recruitment services.

“During the year, the Trust recharged management charges and certain expenses to its trading subsidiary Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited amounting to £34,268 (2024: £110,672) and were recharged expenses of £52,928 (2024: £79,823) At the year end, the Trust was owed £59,743 (2024: £64,256) from Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited.” — page 67

“During the year, the Trust was charged £135,425 (2024: £222,1324) by WFCL for its recruitment services. Included within creditors at 31 March 2025 was an amount of £16,258 (2024: £28,037) owed to WFCL.” — page 67

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trust received donations from trustees.

“During the year, the Trust recharged management charges and certain expenses to its trading subsidiary Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited amounting to £34,268 (2024: £110,672) and were recharged expenses of £52,928 (2024: £79,823) At the year end, the Trust was owed £59,743 (2024: £64,256) from Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited.” — page 67

“During the year, the Trust was charged £135,425 (2024: £222,1324) by WFCL for its recruitment services. Included within creditors at 31 March 2025 was an amount of £16,258 (2024: £28,037) owed to WFCL.” — page 67

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £178k

“Defined benefit pension scheme liability (178,086)” — page 66

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited

“The principal activity of the wholly-owned subsidiary, Leicestershire Wildlife (Sales) Limited, is nature conservation contracts and wildlife consultancy, plus retail operations.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00561833
Trading subsidiary: LEICESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE (SALES) LIMITED Companies House 02347573

LEICESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE (SALES) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Profit before tax: £32k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £29k
Amounts owed to group undertakings: £59,743

“Donation of profit to parent charity”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leicestershire and Rutland 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).

National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The landscape is currently at risk and the Charnwood Forest Landscape Partnership Scheme has created new projects to protect and enhance it,…” (source page)
People's Postcode Lottery — “We have received valuable funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery which enabled us to run our Wild Forest School project” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WALKER, Stephanie — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
DUTTON, Nicola — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
BAINS, Taras Singh — director, appointed 23/11/2024on trustee list
HARPER, Gemma Clare — director, appointed 23/11/2024on trustee list
HUNTER, Emily — director, appointed 23/11/2024on trustee list
ABBOTT, Andrew — director, appointed 23/11/2024on trustee list
ATHERTON, John — director, appointed 23/11/2024on trustee list
THORPE, Andrew Julian — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
NOTT, Helen Mary Rose — director, appointed 15/11/2017on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Peter David — director, appointed 21/11/2013on trustee list
MOFFAT, Andrew Stewart — director, appointed 15/11/2007on trustee list
TOMLINSON, Elizabeth Ann — director, appointed 20/11/2002on trustee list
BIDDLE, Anthony John — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

56 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (45 freehold); recorded price paid £70k. 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)

Total income

£2.9m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£243k

Reserves (reported)

£2.9m

Employees

29

Reported reserves equal ~16.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN TOMLINSONchair
ANDREW STEWART MOFFAT · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Julian Thorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr ANTHONY JOHN BIDDLE
Emily Hunter
Gemma Harper
Helen Nott
John Atherton
Nicola Dutton
Peter Williams
Stephanie Walker
Taras Singh Bains

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.9m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/03/2022	£1.9m	£2.1m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a net increase in funds of £868,194 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,942,553. The Trustees confirm that the Group has adequate funds and sufficient cash flows to meet its liabilities for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The financial position is described as strong, with healthy cash balances and a surplus of free reserves over the chosen benchmark. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£103k	RSWT Grants

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	14/05/2021	£90k	"Birdfair Bounce Back"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/08/2020	£150k	"COVID19: Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/07/2011	£23k	"Oadby and Wigston Nature, Environment and Wildlife Team (NEWTs)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/09/2010	£879k	"Rutland Water Nature Reserve Volunteer Training Centre"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2009	£10k	Supporting community wildlife groups
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/09/2007	£48k	"Weather and Wildlife at the Lyndon Visitor Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/07/2006	£5k	"The Project Is To Launch 'Out And About With Wildlife Watch', Designing And Printing A Junior Guide For Creating And Visiting Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/07/2006	£5k	Out and About Wildlife Watch
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/05/2006	£21k	"Teen Rangers"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/11/2005	£5k	Training for volunteers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/03/2000	£13k	"Loughborough Meadows SSSI - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/02/2000	£4k	"This conservation group would like funding in order to raise awareness of local wildlife open days walks meetings and conservation projects"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/12/1999	£421k	"Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust Capital Works"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/05/1998	£25k	"Loughborough Big Meadow SSSI - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/12/1997	£40k	"Croft Pasture SSSI - Acquisition"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	5	£2.2m
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	5	£66k
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	2	£285k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£0
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£284k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD	1	£214k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£208k

Charities like this

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

NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.0m
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED	£2.9m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	within	15.1%	no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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