YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 210807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS TRUST LIMITED, THE YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST, THE YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust works for a Yorkshire rich in wildlife, valued and enjoyed by people. Through the support of our members and volunteers we remain a local charity working for local communities and wildlife.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a financially stable organisation with an increased turnover of £16.6m and a net movement in funds of an increase of £427,349. Per the trustees' report, general unrestricted funds stood at £1.33m, which is above the stated policy target of £1.2m, although the agreed budget for the following year forecasts a deficit that would reduce unrestricted funds below this target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00409650
• Trading subsidiary: YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 09922108

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DIMITROPOULOU, Anna — director, appointed 27/10/2024on trustee list
• ROCKETT, Suzannah — director, appointed 27/10/2024on trustee list
• BRAMLEY, Neil Robert — director, appointed 27/10/2024on trustee list
• MEADOWS, Peter — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Ceri Jane, Dr — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list
• ABBAS, Nabil — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Michael — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list
• SMART, Penelope Jane, Dr — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list
• ARMITAGE, Michael — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• PERKS, Nicholas Graham Alaric — director, appointed 08/12/2020not on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Ceri Jane — secretary, appointed 17/12/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

128 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (100 freehold); recorded price paid £675k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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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: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Dimitropoulou
• Ceri Williams
• Michael Armitage
• Michael Graham
• Nabil Abbas
• Neil Bramley
• Nick Perks
• Penelope Smart
• Peter Meadows
• Suzannah Rockett

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• SHEFFIELD WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.6m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• WILTSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
• CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LTD income £13.8m

Side by side with its peers

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