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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

Latest income
£16.6m
Latest spending
£16.1m
Registered
1964

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

Total income
£16.6m
Total spending
£16.1m
Cost of raising funds
£976k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
166

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

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£16.6m£16.1m
31/03/2024£14.0m£13.9m
31/03/2023£12.2m£11.3m
31/03/2022£9.9m£9.6m
31/03/2021£11.0m£8.3m

Common questions

Who funds YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST, THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£340k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£800
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£0
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2025£225k"Tenacious by Nature: Creating a ‘Greenprint’ for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Flagship Nature Reserves and their Nature Discovery Centres."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/09/2024£250k"Securing the future of Dryham Farm – The Beating Heart of North Cave Wetlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/08/2020£50k"COVID19: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/11/2017£60k"Securing the Future of Ashes Pasture, a Natural Icon of the Yorkshire Dales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/02/2017£63k"Wolds Water – A revival of the heritage of Dew Ponds"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/09/2016£75k"Improving Clifton Beck's Water"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2013£9k"Developing a Major Donor Fundraising Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/03/2012£532k"Spurn's Communities Along the Sand"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2010£475k"Staveley's Wetland Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/02/2010£50k"Wild Went Water Voles"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/09/2008£42k"Flamborough Head Story Board"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/05/2007£50k"River Calder Biodiversity Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2006£497k"Wildlife Wealth, Yorkshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/09/2005£22k"Green Spaces of the Aire Corridor , Bradford"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/06/2004£32k"PPG Wildlife Wealth"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2004£5k"This Group Provides Environmental Education For Young People Through Practical Conservation Projects. They Will Use The Award To Purchase P"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/07/2003£25k"Discover Your Roots Through Heritage Graffiti"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2002£1.0m"Potteric Carr Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/03/2002£375k"Old Hall Farm, Skeffling - acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/10/2001£24k"Wharncliffe Heath Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/1998£1.0m"Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/07/1997£51k"Welwick Saltings"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/03/1996£17k"Askham Bog, South West of York"