SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 212744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHROPSHIRE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED, THE SHROPSHIRE TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED

For the public benefit to safeguard and enhance biodiversity and sustainability and in particular1. to undertake and promote the conservation of wildlife species and their habitats including the maintenance, restoration and creation of such habitats;0001

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £95k for the year, with total funds decreasing from £4.153m to £4.058m. Free reserves stood at a surplus of £250k, which is at the lower end of the stated policy target of £250k-£500k. The trustees confirmed the organisation is a going concern based on reviewed budgets and funding pipelines.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00729746
• Trading subsidiary: SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 02452421

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shropshire 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).

• Ecological Restoration Fund — “Ecological Restoration Fund” (source page)
• Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust — “Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust” (source page)
• Potter Group Environmental Fund — “Potter Group Environmental Fund” (source page)
• Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts — “Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts” (source page)
• Alan and Karen Grieve Charitable Trust — “Alan and Karen Grieve Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Brian D Newman Foundation for the Environment — “Brian D Newman Foundation for the Environment” (source page)
• Campaign to Protect Rural England — “Campaign to Protect Rural England” (source page)
• Charities Aid Foundation — “Charities Aid Foundation” (source page)
• David James Wilson Memorial Fund — “David James Wilson Memorial Fund” (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.

• LARNER, James David — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
• SCORER, John Gordon — director, appointed 12/10/2024on trustee list
• LAY, Rory — director, appointed 22/05/2024on trustee list
• TOW, Amanda Denise — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• CRAIG, Amanda — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• PAUL, Robert James — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Jacqueline Lara — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• KINNERSLEY, Laurence David — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• DIACK, Iain — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• MARSH, Stephen George — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
• MONIE, Malcolm Seaforth — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
• HEARLE, Andrew Christopher — director, appointed 23/10/2019on trustee list
• GRANT, Alexander — director, appointed 20/10/2018not on trustee list
• DREVER, James Gerrard, Dr — director, appointed 20/10/2018on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Michelle Sylvia — secretary, appointed 22/06/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

50 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (43 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Gordon Scorerchair
• ALEX D GRANT
• Amanda Craig · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Denise Tow
• Andrew Hearle
• Iain Diack
• JAMES GERRARD DREVER
• Jacqueline Lara Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
• James David Larner · trustee of 3 other charities
• Laurence David Kinnersley
• MALCOLM SEAFORTH MONIE
• Robert Paul
• Rory Lay
• STEPHEN GEORGE MARSH

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST.

• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £8.5m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m
• DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

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