DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 213224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DEVON TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED, THE DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST, THE DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Latest income

£7.5m

Latest spending

£7.4m

Registered

1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£7.5m

Total spending

£7.4m

Cost of raising funds

£981k

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

109

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Abigail Maisie Anne Wilkin
Anna Fay Harrison
Annie Elsbeth Wills
Catherine Fiona Fileman-Wright
Charles Howard Thomson
Dr Charlotte Anne Brereton Grezo · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Martha Beatrijs Koot
John Paul Cottington
Lorna Rachel Elisabeth Fox
Martin John Callow
Sara Jane Papworth · trustee of 1 other charity
Victoria Denise Pope · trustee of 1 other charity
Wendy Sylvia Walford

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£7.5m	£7.4m
31/03/2024	£6.1m	£6.2m
31/03/2023	£5.8m	£5.5m
31/03/2022	£5.8m	£5.2m
31/03/2021	£5.5m	£4.5m

Common questions

Who funds DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BADUR FOUNDATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST, THE DIXON FOUNDATION, THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BADUR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£242k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE DIXON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE DIXON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. WERBURGH, WEMBURY	FY2023	£250
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£0
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST	FY2025	—

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	13/06/2023	£1.3m	"Pine Martens Bounce Back: The Two Moors Pine Marten Reintroduction Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2020	£159k	"COVID19: Devon Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2019	£858k	"Saving Devon's Treescapes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/07/2019	£70k	"Conservation Communities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2016	£58k	"Magnificent Mires"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/03/2014	£786k	"Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/05/2013	£55k	"Andrew's Wood in the Avon Valley Living Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/10/2007	£6k	"A Project To Monitor Cetaceans Around The British Coastline By This Wildlife Trust In Devon. The Grant Will Pay For Devon Biodiversity Recor"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/05/2007	£50k	"Cricklepit Mill Interpretation - The Heart of Exeter's Wild City"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/06/2006	£4k	"The Trust Exists To Achieve A Devon Richer In Wildlife By Maintaining And Enhancing Its Diversity. The Grant Will Be Used To Develop A Volun"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/01/2005	£50k	"Wembury Marine Centre - Bringing the Seas Alive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/05/2003	£5k	"The Award Will Fund A Training Programme For Staff And A Co-Ordinator Designed To Widen And Diversify The Dwt Volunteer Base. Staff Training"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/08/2000	£160k	"Dunsdon Farm NNR"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/02/1998	£698k	"Devon Wildlife Trust Capital Projects Bid"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/09/1997	£20k	"Stapleton Nature Reserve, Devon - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/01/1997	£37k	"East Volehouse Farm"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/01/1997	£27k	"Mambury Moor & Kismeldon Meadows - Acquistion"