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

Devon Wildlife Trust works to achieve its charitable purpose of a Devon rich in wildlife by:securing wildlife rich habitat under sound management, challenging thinking and practices which have a negative impact on species and habitats andencouraging people to understand and value wildlife.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £57,770 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 24% to £7,527,235. The charity holds total funds of £11,244,287, including unrestricted free reserves of £1,401,471 and designated funds of £305,312. The trustees confirm that the charity remains financially resilient and intends to continue growing unrestricted reserves in line with its revised policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

94 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (70 freehold). 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)

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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 · trustee networks

• 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

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Charities like this

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

• NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.4m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m
• DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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