THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 214927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESHIRE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£3.7m

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

£4.3m

Total spending

£3.7m

Cost of raising funds

£378k

Reserves (reported)

£972k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Amy Lemberger
Charles Neame
Charlie Knowles
Claire Swarbrick
Jamie Richards
Jennifer Dennington
John Roscoe
Megan Argot
Sajid Javed
Sandra Donnelly
Sarah Williams
Stephanie Sanderson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.3m	£3.7m
31/03/2024	£3.5m	£3.5m
31/03/2023	£3.2m	£3.1m
31/03/2022	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/03/2021	£2.3m	£2.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUNBURY, MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£28k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUNBURY	FY2023	£4k
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND	FY2023	£2k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0

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	15/05/2026	£225k	"Cheshire's Wild Network"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/10/2023	£10k	"Nature's Impact: building resilience through monitoring and evaluation at Cheshire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/12/2022	£25k	"Explore: Cheshire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/03/2022	£199k	"Rewilding Stockport"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/01/2019	£75k	"Cheshire Wildlife Trust business transition project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/01/2019	£10k	"Rediscovering Lost Words"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/12/2018	£642k	"Our Dee Estuary Â– Connecting coastal communities to a shared heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/01/2017	£10k	"Wildlife discovery at the Quinta"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/01/2015	£10k	"Back To Nature"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2013	£95k	"Delamere's Dragons"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/10/2013	£10k	"Wildlife Guardians: diversifying individual giving"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/09/2012	£78k	"Wildkids - rewilding our children"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2012	£771k	"Natural Futures: Engaging Communities through Volunteering"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/02/2011	£50k	"Cheshire Water Vole Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/10/2009	£50k	"My Cheshire Living Landscape (Gowy and Mersey Washlands) Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2007	£5k	"Cheshire Wildlife Trust Are A Well Established Organisation That Looks To Protect Local Wildlife, And Also Promote Interest In Conservation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/12/2006	£5k	"This Group Is A Branch Of The Cheshire Wildlife Trust They Will Use The Award To Purchase And Install Cctv Monitoring Equipment. The Equipme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2006	£5k	"Wildlife Watch Is A Branch Of Wildlife Trusts, To Encourage Young People To Understand And Appreciate The Environment And Their Surroundings"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2006	£4k	"The Award Will Fund A Family Environmental Fun Day At A Local Nature Reserve/Park, And Environmental Awareness Day For All The Family."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/07/2003	£24k	"Young Roots Cheshire - Investigating & taking action for local biodiversity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/05/2003	£1k	"This Local Environmental Group Promotes Awareness Of The Natural Surroundings And Encourages A Caring Attitude Towards Wildlife And Habitats"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/11/2001	£5k	"This organisation seeks funding for a project to provide facilities and activities for families at a lakeside beauty spot. The money is for"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/1999	£37k	"Celebrating Nature"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/1998	£578k	"Cheshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves Capital Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/10/1997	£70k	"Hatch Mere"