THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 214927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5092984 · Wikipedia · also known as CHESHIRE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Cheshire Wildlife Trust is working towards its vision of "A Cheshire Region richer in Wildlife by 2020" and aims is to be Cheshire region's most active and influential wildlife champion.The charity's objectives are to:- stand up for wildlife and the environment;- create and enhance wildlife havens;- inspire people about the natural world;- foster sustainable living.

Objects

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:1.1. To promote and deliver the conservation, protection, improvement and expansion of the physical and natural environment, for the benefit of wildlife and the public of the United Kingdom; particularly in the Vice County 58 (the traditional County Palatine of Chester) and adjacent areas.1.2. To advance the education and engagement of the public in the principles and practice of:1.2.1. Biodiversity conservation and enhancement; 1.2.2. Sustainable living and development;; 1.2.3. Nature based health and wellbeing initiatives; and1.2.4. Natural capital, the value of nature to society and its protection and restoration.1.3. To promote research in all branches of relevant scientific study and to publish the useful results thereof.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER AND AREAS CONTIGUOUS THERETO.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in good financial health, having achieved a surplus for the ninth successive year with total income increasing to £4.3m. The charity holds unrestricted financial reserves equivalent to six months of essential operating expenditure, exceeding its stated policy target of four months. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

28 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (26 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £3.0m
• LINCOLNSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £8.9m
• WILD OXFORDSHIRE income £680k
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.5m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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