THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 214927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.

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

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.

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 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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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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
• STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £8.5m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• LINCOLNSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £8.9m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

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