Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Registered charity 214929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORNWALL TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED

Latest income

£7.6m

Latest spending

£6.6m

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

£7.6m

Total spending

£6.6m

Cost of raising funds

£2.0m

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

113

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median 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.

Trustees

AMIE JO FULTON
Gillian Mary Saunders
Helen Louise Thomas
Ian Miles Kennedy Greaves
Joanna Hazel Coumbe
Karen Elizabeth Burrows
MERLIN HANBURY-TENISON
Megan Hayward Smith
Nicholas George Wylie
Oliver Blount
Paul Mathison Rice
Professor Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe
Raoul Humphreys · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Stokoe
Veryan Vere Hodge

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£7.6m	£6.6m
31/03/2024	£5.9m	£5.7m
31/03/2023	£7.3m	£5.5m
31/03/2022	£5.9m	£5.6m
28/02/2021	£4.6m	£4.1m

Common questions

Who funds Cornwall Wildlife Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Cornwall Wildlife Trust as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£148k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£16k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£13k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£6k
CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
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	21/06/2024	£3.6m	"Tor to Shore"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/08/2021	£244k	"Tackling the EmergenSea Â– Engaging Communities, Including Young People From Low Income Families, with our Seas for Marine Conservation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2020	£56k	"COVID19: Cornwall Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/10/2015	£2.7m	"First and Last - Our Living Working Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2014	£95k	"Lizard Horizons: The Landewednack Windmill conservation & environmental education project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2012	£204k	"Purchase and Restoration of key wildlife areas in West Penwith Â– land at Bostraze Bog and Bartinney Downs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2009	£114k	"CornwallÂ’s Marine Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2007	£50k	"Discovering the Wonders of Looe's Marine Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/08/2006	£10k	"This Registered Charity Is Concerned With The Flora And Fauna In Cornwall, Through Bird Sanctuaries, Nature Reserves, Study And Research. Th"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/02/2003	£44k	"Celebrating Cornwall's Mammals"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2002	£35k	"Churchtown Farm Community Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/12/2002	£45k	"Crift Farm"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/06/2002	£127k	"Helman Tor Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/05/2002	£16k	"Lowertown Moor"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/2000	£254k	"Priddacombe Downs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/2000	£100k	"Windmill Farm & Lizard Partnership Habitat Management - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/11/1997	£470k	"Cornwall Wildlife Trust Bid -Wild Cornwall"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/07/1997	£51k	"Purchase of Caer Bran"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/07/1997	£30k	"Purchase of Chun Downs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/12/1996	£236k	"Cabilla & Redrice Woods"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/10/1996	£68k	"Prideaux Wood"