Cornwall Wildlife Trust

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

RECORD, STUDY AND PROTECT PLACES AND OBJECTS OF ORNITHOLOGICAL, ENTOMOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY; OWN AND MANAGE NATURE RESERVES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF PLANTS AND WILD CREATURES LIVING THEREIN; PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES.

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Latest income

£7.6m

Latest spending

£6.6m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income grew to £7.65m with a net income of £1.08m, resulting in total reserves of £12.44m. The trustees report that free reserves of £1.62m are significantly higher than the stated policy target of £819k, reflecting funds accumulated for a capital redevelopment project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 months of unrestricted budget (£819k) (held: £1.6m)

“The financial reserves policy of the Trust establishes an unrestricted cash reserve based on 4 months of unrestricted budget. Our current calculations produce a reserve requirement of £819k.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Services provided to Consciam Limited (owned by a Director of the trading subsidiary)

“Consciam Limited (Owned by a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd ) Services totalling £2,419 (2024:£nil) were provided to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Membership subscriptions totalling £500 were received from Consciam Limited.”

“Mr P Collings-Costello (Husband of Mrs N Collings-Costello, a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited) Services totalling £50 (2024: £110) were provided by Mr P Collings-Costello.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Services provided by Mr P Collings-Costello (husband of a Director of the trading subsidiary)

“Consciam Limited (Owned by a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd ) Services totalling £2,419 (2024:£nil) were provided to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Membership subscriptions totalling £500 were received from Consciam Limited.”

“Mr P Collings-Costello (Husband of Mrs N Collings-Costello, a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited) Services totalling £50 (2024: £110) were provided by Mr P Collings-Costello.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Services provided to Mrs N Collings-Costello (Director of the trading subsidiary)

“Consciam Limited (Owned by a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd ) Services totalling £2,419 (2024:£nil) were provided to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Membership subscriptions totalling £500 were received from Consciam Limited.”

“Mr P Collings-Costello (Husband of Mrs N Collings-Costello, a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited) Services totalling £50 (2024: £110) were provided by Mr P Collings-Costello.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees

“Consciam Limited (Owned by a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd ) Services totalling £2,419 (2024:£nil) were provided to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Membership subscriptions totalling £500 were received from Consciam Limited.”

“Mr P Collings-Costello (Husband of Mrs N Collings-Costello, a Director of Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited) Services totalling £50 (2024: £110) were provided by Mr P Collings-Costello.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited

“The charity holds 100% voting rights in a subsidiary, Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited (company number 02634834), which is consolidated into these financial statements.” — page 49

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Cornwall Wildlife Trust urges public to spot ocean wanderers along coastal shores hellorayo.co.uk · 26/07/2026
Cornwall Wildlife Trust wants your say on the future of our seas cornishstuff.com · 26/07/2026
Cornwall Wildlife Trust win national award for rainforest restoration project hellorayo.co.uk · 27/06/2026
Cornwall Wildlife Trust's bid for 'missing piece' of nature haven bbc.com · 29/04/2026
Higher Number of Puffins Washing Up on Cornwall Coast, Says Cornwall Wildlife Trust cornishstuff.com · 17/02/2026
Leftover pumpkins could harm hedgehogs - Cornwall Wildlife Trust bbc.co.uk · 31/10/2024
Cornwall Wildlife Trust awarded £265k grant bbc.co.uk · 01/08/2024
Cornwall Wildlife Trust's open gardens season begins bbc.co.uk · 07/04/2024

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Heritage Lottery Fund — “This group – the Penwith Landscape Partnership Board – was successful in getting a generous allocation of funding from the Heritage Lottery…” (source page)
Environment Agency — “This partnership is currently being led by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust with funding from the Environment Agency (EA) through the 3Cs project…” (source page)
Rewilding Britain — “This partnership is currently being led by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust with funding from the Environment Agency (EA) through the 3Cs project…” (source page)
Cornwall Council — “This partnership is currently being led by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust with funding from the Environment Agency (EA) through the 3Cs project…” (source page)
Natural England — “This partnership is currently being led by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust with funding from the Environment Agency (EA) through the 3Cs project…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

82 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (69 freehold); recorded price paid £2.3m. 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)

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).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 25.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Is Cornwall Wildlife Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income grew to £7.65m with a net income of £1.08m, resulting in total reserves of £12.44m. The trustees report that free reserves of £1.62m are significantly higher than the stated policy target of £819k, reflecting funds accumulated for a capital redevelopment project. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

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, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£148k	RSWT Grants
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£123k	Our Bright Future
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£16k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£13k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	People's Postcode Lottery
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£6k	Ecological Restoration Fund
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0	Biffa Award Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/08/2025	£20k	Community wellbeing garden
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"
UK government	21/06/2021	£242k	GRCF2021: Kernow Glassa. Greener Cornwall through jobs and natures recovery
UK government	21/06/2021	£155k	GRCF2021: Kernow Glassa. Greener Cornwall through jobs and natures recovery
UK government	21/06/2021	£222k	GRCF2021: Kernow Glassa. Greener Cornwall through jobs and natures recovery
UK government	01/09/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2020	£56k	"COVID19: Cornwall Wildlife Trust"
UK government	01/04/2019	£15k	WEIF4701-19/20 (NORTH CORNWALL SEATON LOOE AND FOWEY) WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES
UK government	01/04/2019	£15k	WEIF9301-19/20 (WEST CORNWALL AND THE FAL) WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES
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 Community Fund	30/11/2010	£9k	Discover Wild Penwith
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 Community Fund	21/08/2006	£10k	Cornwall's Living Churchyards Project
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	£100k	"Windmill Farm & Lizard Partnership Habitat Management - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/2000	£254k	"Priddacombe Downs"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST	2	£26k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£0
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£450k
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£284k
THE PRIVY PURSE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£266k
THE BADUR FOUNDATION	1	£242k
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£231k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£223k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST.

HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.0m
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Cornwall Wildlife Trust	£7.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	within	15.1%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.