CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 218711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUMBRIA NATURALISTS' TRUST LTD, THE CUMBRIA TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LTD, THE LAKE DISTRICT NATURALISTS TRUST LTD

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation solely devoted to the conservation of the wildlife and wild places of Cumbria. The Trust stands up for wildlife, creates wildlife havens, and seeks to raise environmental awareness.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £13,804,508, driven largely by grants and donations for the Skiddaw Forest acquisition, resulting in a net income of £7,388,119. The charity holds free reserves of £624,249, which the trustees consider adequate given the economic uncertainties and the need to safeguard resources for future conservation work.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 4 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cumbria 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).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK.” (source page)
• People’s Postcode Lottery — “The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery project is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery as part of the ‘Postcode Recovery Fund’” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

105 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (89 freehold). 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)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelie Rose Pohl
• DR Philip Andrew Frank Byle
• Dr Peter Young
• Dr Volker Deecke
• Elizabeth Mary Newton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Rachel Holliday
• Jane Wilson
• Judith Anne Tew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheila Gregory · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.5m
• DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.3m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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