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

Latest income

£13.8m

Latest spending

£6.4m

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

£13.8m

Total spending

£6.4m

Cost of raising funds

£681k

Reserves (reported)

£624k

Employees

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

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£13.8m	£6.4m
31/03/2024	£5.8m	£5.0m
31/03/2023	£4.8m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£4.2m	£3.3m
31/03/2021	£4.0m	£2.9m

Common questions

Who funds CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT TRUST, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE YORKSHIRE DALES MILLENNIUM TRUST, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£35k
CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT TRUST	FY2023	£35k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE YORKSHIRE DALES MILLENNIUM TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE HERD LAWSON AND MURIEL LAWSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500
THE HERD LAWSON AND MURIEL LAWSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£500

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	04/12/2025	£248k	"Flagship Peatlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/02/2025	£250k	"The one and only Allonby Bay - England's first inshore Highly Protected Marine Area"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2024	£250k	"Cumbria Seed Bank Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2022	£250k	"A Strategic Investment Plan for Nature Recovery across the North of England?"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£246k	"COVID19 Cumbria Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2020	£203k	"My Local Catch"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/03/2018	£1000k	"Get Cumbria Buzzing"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/09/2017	£10k	"Exploring Carlisle's Natural Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/09/2013	£1.7m	"Eycott Hill Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2013	£374k	"The Marine and Coastal Heritage programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/03/2012	£441k	"Cumbria Hay Meadows Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/09/2010	£50k	"High Fell - the Cumbria Landscape Story"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2010	£294k	"Marine heritage skills for placements"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/12/2009	£21k	"Orton Moss extension - emergency land purchase"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/03/2009	£1k	"This Support Group Protect Wildlife In The Cumbria Area. They Will Use Funding To Purchase A Laptop And Projector. This Project Will Enable"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/03/2008	£3k	"This Group Supports The Protection Of Wildlife And Also Protect Conservation Of All Forms Of Wildlife And Their Habitats In Its Local Area A"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/2008	£47k	"Cumbria Marine Watch"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/04/2007	£50k	"Wildlife in Sacred Places"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/08/2006	£2k	"This Support Group Of The Cumbria Wildlife Trust Would Like To Buy A Radio-Microphone And Loudspeaker System And A Robust Larger Screen To U"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/2006	£24k	"Going wild at Walney"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/11/2004	£629k	"Cumbria's Wealth of Wildlife Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/06/2004	£116k	"Grounds for Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/04/2004	£36k	"Cumbria's Wealth of Wildlife - Turning Biodiversity Plans into Action"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/01/2004	£13k	"Crosby Ravensworth's Living Churchyard"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2003	£77k	"Voice"