THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 220173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEREFORDSHIRE NATURE TRUST, THE HEREFORDSHIRE NATURE TRUST LIMITED

The Trust's vision is to make Herefordshire a place rich in wildlife. It seeks to achieve this through three principal programmes: Creating Wildlife Havens, Inspiring People and Fostering Sustainable Living and Acting as Wildlife Champions.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a consolidated surplus of £763,489 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a significant increase in total income to £2,962,235. However, the trustees report that free reserves of £186,559 are below their stated policy target of 6-9 months' expenditure, representing under 3 months of unrestricted annual expenditure. The trustees intend to rebuild these reserves over the next 24 months through growth in membership, trading services, and cost control.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Saul Herbert — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Wyevale Nurseries — “We welcome Wyevale Nurseries as our newest Investor in Wildlife” (source page)
• Westons Cider — “Westons joined us as Investors in Wildlife in 2019” (source page)
• Wye Valley Brewery — “We welcomed Wye valley Brewery as an Investor in Wildlife in 2022.” (source page)
• The Riverside at Aymestrey — “In a unique move, the Riverside Inn, Aymestrey is becoming a nature reserve guardian by funding the restoration of the The Goggin Nature…” (source page)
• Breedon Group — “We warmly welcome Breedon Group as Corporate Members” (source page)
• Jackson Property — “Jackson Property joined Herefordshire Wildlife Trust as a Corporate Member in April 2024” (source page)
• Orphans Press — “Creative, digital and marketing agency Orphans joined Herefordshire Wildlife Trust as a corporate member in July 2023.” (source page)
• Visit Herefordshire — “Visit Herefordshire joined as a Corporate Member in July 2023.” (source page)
• WCM+A — “WCM&A joined us as corporate partners in June 2023.” (source page)
• Severn Waste Services — “Many thanks to Severn Waste who have supported the Trust for many years. Their support has made a real difference to wildlife and nature in …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (17 freehold); recorded price paid £376k. 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 ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (39% 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: 30.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Becca Hadaway
• Deborah Beaton
• Helen Jane Temple
• JAKE BHARIER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacob Dowling
• Michael Dawson
• Richard Hugh Orme Boyes
• Robert Cannings
• Vivien Holland

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £8.5m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• LINCOLNSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £8.9m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m
• THE CHESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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