DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 222212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£5.5m

Latest spending

£6.0m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £455,000 for the year, with total income of £5,468,000 and expenditure of £5,976,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds decreased to £730,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months' core expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band 80,001 – 90,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months core expenditure (held: £730k)

“This policy is set such that a sum equivalent to three months core expenditure is the minimum amount to be held for this purpose.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states 'The Trust has not entered into any related party transaction during the year' in Note 31. However, Note 15 discloses reimbursement of travel expenses to trustees. Per rule 6b, this is not a 'trustee payment' for remuneration/services. Note 31 explicitly denies related party transactions. The membership in RSWT is a membership, not a transaction. Therefore, no related party transactions are disclosed.

“The Trust has not entered into any related party transaction during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Trust at 31 March 2025.” — page 47

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £326k

“Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s share of the total liability is £326,000. It had been agreed with the Pension Trustee that this liability will be paid off over a six-year period.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Derbyshire Wildlife Resources

“The Trust has a wholly owned trading subsidiary company, Derbyshire Wildlife Resources, which is dormant.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

51 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (36 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)

Total income

£5.5m

Total spending

£6.0m

Cost of raising funds

£2.3m

Reserves (reported)

£732k

Employees

85

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 42.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Cara Turton-Chambers
David Renwick
Dr Patricia Mary Rice
Dr Richard James Cuthbert
Edward George Bowler
Gillian Foxcroft
Patricia Dawn Asher
Professor Lynn Crowe
Stephanie Leigh Gradwell
Wendy Anne Furness

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.5m	£6.0m
31/03/2024	£4.3m	£4.4m
31/03/2023	£4.1m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£3.6m	£3.7m
31/03/2021	£2.9m	£2.4m

Common questions

Is DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £455,000 for the year, with total income of £5,468,000 and expenditure of £5,976,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds decreased to £730,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months' core expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED, THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED	FY2022	£84k	Grants paid to related party
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	FY2022	£54k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£33k	RSWT Grants
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£25k	Ecological Restoration Fund
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£20k
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£16k	Aqueduct Cottage and Lea Wood Gateway
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£15k	Yr1 2021
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Biffa Award
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	People's Postcode Lottery
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Secondary - The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£9k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

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	13/03/2025	£245k	"Wilding Chesterfield – aiding nature’s recovery in our urban spaces"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/12/2023	£214k	"Slinter Wood and Dunsley Meadows"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/12/2022	£222k	"Learning through Nature"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2020	£157k	"COVID19: Derbyshire Wildlife Trust"
UK government	01/04/2019	£15k	WEIF1501-19/20 (DERBYSHIRE DERWENT) WFD GRANT PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/04/2018	£83k	"Waking up the Whistlestop"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/2017	£739k	"Working for Nature - Natural Heritage Skills for the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2017	£37k	"Play Wild"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2017	£41k	"Doe Lea River Restoration"
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/09/2016	£6k	Celebrate Middleton!
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/04/2012	£50k	"Peregrines, people and places"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/07/2011	£1.9m	"DerwentWISE - The Lower Derwent Valley Landscape Partnership"
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2010	£6k	Getting Closer to Nature
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/2010	£45k	"Saving the Great Trees of Derbyshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/04/2006	£45k	"Great trees of Derbyshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/03/2006	£252k	"Grounds for a Change"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/12/2005	£50k	"Trent Vale Landscape Partnership"
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/09/2005	£2k	Chesterfield Hedgerow Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2002	£90k	"Making Natural Connections"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/1998	£475k	"Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Capital Works"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/10/1997	£47k	"Cheedale & Millers Dale Land - Acquisition"
UK government	—	£15k	Derbyshire Derwent

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 EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	2	£11k
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FUND	1	£4.0m
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£405k
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£284k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£175k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£162k

Charities like this

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

SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD income £1.3m
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m
DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED	£5.5m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	within	15.1%	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£6.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	9.0%	no doubt

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