NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 224168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is the leading wildlife conservation charity working to protect and enhance the wildlife and habitats of Nottinghamshire by managing nature reserves, engaging, advising, inspiring and educating people to create a richer natural world for present and future generations.

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Latest income

£8.7m

Latest spending

£8.2m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest ever income of £8.7m and a positive net movement in funds of £552,570. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at £2,388,494, which exceeds the stated policy target of £850,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received a salary in the band £60,000 - £69,999 in the reporting period” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received a salary in the band £60,000 - £69,999 in the reporting period” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of budgeted 2025-26 total employment costs (held: £2.4m)

“This amounts to the equivalent of three months of budgeted 2025-26 total employment costs, all held as cash and near-cash. This totals £850,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Steven Clifton is an employee of Natural England, a related party.

“Steven Clifton is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Natural England with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

“Graham Osborn is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Severn Trent with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Graham Osborn is an employee of Severn Trent, a related party.

“Steven Clifton is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Natural England with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

“Graham Osborn is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Severn Trent with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Nick Parsons is a Trustee of The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a related party.

“Steven Clifton is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Natural England with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

“Graham Osborn is a Trustee of this charity and is also an employee of Severn Trent with whom this charity has links.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £29k

“Net defined benefit asset/(liability) (29,437)” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust seeks 'ambassadogs' to lead by example bbc.co.uk · 04/04/2026
“It’s time to restate the case for the nature-first approach to Broad Marsh” - Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust urge local people to have their say on Homes England consultation leftlion.co.uk · 18/12/2025
Passionate and popular wildlife presenter elected as Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust President nottinghamworld.com · 14/11/2025
Capital One UK continues its long-standing partnership with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust nottinghamworld.com · 27/10/2025
trentbarton joins forces with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to protect wild places for nature to thrive and local people to access and enjoy. nottinghamworld.com · 21/05/2025
How Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust used their Workplace Travel Service grant transportnottingham.com · 16/10/2024
Rare heron species breed successfully at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve westbridgfordwire.com · 22/08/2024
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust: Amazing places for people to connect with nature on their doorstep newarkadvertiser.co.uk · 18/08/2024

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Andy Wilkinson — Trustee - Chair (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).

The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “EMEC The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)
Natural England — “Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust welcomes support from Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme for projects that will help bring…” (source page)
Mayor of the East Midlands — “A popular Nottinghamshire nature site is set for a brighter future thanks to a £200,000 investment from the Mayor of the East Midlands…” (source page)
People's Postcode Lottery — “People's Postcode Lottery” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

70 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (52 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

£8.7m

Total spending

£8.2m

Cost of raising funds

£4.3m

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

92

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (49% 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: 49.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Flint
Andrew Wilkinson
Christopher Ruston
Dr Lauren Joanne Moore
Ellie Brodie
Emma Sherburn
Graham Osborn
Katherine Wilson
Mark Thomas Hyde
Oliver Marrero-Wade
Professor Matyas Liptovszky
Ruben Maarten Borsje
Shilpa Shah
Steven James Clifton

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£8.7m	£8.2m
31/03/2024	£5.9m	£6.4m
31/03/2023	£4.0m	£4.6m
31/03/2022	£4.9m	£4.7m
31/03/2021	£6.3m	£5.0m

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest ever income of £8.7m and a positive net movement in funds of £552,570. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at £2,388,494, which exceeds the stated policy target of £850,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATION, THE JONES 1986 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	£442k	RSWT Grants
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£150k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	Grant for the purchase of a John Deere tractor from the Environment Agency for habitat improvement at Attenborough Nature Reserve.
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Miscellaneous
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
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Community Support
METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£8k	Habitat improvements, beaver project support, electric boat purchase, turtle doves/waders habitat improvements, educational/engagement initiatives
The William Brake Foundation	FY2022	£7k
METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	Grant-Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Environment
THE SHERWOOD FOREST TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Note 4
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2021	£1k	Environment
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£895
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2024	£0	Environment

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	12/02/2024	£88k	#Species Thriving in a Wilder Trent
UK government	17/08/2023	£123k	Nottinghamshire Water Vole Recovery Project
UK government	01/04/2023	£8k	WEIF2902a-CF2133
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/02/2023	£101k	"Attenborough for All"
UK government	01/04/2022	£8k	WEIF2902 22/23-Idle & Torne 22/23 CaBa Host
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2020	£185k	"COVID19: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/02/2017	£10k	The WILD-Web Project (phase1): Connecting and inspiring
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/08/2016	£10k	"The Future Protecting Wildlife"
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/08/2014	£9k	Wilford and Wilwell: Inspiring volunteers and protecting wildflowers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/06/2014	£607k	"Not a Blott on the landscape: creating a haven for wildlife in a historic river corridor - Nottingham"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/03/2014	£50k	"Wildlife in the City - Young Roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£10k	"Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust: Building fundraising capacity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/2013	£66k	"Growing Treswell: Restoring Our Ancient Woodlands"
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/12/2012	£6k	Restoring Osmanthorpe Orchard
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/11/2011	£50k	"Sherwood's Historic Heathlands"
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/08/2011	£6k	Trent Vale Beyond 2012
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/11/2010	£401k	"Attenborough's ACE: Access-Communtiy-Education"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/11/2010	£18k	"Girton Water Meadow"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/01/2010	£8k	Mini Meadows - Natural Connections
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/09/2008	£940k	"Restoring the Idle Valley - Re-establishing the links between a community and its landscape."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2006	£2k	"This Group Promotes The Work Of The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. The Project Is To Purchase A Marquee And Display Boards To Take To Event"
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2005	£3k	Wilford Claypit Nature Reserve
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/03/2004	£243k	"Attenborough Nature Reserve Visitor & Environmental Education Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/2002	£82k	"Natural Connections - North Nottinghamshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/10/2000	£121k	"Establishment of Misson Training Area SSSI - Acquisition"

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
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£32k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	2	£14k
THE REECE FOUNDATION	1	£271k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£162k
RESTORE OUR PLANET	1	£84k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£70k

Charities like this

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

NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.4m
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £12.4m
NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
LINCOLNSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £8.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST	£8.7m	£60,000 - £69,999	1	above	—	no doubt
NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£12.4m	£141,904	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	—	0	unclear	8.0%	no doubt

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