GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 232580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wildlife Conservation

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Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£6.4m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 12% to £6,119,607, while expenditure reached a record £6,418,508, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £287,051. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £3,886,518 and free reserves of £243,499 after designated funds, which the Trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations 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: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 9.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“9% was spent on fundraising activities” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £312k
“Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's share of the total liability is £311,783” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

60 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (56 freehold); recorded price paid £4.2m. 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
£6.1m
Total spending
£6.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£243k
Employees
109

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.1m£6.4m
31/03/2024£5.5m£5.2m
31/03/2023£5.6m£4.9m
31/03/2022£4.9m£4.4m
31/03/2021£4.8m£3.5m

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 12% to £6,119,607, while expenditure reached a record £6,418,508, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £287,051. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £3,886,518 and free reserves of £243,499 after designated funds, which the Trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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

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

Who funds GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2026£20kNeighbourhood Nature for Podsmead
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2025£367k"Operation Give a Dam"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/03/2025£236k"Severn Treescapes: Dead Wood Society"
UK government01/04/2024£18kALB - Rural Payments Agency - Farming Recovery Fund 2024-25
UK government01/04/2024£24kPGW 1070-CF2541
UK government01/04/2024£1kGCA DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP FACILITATION FUND
UK government01/04/2024£157kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2024£26kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2024£57kGCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/08/2023£36k"Getting Gloucestershire Beaver Ready"
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2023£346kDo One Thing
UK government01/04/2023£124kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2023£34kGCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT
UK government01/04/2023£61kGCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
UK government18/03/2022£103k#Defra Severn Treescapes: Wye to Wyre, connecting nature and people
UK government18/03/2022£246k#Defra Severn Treescapes: Wye to Wyre, connecting nature and people
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2022£50kDo One Thing
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2020£59k"COVID-19 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/02/2020£85k"Return to the Hill - My Hill, My Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/02/2016£10k"Whelford Pools and Roundhouse Lake Nature Reserve visitor experience and wildlife improvements"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/06/2014£780k"The Cradle of the Cotswolds: 6,000 years of people, farming and wildlife at Greystones Farm"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2013£92k"All Paths Lead to the Hill"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2010£9kSaving the Wild Daffodil
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/09/2010£49k"Cotswold Rivers Community Wildlife Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2009£5k"A Project By This Group In Gloucestershire To Produce And Distribute A 'Wildlife Action Pack' Which Will Highlight Priority Species And Habi"

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 SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST£6.1m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear9.0%no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£3.4m——below—no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£5.3m——within15.1%no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.5m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.5m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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