GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST
Wildlife Conservation
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.
What the accounts disclose
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 44
“9% was spent on fundraising activities” — page 8
“Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's share of the total liability is £311,783” — page 11
Year-over-year changes
- Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 00708575
Company officers (Companies House)
- MAJHUTIAK, Joshua Ivan on trustee list
- WRAY, Stephanie, Dr on trustee list
- COTTERELL, Caroline Jane on trustee list
- HOOPER, Paul on trustee list
- MONK, Kathryn Anne, Professor on trustee list
- WYATT, Barry Trevor on trustee list
- WALSH, Amy Rose on trustee list
- SPENCER, Elizabeth Nicola on trustee list
- WHITE, Richard Peter on trustee list
- BLUETT, Andrew James on trustee list
- FURZE, Jane on trustee list
- PARKER, Elizabeth Anne
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/07/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (20/12/2022)
- Received assets from another charity (23/08/2021)
- Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021)
Trustees
- ANDREW JAMES BLUETT
- Amy Rose Walsh
- Barry Trevor Wyatt
- Caroline Jane Cotterell
- Dr Stephanie Wray
- Jane Furze
- Joshua Ivan Majhutiak
- Paul Hooper
- Professor Kathryn Anne Monk
- Richard White
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 05/03/2026 | £20k | Neighbourhood Nature for Podsmead |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/11/2025 | £367k | "Operation Give a Dam" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/03/2025 | £236k | "Severn Treescapes: Dead Wood Society" |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £18k | ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Farming Recovery Fund 2024-25 |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £24k | PGW 1070-CF2541 |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £1k | GCA DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP FACILITATION FUND |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £157k | GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £26k | GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS |
| UK government | 01/04/2024 | £57k | GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 30/08/2023 | £36k | "Getting Gloucestershire Beaver Ready" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 31/05/2023 | £346k | Do One Thing |
| UK government | 01/04/2023 | £124k | GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP |
| UK government | 01/04/2023 | £34k | GCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT |
| UK government | 01/04/2023 | £61k | GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP |
| UK government | 18/03/2022 | £103k | #Defra Severn Treescapes: Wye to Wyre, connecting nature and people |
| UK government | 18/03/2022 | £246k | #Defra Severn Treescapes: Wye to Wyre, connecting nature and people |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/03/2022 | £50k | Do One Thing |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 11/05/2020 | £59k | "COVID-19 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 05/02/2020 | £85k | "Return to the Hill - My Hill, My Heritage" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 10/02/2016 | £10k | "Whelford Pools and Roundhouse Lake Nature Reserve visitor experience and wildlife improvements" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/06/2014 | £780k | "The Cradle of the Cotswolds: 6,000 years of people, farming and wildlife at Greystones Farm" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 20/03/2013 | £92k | "All Paths Lead to the Hill" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/09/2010 | £9k | Saving the Wild Daffodil |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 01/09/2010 | £49k | "Cotswold Rivers Community Wildlife Project" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 31/03/2009 | £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
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST | 3 | £13k |
| THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION | 2 | £36k |
| THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST | 2 | £26k |
| THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £13k |
| THE BADUR FOUNDATION | 1 | £242k |
| THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION | 1 | £215k |
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | 1 | £179k |
| THE NINESQUARE TRUST | 1 | £162k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST | £6.1m | £80,001 - £90,000 | — | unclear | 9.0% | no doubt |
| SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST | £3.4m | — | — | below | — | no doubt |
| SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST | £5.3m | — | — | within | 15.1% | no doubt |
| STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED | £8.5m | £80,001 - £90,000 | 1 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD | £1.3m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED | £5.5m | £80,001 - £90,000 | — | unclear | — | no doubt |