SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 238372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOMERSET TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Latest income

£5.3m

Latest spending

£5.8m

Registered

1964

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£5.3m

Total spending

£5.8m

Cost of raising funds

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£1.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Rupert Taylorchair
Amy Rebecca Coulthard
Barnaby Briggs
Charles Fattorini
Dr Daniel James Christopher Skinner
Dr Mark Steer
Holly Purdey
Matthew James Bell
Richard David Scarlett
Stephen Rogers
Stuart McBride

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.3m	£5.8m
31/03/2024	£4.9m	£4.7m
31/03/2023	£5.4m	£4.6m
31/03/2022	£6.1m	£3.4m
31/03/2021	£3.8m	£2.5m

Common questions

Who funds SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE NINESQUARE TRUST, CLARK FOUNDATION, THE LINMARDON TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£200k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2024	£108k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£64k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2022	£54k
CLARK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£50k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£46k
THE LINMARDON TRUST	FY2024	£38k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£32k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE DOROTHY WHITNEY ELMHIRST TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE LINMARDON TRUST	FY2024	£3k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE DOROTHY WHITNEY ELMHIRST TRUST	FY2025	£1k
DUNSTER SHOW SOCIETY	FY2022	£125

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	08/02/2023	£250k	"Somerset Wilder Communities 30x30"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2020	£218k	"COVID19 Somerset Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2012	£528k	"Routes to the River Tone: creating a joined up network of natural places throughout Taunton where wildlife can thrive and people can feel al"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/04/2010	£1.9m	"Avalon Marshes Landscape Partnership Scheme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/05/2008	£42k	"My Mendip Hills"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/08/2007	£10k	"The Project Is For The Group Based In Somerset To Install A Rainwater Harvesting System At The Carymoor Environmental Centre And To Run A Su"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/08/1999	£103k	"Lynchcombe Nature Reserve Extension - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/04/1998	£74k	"Ringdown Common, Culm Valley - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/04/1997	£29k	"Edford Meadows - Acquisition (Mells Valley Project)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/03/1997	£101k	"Mells Valley PBA Project - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/10/1996	£45k	"Farmwood Meadows and Woodland, Ruggin"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/04/1996	£83k	"East Poldens Downland Restoration Project"