THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 239863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HMWT

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust works to protect wildlife. We take practical action every day across more than 40 nature reserves to ensure the survival of native species and their habitats, and give people access to nature.The Wildlife Trusts are unique in being the only organisations that work to protect the full range of UK habitats and species, at a local level.

Objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF: I)WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS; II)PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY; III)PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; IV)FEATURES OF LANDSCAPE, WITH GEOLOGICAL, PHYSIOGRAPHICAL OR AMENITY VALUE. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN: L) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT II)THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. 3) TO PROMOTE RESEARCHES IN ALL BRANCHES OF NATURE STUDY AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF..

Area of benefit: HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £404,399 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by growth in voluntary income including grants and legacies. Per the trustees' report, actual unrestricted reserves of £2,012,204 are in line with the stated reserves policy, which aims to maintain adequate resources to meet financial needs for the next 12 months and fund closure costs estimated at £1,200,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, 'Go Wild at Hudnall' is bringing young people closer to nature at Hudnall…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £305k. 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)

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Whidburn
• Catherine Myatt
• Duncan Brown
• Hannah Law
• Jackie Hunter
• Kerry Rock
• Lisa Clavering
• Louise Turner
• Patrick Schneiders · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Gordon Tallantire
• Simon Turnbull
• Stephanie Holler

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

Operates in: Barnet · Enfield · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED.

• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £3.0m
• THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.3m
• DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.3m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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