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.

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Latest income
£3.8m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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).

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)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£3.4m
Cost of raising funds
£676k
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.8m£3.4m
31/03/2024£2.9m£2.8m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.8m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.2m£2.0m

Common questions

Is THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

Who funds THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include KESWICK ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KESWICK ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
KESWICK ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2024£239kWilder Watford
UK government01/04/2024£17kGCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2024£8kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2024£8kCHF_WEIF8402-2425
UK government01/04/2024£4kCHF_WEIF3507-2425
UK government08/02/2024£588k#Species Survival in Hertfordshire's Chalk Rivers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/12/2023£233k"A Wilder Future for Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust"
UK government01/04/2023£4kWEIF3507a-CF2110
UK government01/04/2023£8kWEIF8402a-CF2097
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/04/2022£163k"Ancient Astonbury and our Wilder Woodlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/08/2020£156k"COVID19: Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2019£9kGo Wild in the Garden!
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2019£95k"Restoring the Majesty of the Meads: habitat restoration and community engagement at King's Meads"
UK government01/04/2019£4kWEIF3507- 19/20 - LONDON - LOWER LEE NORTH - WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENT FOR CHARITIES.
UK government01/04/2019£1kState Aid Funded (Measure 10)
UK government01/04/2019£8kWEIF8402-19/20 - UPPER LEE HEREFORDSHIRE - WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES
UK government01/04/2019£11kEAFRD - RD Measure 10 EXQ funded
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2013£10k"Wildlife speakers: increasing membership and fundraising capacity through the development of a community talks programme"
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2011£8kWildlife Garden
City Bridge Foundation02/12/2010£135kGrant to Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/09/2010£50k"Connecting Communities with their Natural Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2010£10kLondon Colney Neighbourhood Nature
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2009£463k"Woodlands for People and Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/12/2006£399k"Wetlands for Water Voles and People"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2004£4k"Group To Establish An Outreach Project To Meet Groups/Societies In Their Own Venues In Order To Raise Awareness About The Environment."

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 HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED£3.8m——unclear—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£9.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025£5.3m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£7.3m——above—no doubt
THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£14.0m——below8.1%no doubt

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