WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 256618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WORCESTERSHIRE NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

1969

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

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

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£3.3m

Cost of raising funds

£790k

Reserves (reported)

£110k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Christianne Tippingchair
Andrew Forecast
Andrew Muir · trustee of 1 other charity
Carrie Pawley
Catherine Stephen
Chris Greensmith
Dr John Scott Dutton
Dr PETER RICHARD HOLMES
Gail Devries
JOHN BLAKISTON
James Lyndon Bracewell
John Mark Douglass
Julie Suzanne Button
Mary Patricia Gildea
Richard Anthony Cory
Thomas Christopher Coubrough Meikle · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£3.3m
31/03/2024	£2.6m	£2.6m
31/03/2023	£2.9m	£2.3m
31/03/2022	£2.8m	£2.2m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£2.1m

Common questions

Who funds WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SAINTBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1.0m
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£242k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£200k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£28k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2024	£2k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0

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	10/09/2025	£95k	"A Network for Nature"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/01/2024	£250k	"Wilder Worcestershire - Neighbourhoods Nurturing Nature"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/01/2022	£240k	"Green Farm - Reaching out to Ancient Woodland"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/08/2020	£205k	"COVID19:Worcestershire WildlifeTrust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/09/2019	£565k	"Saving Worcestershire's Heathlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/02/2018	£10k	"Stories From Our Volunteers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/11/2016	£201k	"Hardwick Green Meadows - an essential link in a historic landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/05/2015	£86k	"Protecting Blackhouse Wood for people and wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/04/2015	£10k	"Wild Worcester"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/11/2013	£66k	"Hollybed Farm - Fields of Gold Land Purchase Appeal"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/2013	£9k	"Increasing Business Support for Nature Conservation in Worcestershire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/02/2011	£49k	"Sands Lane Meadows"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/10/2009	£50k	"Community Post"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/01/2008	£2k	"A Project By This Worcester Charity To Produce An Events Guide So Members And Other Potential Beneficiaries Will Be Aware Of The Planned Nat"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/02/2007	£50k	"Naunton Court land acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/08/2006	£8k	"The Worcestershire Nature Conservation Trust Will Recruit And Train Volunteers In First Aid, Chainsaw Use, Brushcutter And Mower Use At The"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/08/2006	£14k	"Restoration of Tiddesley Wood Orchard"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/11/2005	£45k	"Access to Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/01/2005	£2k	"A Project To Run Children'S Outdoor Environmental, Art And Craft Activity Sessions During The School Holidays At This Group'S Education Cent"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/12/2002	£999k	"Lower Smite Farm Education Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2001	£85k	"Grimley Brick Pits SSSI - Lease Purchase & Restoration, Worcestershire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2001	£75k	"Natural Connections - Worcestershire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/2001	£804k	"Hill Court Farm and The Blacklands Longdon Marsh"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/10/2000	£111k	"Penorchard Meadows - Acquisition and Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/09/2000	£24k	"Hunthouse Wood Nature Reserve - Extension"