WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

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

Our principal activities are: the acquisition and management of nature reserves; the collection and dissemination of biological data; the provision of advice and comment to authorities and land-managers; and the promotion of wildlife conservation through education programmes. The principal activity of the Trust's subsidiary trading company is that of consultancy services.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £663,983 for the year, resulting in a deficit in free reserves of £584,165. However, the trustees confirm that the level of risk to the charity as a going concern is low, supported by significant designated funds and investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mike Perry — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Biffa Award — “How we're funded Biffa Award” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

42 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (40 freehold). 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 ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

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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 NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST.

• NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.0m
• ESSEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £10.0m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £8.5m
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m

Side by side with its peers

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