STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 259558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

Mission Statement: To protect and enhance the wildlife and wild places of Staffordshire and to promote understanding, enjoyment and involvement in the natural world

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £556,000, which is within the board's stated target range of £350,000 to £750,000. Total income increased to £8,546,000 from £6,940,000 in the prior year, driven largely by a rise in charitable activity income, while total expenditure was £4,719,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Staffordshire 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).

• Lottery Heritage Fund — “Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

83 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (61 freehold); recorded price paid £100k. 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 ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Michael Smithchair
• Alana Kate Wheat · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Glaisher
• Annabel Stoddart
• Elliott Lancaster
• Garry Jones
• Ian Downing
• Jennie Collier
• John Stuart Pears
• Lucy Bickley
• Matthew Wall
• PAUL ANDREW HACKNEY
• Paul Martin

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

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 SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST.

• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £3.0m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
• THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

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