SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST
Registered charity 262777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
Suffolk Wildlife Trust's mission is to safeguard the wildlife of Suffolk for the future by managing nature reserves, influencing the management of land and water, recording sites of wildlife value, campaigning on wildlife issues and inspiring people of all ages to take action for wildlife. The Trust has a membership of 28,000.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £193,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by strategic investments in expanding its landscape impact. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,788,000 were maintained, exceeding the stated policy target of £1,732,000 (six months of unrestricted expenditure). The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Peters Elworthy & Moore. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
S.W.T. TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Creditors include £76,555 owed to group undertakings (2025: £126,392).
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Suffolk Wildlife Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WORRALL, Stephen — director, appointed 14/11/2025on trustee list
- HILTON, Michael — director, appointed 13/11/2025on trustee list
- GOYMER, Patrick James Andrew — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
- COOPER, Miranda — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
- GODDARD, Sharon Anne, Dr — director, appointed 06/01/2023on trustee list
- THOMSON, Calum Mackenzie — director, appointed 19/11/2020on trustee list
- HARDINGHAM, Joan Frances — director, appointed 24/10/2020on trustee list
- LLEWELLYN, Robyn — director, appointed 24/10/2020on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
139 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (121 freehold); recorded price paid £181k. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Calum Mackenzie Thomson
- JOAN FRANCES HARDINGHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
- Michael Hilton
- Miranda Cooper
- Patrick Goymer
- Robyn Llewellyn
- Sharon Goddard
- Stephen Worrall
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £193,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by strategic investments in expanding its landscape impact. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,788,000 were maintained, exceeding the stated policy target of £1,732,000 (six months of unrestricted expenditure). The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Peters Elworthy & Moore.
Who funds SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY, PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BURES.
Known funders
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