AVON WILDLIFE TRUST
Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1980
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£640k
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
52
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/07/2024)
Trustees
- Lara Burchchair
- Judith Rose
- Karen Hills
- Kathryn Jeffs
- Martin John Lyne
- Nathan Rutter
- Ross Fairley
- Sumita Hutchison
- Zac Nicholson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| 31/03/2024 | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| 31/03/2023 | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| 31/03/2022 | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| 31/03/2021 | £3.4m | £2.4m |
Common questions
Who funds AVON WILDLIFE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AVON WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE HSWJ TRUST, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NISBET TRUST, WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK.
Shared trustees with funders
- Lara Burch — trustee here and at ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS | FY2024 | £401k |
| THE HSWJ TRUST | FY2025 | £107k |
| THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £100k |
| THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £25k |
| THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £25k |
| THE NISBET TRUST | FY2023 | £10k |
| ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS | FY2024 | £6k |
| THE HSWJ TRUST | FY2024 | £5k |
| WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK | FY2023 | £5k |
| MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST | FY2024 | £3k |
| THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £3k |
| THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £3k |
| THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £3k |
| THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
| THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £2k |
| THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £1k |
| THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £0 |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/12/2024 | £5.1m | "Ebdon Farm" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 13/10/2022 | £236k | "Wildlife Champions" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 06/07/2020 | £250k | "COVID19: Avon Wildlife Trust" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 20/06/2017 | £495k | "Bristol - My Wild City" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 11/03/2008 | £390k | "Wildlife - It's All About Us" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 13/09/2006 | £46k | "Pondways - Avon Pond Project" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 17/11/2005 | £39k | "Wildlife - it's all about us! - celebrating our Natural Heritage" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/08/2002 | £2.7m | "Folly Farm Nature Reserve" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 06/07/2000 | £28k | "Land at Purn Hill, North Somerset" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/04/2000 | £42k | "Land at Burledge Hill (Poole Farm)" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/04/2000 | £15k | "Land at Burledge Hill (Pennsylvania)" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 02/02/2000 | £91k | "Weston Big Wood - Acquisition" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 01/12/1998 | £274k | "Court Farm, Weston in Gordano - Acquisition" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 16/04/1998 | £79k | "Hellenge Hill" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 18/02/1998 | £595k | "Avon Wildlife Trust Capital Projects on Nature Reserves" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 10/02/1998 | £309k | "Puxton Moor Land - Acquisition" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 21/01/1997 | £218k | "New Farm, Gordano Valley" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 23/01/1996 | £72k | "Fields at Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare" |