THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 283895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILD LONDON

London Wildlife Trust is the only charity dedicated solely to protecting the capital's wildlife and wild spaces, engaging London's diverse communities through access to our nature reserves, campaigning, volunteering and education.

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

Latest income

£7.3m

Latest spending

£6.2m

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that incoming resources increased to £7.3 million against total expenditures of £6.2 million, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free unrestricted reserves improved to £1.088 million, which is above the charity's stated policy target range of £375k to £500k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 1.5 to 2.5 months of operating costs (held: £1.1m)

“LWT reserves policy aims to provide sufficient resources to meet a range of contingencies, based on running costs and has a minimum level of 1.5 months operating costs and a maximum level of 2.5months. For FY25 this range was £375k - £500k”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from subsidiary

“£231k of donations were made by London Wildlife Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of London Wildlife Trust) to the Trust in the year ended 31 March 2025 (2024 - £nil). London Wildlife Trust charged London Wildlife Limited £162k for use of charity assets (2024: £135k).The net purchases made by London wildlife Trust on London Wildlife Limited’s behalf in year was £412k. During the year Turaco Consulting Limited owned by Michael Stubbing who was a director of London Wildlife Limited had consulting services to the value of £4k with the London Wildlife Limited a subsidiary of London Wildlife Trust.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: London Wildlife Limited

“London Wildlife Trust owns 100% of the issued share capital of London Wildlife Limited (registered number 02401237). During the year London Wildlife Limited generated income from cafés, retail, ticketed events and private hire events.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

London Wildlife Trust Turns Urban Animals Into London Neighbours bmoutdoor.com · 21/07/2026
Acorn Awards 2026: Barry Mays, London Wildlife Trust thecaterer.com · 08/06/2026
Children learn importance of trees in special session with London Wildlife Trust wimbledonguardian.co.uk · 12/03/2026
The Inflexion Foundation announces multi-year grant to London Wildlife Trust inflexion.com · 07/05/2025
London Wildlife Trust updates website for people to help nature insidecroydon.com · 03/04/2025
Mayor and TfL's £7m plan to clean up rivers as Thames Water and London Wildlife Trust pledge cash mylondon.news · 14/03/2025
London Wildlife Trust launches stag beetle count bbc.co.uk · 13/07/2024
Apply now for London Wildlife Trust’s paid trainee scheme insidecroydon.com · 09/07/2023

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David Mooney — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Rufus Radcliffe — Chair (source)
Katie Bowyer — Director of Development (source)
Sam Davenport — Director of Nature Recovery (source)
Charlie Sims — Director of Visitor Experience (source)
Laurence Taylor — Chief Operating 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).

Mayor of London — “London Wildlife Trust, the Mayor of London, Redbridge Council, Hillingdon Council are joining forces on two ambitious new urban rewilding pr…” (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.

Buyer	Contract	Awarded	Value
London Borough of Southwark	Environment and Ecology Management Agreements	21/03/2023	£265k

Property (HM Land Registry)

30 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 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)

Total income

£7.3m

Total spending

£6.2m

Cost of raising funds

£2.9m

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

101

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Stephen
Anthony Richardson
Charlotte Fraser
Danielle Rayner
Dr STEPHEN PAUL SNAITH
Hannah Fox
Kapila Perera
Kate Roberts Fox
Marcus Adams
Rachel Starling
Rufus Radcliffe
Shara Samra

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£7.3m	£6.2m
31/03/2024	£5.6m	£5.7m
31/03/2023	£4.8m	£5.0m
31/03/2022	£4.3m	£4.0m
31/03/2021	£4.6m	£3.8m

Common questions

Is THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that incoming resources increased to £7.3 million against total expenditures of £6.2 million, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free unrestricted reserves improved to £1.088 million, which is above the charity's stated policy target range of £375k to £500k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£552k	Towards two posts of Director of Nature Recovery and Chief Operating Officer, alongside a new remote sensing system and CRM upgrades
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2025	£250k	LWT Sydenham/Dulwich Woods
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2024	£250k	Re-uniting Sydenham Hill/Dulwich Woods
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£88k	The London Wildlife Trust is dedicated to protecting the capital’s wildlife and wild spaces, engaging London’s diverse communities through access to nature rese
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£86k	The London Wildlife Trust is dedicated to protecting the capital’s wildlife and wild spaces, engaging London’s diverse communities through access to nature rese
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£69k	The London Wildlife Trust is dedicated to protecting the capital’s wildlife and wild spaces, engaging London’s diverse communities through access to nature rese
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£68k	Kitchen Social – project addressing the food insecurity and social isolation outside of term time.
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£65k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	FY2022	£60k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£49k	RSWT Grants
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2022	£27k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k	Keeping it Wild programme, providing young people aged 16-25 from backgrounds underrepresented in nature conservation with vital skills towards a career in the
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2023	£25k	Wild City Traineeships, Young Advisors and the Green Jobs Fair
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£20k	Significant grant payable
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation	FY2025	£20k	Amplify Me mentoring programme on Grahame Park and Woodberry Down for 40 young people
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k	Environmental
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2023	£19k
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation	FY2024	£17k	Weekly family learning weekend drop-in nature activities; school holiday family learning programme sessions; weekly under-5s; targeted community outreach sessio
TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND NO 2	FY2023	£10k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	People's Postcode Lottery
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2022	£10k	Strategic Development Fund
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£10k	Environmental
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2024	£5k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k	Environment & Humanities
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Leisure activities, animals and wildlife
FRAZER TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Leisure activities, animals and wildlife
FRAZER TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Other Appeals
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	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 Community Fund	13/03/2025	£500k	Keeping It Wild
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£32k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2023	£30k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/03/2023	£1.1m	"Re-uniting Sydenham Hill Wood & Dulwich Wood"
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2022	£30k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/09/2021	£260k	"Wild City Traineeships and Youth Governance"
Greater London Authority	01/12/2020	£11k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
City Bridge Foundation	17/09/2020	£216k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£218k	"COVID 19 London Wildlife Trust"
Camden Giving	21/05/2020	£84k	The London Wildlife Trust
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2020	£30k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
UK government	31/03/2020	£73k	Keeping it Wild
Greater London Authority	29/01/2020	£40k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
Greater London Authority	02/10/2019	£6k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/06/2019	£10k	"Celebrating 30 Years at CWG"
Greater London Authority	01/05/2019	£400	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
Greater London Authority	29/04/2019	£35k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
UK government	01/04/2019	£10k	Thamesmead Canals Habitat Enhancement Project (12K this year, 15K 20/21, 17K 21/22)
UK government	01/04/2019	£31k	Pymmes Brook Deculverting
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2019	£30k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
UK government	01/04/2019	£2k	Thamesmead Canals Habitat Enhancement Project (12K this year, 15K 20/21, 17K 21/22)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/09/2018	£76k	"Development capacity building for London's wildlife"
Greater London Authority	16/08/2018	£5k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
Greater London Authority	28/06/2018	£3k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2018	£3k	Grant to London Wildlife Trust

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£284k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£162k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION	1	£148k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£93k
BOLTON TOGETHER	1	£63k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£52k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST.

HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m
THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £7.5m
DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST	£7.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2026	£7.5m	—	—	unclear	14.0%	no doubt

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