SHALDON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 291232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the charity are to promote for the benefit of the public the preservation and conservation of rare and endangered species together with plants and trees. The charity also aims to advance the education of the public about such endangered species and to conduct research throughout the world and publish reports and findings.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS TOGETHER WITH PLANTS AND TREES. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY ABOUT WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA AND TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY INTO THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO PUBLISH RESULTS AND FINDINGS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income

£293k

Latest spending

£331k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period in a stable position with a deficit of £38,263 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves to £344,870. The trustees note that while 2025 was successful, 2026 will require expenditure control and income diversification due to economic pressures. Reserves of £132,081 are held in a liquidity account, exceeding the policy requirement of six months of core operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of core operating costs (held: £132k)

“This exceeds the policy requirement to hold six months of core operating costs”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Joanna Newbolt
JOSEPH DAVID GERARD MICHAEL MCNULTY
Peter Brogden
STEWART WILLIAM MUIR
Stephanie Cherrett
Tracey Belinda Moore

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£293k	£331k
31/12/2024	£293k	£322k
31/12/2023	£298k	£293k
31/12/2022	£290k	£286k
31/12/2021	£476k	£388k

Common questions

Is SHALDON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the period in a stable position with a deficit of £38,263 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves to £344,870. The trustees note that while 2025 was successful, 2026 will require expenditure control and income diversification due to economic pressures. Reserves of £132,081 are held in a liquidity account, exceeding the policy requirement of six months of core operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	01/04/2011	£10k	Interpretation, Training and Resource Facility at Shaldon 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
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	2	£608k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£12k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£598k
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£305k
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£231k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£162k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION	1	£148k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST.

THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m
WILDWOOD TRUST income £4.4m
MARWELL WILDLIFE income £12.4m
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
PANTHERA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £723k
THE HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL TRUST income £30.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHALDON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED	£293k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILDWOOD TRUST FY2025	£4.4m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARWELL WILDLIFE FY2024	£12.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
PANTHERA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£723k	—	4	above	—	no doubt

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