THE PETER SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST FOR NATURE

Registered charity 328458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SUPPORT OF WILDLIFE

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IM SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£250k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted funds of £172,954 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £16,078 for the year, driven by incoming resources from charitable activities exceeding charitable expenditure and governance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (reserves figure: £173k)

“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER SMITHchair
JOHN PETER COWLISHAW
SANDRA SMITH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£250k	£234k
31/12/2024	£125k	£307k
31/12/2023	£125k	£415k
31/12/2022	£125k	£299k
31/12/2021	£125k	£312k

Common questions

Is THE PETER SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST FOR NATURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted funds of £172,954 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £16,078 for the year, driven by incoming resources from charitable activities exceeding charitable expenditure and governance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	£35k
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£770k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£762k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE ALA GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£71k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£9k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST	1	£8k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE WILDLIFE FOR ALL TRUST income £47k
THE BENTLEY WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST income £342k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £871k
THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £40k
THE ADAM SMITH RESEARCH TRUST income £447k
PEOPLE MATTER TRUST income £452k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PETER SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST FOR NATURE	£250k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE FOR ALL TRUST FY2026	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BENTLEY WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£342k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£871k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADAM SMITH RESEARCH TRUST FY2025	£447k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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