DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 501038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

1972

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£3.3m

Cost of raising funds

£432k

Reserves (reported)

£720k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Clare June Butcher
Dr Vivien Kent · trustee of 1 other charity
Faye Butler
Harvey Neve · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Robert Cole
Michael Andrew Coates
Nigel Bell
Paul William Davidson
Professor Stephen Geoffrey Willis · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor William Mark Oxbury
Richard Francis Joseph Arrowsmith
Simon David Bell
Stephen Kumar Bhowmick · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.3m	£3.3m
31/03/2024	£5.3m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£6.8m	£2.6m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£2.3m
31/03/2021	£2.0m	£1.5m

Common questions

Who funds DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALA GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2025	£540k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£102k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£63k
THE ALA GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£18k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£9k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£9k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	FY2025	£4k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£3k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	FY2021	£2k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS' AND SALUTATION, BLACKWELL, DARLINGTON	FY2023	£145
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS' AND SALUTATION, BLACKWELL, DARLINGTON	FY2022	£116

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2022	£1.1m	"LinkTogether"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2020	£46k	"COVID19 Durham Wildlife Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/09/2018	£601k	"Naturally Native"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/06/2017	£10k	"The Natural History of Upper Teesdale"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/03/2017	£8k	"Ready for Growth"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/2017	£10k	"Green environment, greener economy, better health - training elected members"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/05/2016	£51k	"Revealing Reptiles"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/02/2016	£10k	"Building a Local Nature Partnership for the North East"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/10/2015	£2.9m	"The Bright Water Landscape Partnership"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/03/2015	£51k	"Mammal Web"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/2015	£10k	"Kittiwake Cam"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/01/2014	£45k	"Heathland Heartlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£9k	"Membership Interests"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2013	£511k	"WildGround"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/12/2010	£47k	"WildWoods"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/04/2009	£44k	"Durham BAP Veteran Tree Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/09/2008	£310k	"WildPlaces"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2007	£5k	"Your Woodland Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/04/2007	£5k	"Durham Wildlife Trust Aim To Conserve, Promote And Protect Local Wildlife, Conservation And Areas Of Natural Beauty. An Award Will Enable Th"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2006	£50k	"Darlington Great Crested Newt Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2003	£214k	"Hedley Hope Fell, Local Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2002	£49k	"Water Vole Recovery Plan for North East Durham"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/06/2000	£449k	"Durham Reserve Development Project"