MONTGOMERYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 512390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MONTGOMERY TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED
Since 1982, the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust has been the leading voluntary organisation promoting wildlife conservation in Montgomeryshire.The Trust currently manages and cares for 19 Nature Reserves within the county, totalling some 500ha in area. These reserves are a showcase of some of Montgomeryshire's finest remnants of prime wildlife habitat.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust achieved an unrestricted surplus of £105,037 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves stand at £822,278, though £468,228 of this relates to land reserves, leaving undesignated unrestricted reserves of £354,050. The Trust maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to sustain operating activities for a minimum of three months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £354k)
“The Trust seeks to hold unrestricted financial reserves sufficient to sustain its operating activities for a minimum of three months” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: MWT Trading Limited
“MWT Trading Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust; directors of the Trust are also directors of the subsidiary.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
MWT TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £11k
“During the year £11,243 (2024 - £5,232) was donated to Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, being the previous year’s surplus.”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dyfi Osprey Project (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ANDERTON, Helen — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
- BAKER, Graham Charles — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
- MCEWAN, Bernard — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
- BERRY, Nicola Suzanne — director, appointed 26/03/2024on trustee list
- BURTON, Nicholas Julian — director, appointed 13/08/2023on trustee list
- MORLEY, Susan Terese — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
- WARD, Timothy Michael — director, appointed 26/01/2021on trustee list
- HART, Eleanor Jane — secretary, appointed 23/03/2021
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Nicola Suzanne Berrychair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Bernard McEwan
- Graham Charles Baker
- Helen Anderton · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nicholas Julian Burton
- Susan Terese Morley
- Timothy Michael Ward
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Powys
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MONTGOMERYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust achieved an unrestricted surplus of £105,037 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves stand at £822,278, though £468,228 of this relates to land reserves, leaving undesignated unrestricted reserves of £354,050. The Trust maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to sustain operating activities for a minimum of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
Who funds MONTGOMERYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MONTGOMERYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD.
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