THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD

Registered charity 513615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY, WEST MIDLANDS URBAN WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

The Wildlife Trust works to make the environment of Birmingham and the black country a better place for wildlife and people through environmental education, community involvement, ecological and practical work.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts indicate a surplus of £100,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £5,000,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£25k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.0m

Common questions

Is THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts indicate a surplus of £100,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £5,000,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by none.

Who funds THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2022£186kNature Friendly Schools
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£19kEnvironment and Conservation
THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2022£10kStrategic Development Fund
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2022£10kPeople's Postcode Lottery
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2022£10kStrategic Development Fund
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£2kConservation and the Environment
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2022£2kConservation and Heritage
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£0RSWT Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2026£18kDeer's Leaps and Bounds
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/01/2025£243k"Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust Masterplanning and Resilience"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/09/2024£148k"Wild Walsall Heathlands"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/06/2020£51k"COVID19 The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country (WTBBC)"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2019£300kEcoPark: Natural Neighbours
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2017£563k"Natural Prospects"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2016£88k"Natural Heritage of Birmingham and the Black Country"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2015£10kGrowing the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/01/2014£75k"Peascroft Wood - a Nature Reserve for Bilston"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2010£9kWelcome to Wildlife
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2009£384k"Moseley Bog - Tolkien's Nature Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2007£10k"A Project To Set Up An Environmental Education And Resource Centre At A Nature Reserve In The Black Country By This Group In Birmingham. The"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/08/2006£50k"Black Country Living Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/05/2004£25k"Moseley Bog Phase 1"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/02/2004£49k"Windows on Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/03/2001£80k"Natural Connections, Birmingham & the Black Country"

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£12.4m£141,904—unclear—no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025£5.3m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
WILDWOOD TRUST FY2025£4.4m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST LTD FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.5m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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