THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD

Registered charity 513615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q8001326 · Wikipedia · 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.

Objects

1. FOR BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS, PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY, PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL BOTANICAL GEOGRAPHICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, FEATURES OF LANDSCAPE WITH GEOLOGICAL, PHYSIOGRAPHICAL OR AMENITY VALUE. FOR FURTHER OBJECTS SEE MEMORANDUM.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY URBAN AREAS

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

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

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01650938 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust (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.

• NIJJAR, Ramandeep Kaur — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Clare Marie — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• FOXTON, Kate Elizabeth — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• HOLMES, Richard Jonathan Wilfrid — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• SALEEM, Mohammed Waheed — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• NICHOLSON-EVANS, Alexandra Louise — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• DANIEL, Jack — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• WAYRO, Andrew — director, appointed 16/01/2021on trustee list
• GREEN, David Peter — director, appointed 16/01/2021on trustee list
• LARNER, James David — director, appointed 16/01/2021on trustee list
• MCLELLAN, Denise Helen — director, appointed 16/01/2021on trustee list
• MOONEY, Eamon Fergal — director, appointed 16/01/2021on trustee list
• MOONEY, Eamon — secretary, appointed 16/01/2021

Official officers record.

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)

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mohammed Waheed Saleemchair
• Alexandra Nicholson-Evans
• Andrew Wayro
• Clare Chapman
• David Peter Green
• Jack Daniel
• James David Larner · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joseph Norley
• Kate Foxton
• Lucas Howarth
• Monique Powell
• Ramandeep Nijjar
• Richard Holmes

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST.

• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £8.7m
• COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST income £74k
• NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• KENYA WILDLIFE TRUST UK income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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