SHEFFIELD WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 700638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD CITY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Our VisionThroughout Sheffield & Rotherham, from our streets & neighbourhoods to the wider countryside, there will be an abundance of nature that is protected, cared for and experienced by everyone.For the benefit of nature and people in Sheffield & Rotherham, working with our members, volunteers, local people, partners and the wider Wildlife Trust family, and by acting local.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £40,732 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £4,845,297. The trustees confirm that free cash reserves were £616,530, which is above the stated ideal level of £180,000, and no material uncertainties exist regarding the ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by C J Woodhead & Co Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Project , funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, has now come to an end” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

27 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £95k. 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 · linkedin

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony Davies
• Catherine Sparkes
• Charlotte Grant
• Dominic Tydeman-White
• Elizabeth Hnat
• Helen Francis
• Mary Wilton
• Mohammed Yaseen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oscar Morton
• Sarah Blandy
• Sarah Dew
• Siobhan Laird
• Thomas Hocking

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

Operates in: Rotherham · Sheffield City

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 SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST.

• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• THE SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £7.5m
• DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• WILTSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
• SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

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