THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Charity number: 1000412
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Conservation and enhancement of wildlife habitats and biodiversity throughoput Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire and enhancing everyone's enjoyment and understanding of wildlife.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Luton
  • Northamptonshire
  • Peterborough City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 September 1990: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • "THE WILDLIFE TRUST" (Working name)
  • THE WILDLIFE TRUST BCNP (Working name)
  • BEDFORDSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST (Previous name)
  • THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH (Previous name)
  • THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Hilary Mary Allison Chair 19 October 2024
TREE AID
Received: On time
Dr Reiner Schulte Trustee 11 March 2025
None on record
James John Paul Marsh Trustee 12 December 2023
CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE CENTRE
Received: On time
Michael Krause Trustee 14 March 2023
GREAT OUSE VALLEY TRUST
Received: On time
THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Received: On time
Kimberley Coleman Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Caroline Brown Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Richard James Vyse Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Matthew Gordon William Day Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Michael Samways Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Matthew Philip Hayes Trustee 16 March 2021
None on record
Janet Audrey Davis Trustee 31 March 2020
HUNTS COMMUNITY CANCER NETWORK
Received: On time
Hannah Mary Bartram Trustee 04 April 2019
None on record
Professor Samuel Fraser Brockington Trustee 17 January 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £6.77m £5.40m £7.14m £10.53m £6.89m
Total expenditure £5.23m £5.03m £5.84m £7.19m £7.08m
Income from government contracts £677.34k £266.94k £242.39k £532.59k £489.75k
Income from government grants £242.05k £648.09k £269.42k £175.92k £96.57k
Income - Donations and legacies £3.54m £1.91m £3.94m £2.56m £2.16m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £3.22m £3.42m £3.13m £7.90m £4.64m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £3.72k £63.61k £75.06k £77.20k £88.12k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £1.88m £163.44k £2.16m £536.65k £134.84k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £4.25m £4.33m £4.76m £5.90m £5.82m
Expenditure - Raising funds £985.11k £702.19k £1.08m £1.28m £1.27m
Expenditure - Governance £72.70k £73.93k £75.06k £39.82k £43.96k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £1.91k £1.27k £1.03k £747
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £18.26m £18.28m £18.45m £23.15m £22.87m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £500.00k
Other assets £6.30m £7.40m £8.33m £6.83m £6.95m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£96.86k -£62.32k £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £957.47k £1.39m £1.13m £1.12m £1.41m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 15 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 15 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 26 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 26 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 08 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 08 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
The Wildlife Trust
The Manor House
Broad Street
Great Cambourne
CAMBRIDGE
CB23 6DH
Phone:
01954713525