THE WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Protect and enhance wildlife, natural habitats and geology, and encourage greater awareness, appreciation and participation in all aspects of nature conservation and the environment.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income:
£12,415,483
| Donations and legacies | £1.28m | |
| Charitable activities | £3.02m | |
| Other trading activities | £7.97m | |
| Investments | £140.03k | |
| Other | £2.94k |
Total expenditure:
£12,484,504
| Raising funds | £992.93k | |
| Charitable activities | £4.58m | |
| Other | £6.91m |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £90,086 from 7 government contract(s) and £916,320 from 26 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
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.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £7.90m | |
| Charitable expenditure | £4.58m |
People
229 Employee(s)
16 Trustee(s)
900 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £60k to £70k | 8 |
| £70k to £80k | 2 |
| £80k to £90k | 1 |
| £90k to £100k | 1 |
| £100k to £110k | 1 |
| £110k to £120k | 1 |
| £140k to £150k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Coventry City
- Solihull
- Warwickshire
Governance
- 14 August 1962: Standard registration
- THE WARWICKSHIRE NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- Investment
- 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
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
16 Trustee(s)
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| ELIZABETH ANNE STOKES | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Ian Brack | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Dr Juliet Mann | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Emma Birks | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Elzanne van der Watt | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Sarah Probert | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Dr Victoria Barnard | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Scarlet Moss | Trustee | 04 August 2025 |
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| Jacqui Staunton | Trustee | 25 June 2024 |
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| Dr Kevin Moffat | Trustee | 25 June 2024 |
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| Darren Male | Trustee | 27 July 2023 |
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| Marc John Sanderson | Trustee | 14 September 2020 |
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| Laurence Wilbraham | Trustee | 11 October 2017 |
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| Duncan McArdle | Trustee | 11 October 2017 |
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| Geoff Litterick | Trustee | 11 October 2017 |
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| John Duncan McKenzie | Trustee | 13 December 2016 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £8.10m | £10.19m | £10.28m | £11.17m | £12.42m | |
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Total expenditure | £7.49m | £9.11m | £10.02m | £11.33m | £12.48m | |
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Income from government contracts | £177.25k | £177.20k | £215.20k | £940.90k | £90.09k | |
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Income from government grants | £325.85k | £734.00k | N/A | N/A | £916.32k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £884.32k | £1.81m | £316.67k | £113.31k | £1.28m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £5.45m | £6.26m | £7.31m | £8.47m | £7.97m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.76m | £2.12m | £2.65m | £2.39m | £3.02m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £6.69k | £0 | £0 | £198.45k | £140.03k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2.94k | |
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Income - Legacies | £108.71k | £840.42k | £229.34k | £45.41k | £128.56k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.24m | £3.13m | £3.59m | £3.52m | £4.58m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £5.25m | £458.60k | £6.43m | £7.81m | £992.93k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £6.00k | £9.00k | £6.25k | £23.50k | £38.43k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £5.52m | £0 | £0 | £6.91m |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
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 InvestmentsInvestments 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.
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 liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese 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.
| Asset / Liability | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £2.14m | £2.28m | £2.31m | £2.30m | £4.37m | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £42.00k | |
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Other assets | £6.89m | £8.23m | £7.99m | £8.44m | £5.83m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £1.87m | £2.28m | £1.83m | £1.74m | £1.42m |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 24 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 24 October 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 10 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 10 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 27 October 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 27 October 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 06/06 1957 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29/07/1968, 11/01/1971, 6/6/1997, 9/6/2000 AND 27/09/2007. AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/01/2015 as amended on 26 Sep 2018
Charitable objects
THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE REGION TO: 4.1 MAINTAIN, ESTABLISH, ENHANCE, RESTORE OR OTHERWISE PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS, AND SITES OF BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL AND/OR OTHER SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; 4.2 UNDERTAKE, ADVANCE AND FURTHER THE MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS, AND PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY; 4.3 SAFEGUARD, PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRINCIPLES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; 4.4 PROMOTE, ORGANISE, CARRY ON AND ENCOURAGE STUDY, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN AND OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES; AND 4.5 EDUCATE, INFORM AND INVOLVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR ANY SECTION THEREOF, AND BUSINESSES IN AND ON MATTERS RELATING TO WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS AND THE MATTERS COMPRISED IN ARTICLES 4.1 TO 4.4 (INCLUSIVE).
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST
BRANDON MARSH NATURE CENTRE
BRANDON LANE
COVENTRY
CV3 3GW
- Phone:
- 02476302912
- Email:
- enquiries@wkwt.org.uk
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