The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire

Registered charity 1000412 Registered since 1990

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Luton, Peterborough City, Bedford

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 14Retail and trade 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 57.8 in 2021

143 from 117 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wildlifebcn.org
Emailcambridgeshire@wildlifebcn.org
Phone01954713525
AddressThe Wildlife Trust, The Manor House, Broad Street, Great Cambourne, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 6DH

Finances

£13,977,171 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,399,557£5,027,774
2022£7,136,862£5,837,955
2023£10,533,304£7,186,152
2024£6,888,241£7,081,234
2025£13,977,171£7,718,823

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO UNDERTAKE, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CREATION, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE, CARRY ON AND ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF AND TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES, AND TO INFORM AND INVOLVE PEOPLE ON MATTERS RELATING TO WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS THROUGH OFFERING ADVICE AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/08/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/05/1995AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/10/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/10/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/10/2011 as amended on 08 Oct 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
50median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire · 02534145 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/08/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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