Registered charity · Halesworth
World Land Trust
World Land Trust is a registered charity (number 1001291) based in Halesworth, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Myles Archibald since 2020. Latest income £9.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Nature Preservation Fund, Phillipine Reef & Rainforest Project, Programme for Belize, World Wide Land Conservation Trust (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £9.7m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Myles ArchibaldChair · since 2020
- Claire AshbyTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Andrew Paul BalmfordTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Julius Alexander ArinaitweTrustee · since 2023
- Emma TozerTrustee · since 2019
- Lawrence David SimanowitzTrustee · since 2023
- Lucila Belen CastroTrustee · since 2025
- Michael Gerard KrauseTrustee · since 2025
- Phillip Simon ShapiroTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Argentina, Armenia, Belize and more
- Website
- www.worldlandtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- World Land Trust
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9.7m£9.2m
- 2024£8.7m£11m
- 2023£10m£7.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.8m£8.5m
- 2021£8.2m£8.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH:A) THE CONSERVATION AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THREATENED NATURAL HABITATS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD;B) THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE AND RARE SPECIES OF FAUNA AND FLORA ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD; ANDC) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Grants received
20 grants · £2,678,262 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- ARCADIA · £1,800,000
- CHK Foundation · £415,000 (7 grants)
- Postcode Planet Trust · £300,000
- SHAREGIFT · £107,500 (4 grants)
- EA Foundation · £26,697
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Myles Archibald Chair since 2020
- Claire Ashby since 2022
- Dr Andrew Paul Balmford since 2022
- Dr Julius Alexander Arinaitwe since 2023
- Emma Tozer since 2019
- Lawrence David Simanowitz since 2023
- Lucila Belen Castro since 2025
- Michael Gerard Krause since 2025
- Phillip Simon Shapiro since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Tozer since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Myles Archibald Chair since 2020
- Claire Ashby since 2022
- Dr Julius Alexander Arinaitwe since 2023
- Emma Tozer since 2019
- Lawrence David Simanowitz since 2023
- Lucila Belen Castro since 2025
- Michael Gerard Krause since 2025
- Phillip Simon Shapiro since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Andrew Paul Balmford since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001291
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/09/1990AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/10/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2017 as amended on 18 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 02552942 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01986874422 · info@worldlandtrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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