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Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

The Trust’s objects are to restore, create and protect wetlands to enhance their value for wildlife; to undertake any activity that in the opinion of the Council raises awareness of wetlands, including their critical value to wildlife, to people and...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £47m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Throughout England And Wales, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China and more
Website
www.wwt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£47m£32m
  • 2024£31m£30m
  • 2023£26m£29m
Earlier years
  • 2022£27m£24m
  • 2021£21m£20m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Trust’s objects are to restore, create and protect wetlands to enhance their value for wildlife; to undertake any activity that in the opinion of the Council raises awareness of wetlands, including their critical value to wildlife, to people and to the environment; undertake scientific research, provide evidence, learning and guidance to support these objects; to maintain any establishments and sites as the Council may think fit, to manage, restore, create and protect wetlands; to disseminate knowledge and understanding of wetlands and their wildlife and/or to inspire conservation action through recreational opportunities and engagement; and to operate in the UK and in all parts of the world.

Grants received

52 grants · £21,486,070 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £11,381,726 (15 grants)
  • Postcode Planet Trust · £4,300,000 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,929,170 (5 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,309,681 (22 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £252,993

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £25,0002026-03-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £226,6442026-03-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £237,3122025-06-04
  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002025-03-26
  • Postcode Planet Trust £1,100,0002025-02-25
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

6y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 9Professional services 6Retail and trade 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£46.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.3 in 2021

599 from 497 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.
4%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1030884
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 DECEMBER 1993 AS AMENDED 23 DECEMBER 1993, 8 JUNE 1995, 21 JUNE 2001, 13 DECEMBER 2007, 11 DECEMBER 2008 AND 21 OCTOBER 2010 as amended on 25 Nov 2021 as amended on 10 Dec 2023 as amended on 22 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 02882729 · Active
Contact on the register
01453891900 · enquiries@wwt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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