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Registered charity · Woking

WWF - UK

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £89m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Belgium, Bhutan and more
Website
www.wwf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
WWF-UK
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£89m£96m
  • 2024£92m£95m
  • 2023£94m£102m
Earlier years
  • 2022£91m£92m
  • 2021£84m£83m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES, TO INCLUDE WITHOUT LIMITATION, FAUNA AND FLORA, WATER, SOILS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES; AND2. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN NATURE CONSERVATION, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND3. THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, RESEARCH AND PROJECTS AND PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL WORKS.IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

51 grants · £20,565,891 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

  • Postcode Planet Trust · £13,155,000 (7 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,783,411 (23 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £2,202,000 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,694,372 (4 grants)
  • Samworth Foundation · £240,000 (2 grants)

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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.

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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

Tech and media 9Professional services 6Finance 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£89.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.3 in 2021

463 from 413 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1081247
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 JUNE 2000, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 13 DECEMBER 2007 AND 15 DECEMBER 2009 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 8 APRIL 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/07/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2017 as amended on 14 Mar 2018 as amended on 28 Oct 2020
Companies House
Company number 04016725 · Active
Contact on the register
01483426444 · supportercare@wwf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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