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Registered charity · Bridgend

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited

1.1 The Trust's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:1.2 The Objects for which the Charity is established are for the benefit of the public:1) To advance, promote, and further the conservation, maintenance, restoration,...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5.3m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.welshwildlife.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.3m£3.5m
  • 2024£3.2m£2.7m
  • 2023£3.1m£2.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.7m£2.0m
Charitable objects

1.1 The Trust's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:1.2 The Objects for which the Charity is established are for the benefit of the public:1) To advance, promote, and further the conservation, maintenance, restoration, regeneration and protection of:i) wildlife, their habitats and ecosystems.ii) places of zoological, botanical, geological, ecological or scientific interest or of natural beauty or landscape value.2) To advance the education of the public in relation to all aspects of 1) above.3) to promote research and dissemination of information in relation to all aspects of 1) and 2) above

Board analysis for researchers

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

5y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

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 9

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

Professional services 10Other services 7Arts and leisure 6

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£5.3m 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.

12.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.1 in 2021

50 from 54 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.
31%
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
1091562
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/03/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2015 as amended on 20 Nov 2025
Companies House
Company number 04398959 · Active
Contact on the register
01656724100 · info@welshwildlife.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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