Registered charity · London
The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, China, India, Kenya and more
- Website
- www.davidshepherd.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.8m
- 2024£2.6m£1.8m
- 2023£1.8m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£1.5m
- 2021£1.6m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RARE OR ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MAMMALS IN THE WILD AND THEIR HABITATS IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD; AND3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MAMMALS IN THE WILD AND OF THEIR HABITATS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Grants received
1 grant · £30,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Melanie Shepherd Chair since 2013
- Andrew Gordon Brown since 2018
- Barry Timothy Page since 2026
- Christopher Charles Blanchard Cowdray
- Fiona Elizabeth Luck since 2014
- Rodney Birrell since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Melanie Shepherd Chair since 2013
- Andrew Gordon Brown since 2018
- Fiona Elizabeth Luck since 2014
- Rodney Birrell since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Melanie Shepherd Chair since 2013
- Andrew Gordon Brown since 2018
- Christopher Charles Blanchard Cowdray
- Fiona Elizabeth Luck since 2014
- Rodney Birrell since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Barry Timothy Page since 2026
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106893
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 OCT 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 NOV 2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 DEC 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 MAR 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 04918382 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072277000 · dswf@davidshepherd.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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