Registered charity · London
Wildlife and Countryside Link
- 7 trustees
- Income £909k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.wcl.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wildlife and Countryside Link
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£909k£843k
- 2023£738k£604k
- 2022£590k£542k
Earlier years
- 2021£675k£471k
- 2020£483k£344k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
14 grants · £1,147,760 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
- John Ellerman Foundation · £388,601 (4 grants)
- LUND TRUST · £280,059
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch · £231,000 (5 grants)
- The Samworth Foundation · £230,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,600
Most recent
- LUND TRUST
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Rebecca Susan Speight Chair since 2025
- Adam Christopher Royle since 2024
- Allison Claire Ogden-Newton since 2021
- Dominic Dyer since 2018
- Dr James Vincent Cooper since 2023
- Jason Reeves since 2021
- Matthew Ray Courtney Browne since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dominic Dyer since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Rebecca Susan Speight Chair since 2025
- Adam Christopher Royle since 2024
- Allison Claire Ogden-Newton since 2021
- Dominic Dyer since 2018
- Dr James Vincent Cooper since 2023
- Jason Reeves since 2021
- Matthew Ray Courtney Browne since 2025
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1107460
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 DEC 1999 as amended on 22 May 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 03889519 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078208600 · enquiry@wcl.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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