Registered charity · Herefordshire
The Vincent Wildlife Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £929k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Robbie McdonaldChair · since 2017
- Christopher Robert FrostTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Richard Paul YoungTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Sallie-Anne BaileyTrustee · since 2023
- Ellen Watson-HicksTrustee · since 2026
- Georgina Rose Tuesday Holmes-SkeltonTrustee · since 2019
- Mark DaviesTrustee · since 2026
- Prof Rosemary Susan HailsTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Ireland, Scotland, Croatia, Spain and more
- Website
- www.vwt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Vincent Wildlife Trust
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£929k£1.7m
- 2023£1.9m£1.2m
- 2022£680k£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2021£500k£1.1m
- 2020£522k£1.0m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE MAMMAL RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION IN EUROPE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF THE CREATION OF NATURE RESERVES FOR MAMMALS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.
Grants received
7 grants · £1,558,684 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,346,667 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £187,017 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Professor Robbie Mcdonald Chair since 2017
- Christopher Robert Frost since 2023
- Dr Richard Paul Young since 2023
- Dr Sallie-Anne Bailey since 2023
- Ellen Watson-Hicks since 2026
- Georgina Rose Tuesday Holmes-Skelton since 2019
- Mark Davies since 2026
- Prof Rosemary Susan Hails since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Robbie Mcdonald Chair since 2017
- Georgina Rose Tuesday Holmes-Skelton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Professor Robbie Mcdonald Chair since 2017
- Christopher Robert Frost since 2023
- Dr Richard Paul Young since 2023
- Dr Sallie-Anne Bailey since 2023
- Ellen Watson-Hicks since 2026
- Georgina Rose Tuesday Holmes-Skelton since 2019
- Mark Davies since 2026
- Prof Rosemary Susan Hails 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.
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
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.9 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112100
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 JUL 2017 as amended on 12 Jan 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 05598716 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01531636441 · enquiries@vwt.org.uk
- 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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