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Registered charity · Carlisle

Watchtree Nature Reserve Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £576k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cumbria
Website
www.watchtree.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Watchtree Nature Reserve Limited
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£576k£547k
  • 2024£420k£417k
  • 2023£331k£349k
Earlier years
  • 2022£315k£307k
  • 2021£187k£211k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE OR PROVIDE PUBLIC AMENITIES;(II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE WATCHTREE SITE IN CUMBRIA (THE SITE, ASDEFINED BELOW) AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSOCIATING LOCAL COMMUNITYORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, NEEDAND HARDSHIP, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OFSOCIAL WELFARE, AND TO CONSERVE AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT;

Grants received

20 grants · £376,516 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

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.

6.8y median 3y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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

Arts and leisure 9Professional services 1

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£576k 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.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

31
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
1127029
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 AUGUST 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 20 NOVEMBER 2008
Companies House
Company number 05214585 · Active
Contact on the register
01228712539 · wnr@watchtree.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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