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Registered charity · Somerset

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West LTD

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.fwagsw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West LTD
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.9m£3.7m
  • 2024£3.4m£3.7m
  • 2023£3.5m£3.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.9m£3.7m
  • 2021£2.9m£2.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 29% · Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE IN PARTICULAR WITH RELATION TO MODERN AGRICULTURAL NEEDS. TO PROMOTE THE DELIVERY OF COMPETENT, INDEPENDENT ADVICE TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO MODERN FARMING AND THE NEED TO CONSERVE NATURE AND LANDSCAPE AND TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ON FARMLAND AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH REASEARCH. TO ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN FARMERS AND CONSERVATION INTERESTS BY PROMOTING, LIAISON AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH OR INTERESTED IN THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY BY CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, THE DELIVERY OF LECTURES AND ADDRESSES AND THE EXCHANGE OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND TECHNIQUES. TO SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHERS IN PROPOSAL AND ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEN CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND FARMING INTERESTS AND WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ASSIST THE PROMOTION OF THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS. TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT OR AID IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND TO SUBSCRIBE OR GUARENTEE MONEY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE WAY CONNECTED WITH THE COMPANY'S PURPOSES OR CALCULATED TO FURTHER ITS OBJECTS. TO UNDERTAKE AND EXECUTE ANY TRUSTS WHICH MAY LAWFULLY BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMPANY AND WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ITS OBJECTS. SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TO PURCHASE OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS ACQUIRE ANY FREEHOLD, LEASEHOLD OR OTHER PROPERTY OR ESTATE OR INTEREST WHATEVER, AND ANY RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES OR EASEMENTS OVER OR IN RESPECT OF ANY PROPERTY AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO ITS OBJECTS. TO SELL, MORTGAGE, DISPOSE OR TURN TO ACCOUNT ALL OR ANY OF THE PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AS MAY BE THOUGH EXPEDIENT WITH A VIEW TO THE PROMOTION OF ITS OBJECTS. TO BORROW, RAISE, OR RECEIVE MONEY IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY MAY THINK FIT FOR SUCH PURPOSES WHICH PROMOTES ITS OBJECTS. TO INVEST MONEYS OF THE COMPANY NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR ITS PURPOSES IN OR UPON SUCH INVESTMENTS, SECURITIES OR PROPERTIES AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, BUT SO THAT MONEYS SUBJECT TO, OR REPRESENTING PROPERTY SUBJECT TO, THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES SHALL ONLY BE INVESTED IN SUCH SECURITIES AND WITH SUCH SANCTION, IF ANY, AS MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW. TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICES OF OR FACILITATE OTHER IN THE EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTING FOR THE SERVICES OF A PERSON OR PERSON TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. IF AND WHEN CONSIDERED ADVISABLE TO TAKE ALL SUCH MEASURES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONVERT THE COMPANY INTO A BODY SPECIALLY INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER OR OTHERWISE, OR TO SECURE THE CREATION OF A NEW BODY SO INCORPORATED WITH THE OBJECT OF CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY AND CONTINUING THE WORK THEREOF. TO TAKE ALL SUCH OTHER STEPS AS WILL FURTHER THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

Grants received

153 grants · £2,671,946 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

  • Cornwall Community Foundation £2,6002025-05-13
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £40,0002024-08-30
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,5002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £10,1832024-04-01
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.

7 trustees on the board

3y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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 10Agriculture 1Construction 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£3.9m latest income
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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021

64 from 47 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.
65%
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
1146071
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 NOV 2011 as amended on 07 Sep 2022
Companies House
Company number 07865031 · Active
Contact on the register
01823660684 · info@fwagsw.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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