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Registered charity · Cumbria

The Lakeland Trust for Natural Sciences Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £536k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.wildlifeoasis.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Lakeland Trust for Natural Sciences Limited
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£536k£443k
  • 2024£407k£382k
  • 2023£446k£268k
Earlier years
  • 2022£382k£233k
  • 2021£382k£233k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO STIMULATE INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ZOOLOGY AND OTHER NATURAL SCIENCES BY ESTABLISHING AND RUNNING ONE OR MORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OR SIMILAR SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITIONS.(2) TO PROMOTE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS.(3) TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO NATURAL HISTORY AND RELATED SCIENTIFIC FIELDS, ESPECIALLY WHERE SUCH KNOWLEDGE WOULD HELP THE CONSERVATION OF SPECIES AND HABITATS AND THE MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL HABITATS.(4) TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE CONSERVATION OF THREATENED SPECIES AND ORIGINATE AND SUPPORT CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES BOTH SITU AND EX SITU.(5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES DEEMED SUITABLE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE BREEDING OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, SUPPORT OF THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AROUND THE WORLD, ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE LIVING WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Grants received

2 grants · £120,065 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £120,065 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £69,9542020-12-22
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £50,1112020-12-22
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

8y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
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.

Animals 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 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.

Education 8Retail and trade 2

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.

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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£536k 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.

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

0
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
1148082
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 APR 2012
Companies House
Company number 08016539 · Active
Contact on the register
01539563027 · mail@wildlifeoasis.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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