The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Wild Life Foundation

Registered charity 1152642 Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

9.9y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 8Animals 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 8Professional services 5Arts and leisure 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£105k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ywpf.org
Emailcheryl.williams@ywpf.org
Phone07788907706
AddressYorkshire Wildlife Park, Brockholes Lane, Branton, Doncaster, DN3 3NH

Finances

£187,093 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£51,635£114,837
2022£79,593£140,266
2023£102,263£114,763
2024£105,255£111,586
2025£187,093£113,069

What it does

What

AnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF EXOTIC AND OTHER SPECIES OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE BOTH IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT AND IN CAPTIVITY;2. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO EXOTIC AND OTHER SPECIES OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE; AND 3. PROMOTING ANY OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH CONSERVATION AND ANIMAL WELFARE AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2012 as amended on 17 Jan 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees
67median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wild Life Foundation · 08193416 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/08/2012

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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