Registered charity · Sheffield
The Wild Trout Trust Limited
The Wild Trout Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 1162478) based in Sheffield, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £934k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as WTT (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £934k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Christopher WatsonTrustee · since 2007
- Dr Gary Mantle MBETrustee · since 2015
- George Edward Spencer SeligmanTrustee · since 2018
- Jenny MantTrustee · since 2016
- Nicholas HeasmanTrustee · since 2026
- Nicholas SandallTrustee · since 2026
- Penelope GaneTrustee · since 2026
- Simon James FrancisTrustee · since 2025
- Sir Charles Joseph NapierTrustee · 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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland
- Website
- www.wildtrout.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Wild Trout Trust Limited
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£934k£1.0m
- 2024£1.0m£982k
- 2023£1.5m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.3m
- 2021£1.1m£884k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 52%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PROMOTION OF CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF WILD TROUT AND THEIR HABITATS, ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT; RIVER AND WATER CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AND CREATION OF WILD TROUT HABITATS. WILD TROUT BEING DEFINED AS ANY TROUT THAT HAS BEEN SPAWNED NATURALLY INCLUDING SEA TROUT.
Grants received
59 grants · £1,439,762 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,349,762 (57 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £70,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Watson since 2007
- Dr Gary Mantle MBE since 2015
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2018
- Jenny Mant since 2016
- Nicholas Heasman since 2026
- Nicholas Sandall since 2026
- Penelope Gane since 2026
- Simon James Francis since 2025
- Sir Charles Joseph Napier since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Watson since 2007
- Dr Gary Mantle MBE since 2015
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2018
- Jenny Mant since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christopher Watson since 2007
- Nicholas Heasman since 2026
- Nicholas Sandall since 2026
- Penelope Gane since 2026
- Simon James Francis since 2025
- Sir Charles Joseph Napier since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Gary Mantle MBE since 2015
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2018
- Jenny Mant since 2016
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
4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162478
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/04/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/12/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 03345901 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02392570985 · office@wildtrout.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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