The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Registered charity 201081 Registered since 1961

Operates: Hampshire, Isle Of Wight

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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.

12 trustees on the board

5.2y median 3y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 12Professional services 8Finance 5

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.9m 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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.1 in 2021

107 from 82 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.
9%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hiwwt.org.uk
Emailclive.chatters@hiwwt.org.uk
Phone01489774422
AddressHampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife, Vicarage Lane, Curdridge, SOUTHAMPTON, SO32 2DP

Finances

£9,876,625 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,698,169£4,882,750
2022£7,463,063£5,615,624
2023£10,280,843£6,064,927
2024£11,735,000£7,249,077
2025£9,876,625£7,970,871

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

3.1.1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF;(I) WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS;(II) PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY;(III) PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST;(IV) FEATURES OF LANDSCAPE WITH GEOLOGICAL, PHYSIOGRAPHICAL, OR AMENITY VALUE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN WAYS THAT FURTHER BIODIVERSITY.3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN;(I) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;(II) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION.3.1.3 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF NATURE STUDY AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS PRIMARILY DEFINED AS 'DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS' (BRUNTLAND COMMISSION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/11/1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 NOV 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
50median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust · 00676313 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/11/1960

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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