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Registered charity · Malpas

The Cheshire Wildlife Trust Limited

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:1.1. To promote and deliver the conservation, protection, improvement and expansion of the physical and natural environment, for the benefit of wildlife and the public of...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Jamie Richards.

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
Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wirral and more
Website
www.cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Cheshire Wildlife Trust Limited
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.3m£3.7m
  • 2024£3.5m£3.5m
  • 2023£3.2m£3.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.7m£2.7m
  • 2021£2.3m£2.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:1.1. To promote and deliver the conservation, protection, improvement and expansion of the physical and natural environment, for the benefit of wildlife and the public of the United Kingdom; particularly in the Vice County 58 (the traditional County Palatine of Chester) and adjacent areas.1.2. To advance the education and engagement of the public in the principles and practice of:1.2.1. Biodiversity conservation and enhancement; 1.2.2. Sustainable living and development;; 1.2.3. Nature based health and wellbeing initiatives; and1.2.4. Natural capital, the value of nature to society and its protection and restoration.1.3. To promote research in all branches of relevant scientific study and to publish the useful results thereof.

Grants received

80 grants · £3,938,243 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,917,049 (25 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £479,551 (39 grants)
  • Sport England · £377,778 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £65,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £58,613 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,6652025-11-18
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Westminster Foundation £10,0002024-03-07
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £35,0002024-02-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9702023-10-03
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.

11 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

10
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

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 11Education 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£4.3m 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.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

54 from 43 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.
10%
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
214927
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 OCTOBER 1962 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CHANGE OF NAME DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1991 as amended on 14 Nov 2020 as amended on 14 Nov 2020
Companies House
Company number 00738693 · Active
Contact on the register
01948820728 · fundraising@cheshirewt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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