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Registered charity · Truro

Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a registered charity (number 214929) based in Truro, governed by 14 trustees. Latest income £7.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

To promote for the benefit of the public (in particular but not exclusively in Cornwall):(1) the conservation, protection, improvement and advancement of the physical and natural environment and its processes including through the promotion of...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £7.6m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cornwall
Website
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.6m£6.6m
  • 2024£5.9m£5.7m
  • 2023£7.3m£5.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.9m£5.6m
  • 2021£4.6m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote for the benefit of the public (in particular but not exclusively in Cornwall):(1) the conservation, protection, improvement and advancement of the physical and natural environment and its processes including through the promotion of biodiversity;(2) to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and the principles and practices of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation; and(3) to promote, facilitate and publish research in the natural sciences including but not limited to nature study, ecology, and geology.

Grants received

76 grants · £12,941,982 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 · £8,512,885 (21 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £3,553,208 (44 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £444,460 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £390,015 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £38,874 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,5192025-08-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,594,2202024-06-21
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,1492024-04-01
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.

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

14
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 14Animals 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 16Business services 3Manufacturing 2

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£7.6m 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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

113 from 77 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.
8%
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
214929
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH AUGUST 1962 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 30TH APRIL 1983 as amended on 12 Dec 2020 as amended on 20 Sep 2021 as amended on 25 Nov 2021 as amended on 04 Feb 2022 as amended on 25 Mar 2022 as amended on 20 Jun 2022
Companies House
Company number 00732511 · Active
Contact on the register
01872273939 · info@cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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