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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Limited

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £5.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Derbyshire, Derby City
Website
www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Limited
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.5m£6.0m
  • 2024£4.3m£4.4m
  • 2023£4.1m£4.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.6m£3.7m
  • 2021£2.9m£2.4m
Charitable objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION, 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. 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) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF STUDY WHICH ADVANCE THE OBJECTS SPECIFIED PREVIOUSLY AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 12Economic/community Development/employment 1Recreation 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 13Professional services 3Business services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£5.5m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

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

85 from 56 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.
6%
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
222212
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/02/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/08/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2017
Companies House
Company number 00715675 · Active
Contact on the register
01773881188 · enquiries@derbyshirewt.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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