The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Registered charity 232580 Registered since 1964

Operates: Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

11
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 10Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Animals 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 15Professional services 12Arts and leisure 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£6.1m latest income
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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.0 in 2021

109 from 87 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.
29%
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.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Emailinfo@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Phone01452383333
AddressCONSERVATION CENTRE, RESERVOIR ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL4 6SX

Finances

£6,119,607 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,793,014£3,533,511
2022£4,871,057£4,369,937
2023£5,594,444£4,880,956
2024£5,456,524£5,161,676
2025£6,119,607£6,418,508

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(1) TO RECORD & STUDY PLACES AND OBJECTS OF ORNITHOLOGICAL, ENTOMOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, ECOLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY, AND TO PROTECT THESE FROM INJURY, ILL TREATMENT OR DESTRUCTION. (2) TO ESTABLISH, FORM, OWN, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SANCTUARIES OR NATURE RESERVES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF WILD PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETATION AND OF THE WILD CREATURES OF ANY DESCRIPTION LIVING NATURALLY THEREIN. (3) TO ENCOURAGE THE BREEDING AND PRESERVATION OF WILD BIRDS, ANIMALS, PLANTS OR INSECTS WHICH ARE HARMLESS, USEFUL BEAUTIFUL, OR RARE. TO PROMOTE, ORGANIZE, CARRY ON AND ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, AND TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES.(5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN (A) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTISE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, (B) THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTISE OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THOROUGH PROGRAMS OF TEACHING, TRAINING, PUBLISHING, EXHIBITIONS, AND SEMINARS AND OTHER MEANS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION (6) TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, RECYCLING AND REUSE OF GOODS, INCLUDING PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF RECYCLING WASTE PRODUCTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 NOV 1961AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JAN 1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JAN 1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JAN 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAR 1973AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 SEP 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 NOV 1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 NOV 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 JUN 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 NOV 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 NOV 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 NOV 2014 as amended on 05 Dec 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust · 00708575 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/11/1961

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (9)

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