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Registered charity · Maidstone

Kent Wildlife Trust

2.1 to advance, promote and further the conservation, maintenance and protection of:-2.1.1 wildlife, marine life and their habitats; 2.1.2 places of natural beauty;2.1.3 place of zoological, botanical, geographical, archaeological or scientific...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £8.4m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Kent
Website
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Kent Wildlife Trust
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£8.4m£8.0m
  • 2023£6.7m£7.9m
  • 2022£8.3m£6.6m
Earlier years
  • 2021£8.0m£7.3m
  • 2020£6.4m£5.4m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 to advance, promote and further the conservation, maintenance and protection of:-2.1.1 wildlife, marine life and their habitats; 2.1.2 places of natural beauty;2.1.3 place of zoological, botanical, geographical, archaeological or scientific interest;2.1.4 features of landscape with geological, physiographical, or amenity value in particular, but not exclusively, in ways that further biodiversity; 2.2 to advance the education of the public in:-2.2.1 the principles and practice of sustainable development2.2.2 the principles and practice of biodiversity conservation;2.2.3 the value and economic importance of nurturing the natural capital of the environment;2.3 to promote research in all branches of nature study and to publish useful results thereof

Grants received

75 grants · £11,702,292 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 · £7,479,398 (24 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,847,173 (33 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £896,108 (8 grants)
  • LUND TRUST · £500,000
  • ARCADIA · £500,000

Most recent

  • LUND TRUST £500,0002025-09-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £17,7682024-11-27
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,5702024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,6312024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £33,7592024-04-01
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.

8 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 7Professional services 4Retail and trade 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8.4m 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.

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

118 from 80 in 2020
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.
11%
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
239992
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST JULY 1959 AS AMENDED 3RD DECEMBER 1963 AND 7TH JUNE 1985 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 1 JAN 1997, 26TH JUNE 1998 AND 11 SEPTEMBER 2004. as amended on 19 Sep 2020 as amended on 01 Oct 2020 as amended on 12 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 00633098 · Active
Contact on the register
01622662012 · info@kentwildlife.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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