Registered charity · Gwent
Gwent Wildlife Trust LTD
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Marc LeppardChair · since 2021
- Clare Louise SkidmoreTrustee · since 2025
- David ReesTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Mary BarkhamTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan Marten Henry StephensTrustee · since 2017
- Matthew Charles LewisTrustee · since 2025
- Mavis Mckenzie CecilTrustee · since 2024
- Richard Hugh HowellTrustee · since 2022
- Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-GaleaTrustee · since 2025
- Tim RathboneTrustee · since 2024
- Tom Abbey SmithTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport City and more
- Website
- www.gwentwildlife.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Gwent Wildlife Trust LTD
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.5m
- 2024£1.4m£1.5m
- 2023£1.9m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.2m
- 2021£922k£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 THE TRUST'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF:(I) WILDLIFE, THEIR HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS(II) PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY OR LANDSCAPE VALUEB) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF A) ABOVE.C) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF A) ABOVE.
Grants received
32 grants · £2,949,408 total360Giving 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 · £1,325,016 (16 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,173,511 (11 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £450,881 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Marc Leppard Chair since 2021
- Clare Louise Skidmore since 2025
- David Rees since 2019
- Dr Mary Barkham since 2024
- Jonathan Marten Henry Stephens since 2017
- Matthew Charles Lewis since 2025
- Mavis Mckenzie Cecil since 2024
- Richard Hugh Howell since 2022
- Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-Galea since 2025
- Tim Rathbone since 2024
- Tom Abbey Smith since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Rees since 2019
- Jonathan Marten Henry Stephens since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Marc Leppard Chair since 2021
- Clare Louise Skidmore since 2025
- David Rees since 2019
- Dr Mary Barkham since 2024
- Jonathan Marten Henry Stephens since 2017
- Matthew Charles Lewis since 2025
- Mavis Mckenzie Cecil since 2024
- Richard Hugh Howell since 2022
- Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-Galea since 2025
- Tim Rathbone since 2024
- Tom Abbey Smith since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 242619
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 JUL 1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 MAY 1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 APR 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 APR 1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 SEP 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 OCT 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 SEP 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 JAN 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 00812535 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01600740600 · zporter@gwentwildlife.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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