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Registered charity · Worcester

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £2.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Worcestershire
Website
www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.8m£3.3m
  • 2024£2.6m£2.6m
  • 2023£2.9m£2.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.8m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.6m£2.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:3.1.TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NATURE RESERVES WHICH SHALL BE OWNED, MAINTAINED OR MANAGED BY THE TRUST.3.2.TO RESTORE, CREATE, STUDY AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION OF PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, MYCOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, OR GENERAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.3.3.TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND CARRY OUT STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE RECORDING AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.3.4.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Grants received

41 grants · £5,549,916 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 · £5,353,877 (28 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £148,615 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £47,424 (7 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £94,8152025-09-10
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £5002024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002024-01-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £240,3742022-01-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £205,1002020-08-17
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.

16 trustees on the board

6.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (2)

16
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 16Education/training 16Environment/conservation/heritage 16

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 16Retail and trade 6Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£2.8m 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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

41 from 38 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
256618
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED THE 28TH MARCH 1968 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED THE 15TH APRIL 1969 AND THE 18TH MAY 1971 AND BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 FEBRUARY 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 NOV 2019
Companies House
Company number 00929644 · Active
Contact on the register
01905754919 · enquiries@worcestershirewildlifetrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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