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Registered charity · Battersea Park Road

People's Trust for Endangered Species

People's Trust for Endangered Species is a registered charity (number 274206) based in Battersea Park Road, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Dr Andrew Kitchener since 2012. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Mammals Trust UK, Mtuk, P T E S (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it

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

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Action for Dormice Buyer: Natural England Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Natural England and the PTES have worked in close partnership on a recovery programme for dormice. This MoA focuses on; 1. Improving the understanding on the ecology of the hazel dormouse through research. 2. Improving our understanding of …

About

What it does
Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, India, Indonesia, Iran and more
Website
www.ptes.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£2.0m
  • 2024£1.8m£1.9m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.8m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE ENDANGERED SPECIES WHICH ARE RARE, OR THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION. A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF SUCH SPECIES IN ANY OF ITS FORMS, AND IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECIES AND THE PUBLIC. B) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO RARE OR ENDANGERED SPECIES BY THE SUPPORT OF STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

Grants received

12 grants · £480,576 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 · £378,450 (3 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £53,626 (3 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £32,500 (4 grants)
  • Foundation Scotland · £10,000
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £6,000

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8.5y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.8m 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.

20.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 22.2 in 2020

20 from 21 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
274206
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 4TH AUGUST 1977
Contact on the register
02074984533 · enquiries@ptes.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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