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Registered charity · Winchester

Marwell Wildlife

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £12m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hampshire, Kenya, Tunisia, Bhutan and more
Website
www.marwell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Marwell Wildlife
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£12m£13m
  • 2023£12m£13m
  • 2022£12m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2021£11m£10m
  • 2020£8.3m£11m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

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

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY: (1) PROMOTING THE CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD; IN PARTICULAR BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES, HABITATS AND FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEMS; SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF ASSURANCE POPULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; (2) ADVANCING THE UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF NATURE FOR SOCIETY, HUMAN HEALTH, WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE; AND TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND WIDER SOCIETY IN THE CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT; (3) PRACTISING AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY AS AN EXEMPLAR AND THROUGH CAMPAIGNING AND ADVOCACY; (4) UNDERTAKING AND SHARING THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EXPEDITIONS; AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND (5) MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A ZOOLOGICAL PARK AS A PLACE OF LEARNING AND ENJOYMENT AND ADVANCING THE HUSBANDRY, WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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

Professional services 8Arts and leisure 2Business services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.8 in 2020

265 from 218 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
275433
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND MARCH 1978 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 25 MARCH 1992 AND 30 APRIL 2003 AND 14 MAY 2003AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/06/2015
Companies House
Company number 01355272 · Active
Contact on the register
01962777407 · marwell@marwell.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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