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Registered charity · East Sussex

The Wetland Trust

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, Kent
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£627k£831k
  • 2023£619k£784k
Earlier years
  • 2022£270k£504k
  • 2021£272k£502k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND CONSERVE NATURAL BIO SYSTEMS BY CREATING AND RESTORING THE HABITATS OF EXISTING AND RARE SPECIES OF PLANTS INSECTS BIRDS AND MAMMALS IN ICKELSHAM, EAST SUSSEX AND ELSEWHERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (B) TO SUPPORT THE STUDY OF ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION AND ANY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONNECTED WITH THE SAME BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (C) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN FLORA AND FAUNA. (D) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Grants received

3 grants · £27,688 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £27,688 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £16,9182024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £9,1252024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,6462020-04-01
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.

0
trustees past 6 years
11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 3

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 7Finance 4Manufacturing 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£627k 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

10 from 8 in 2023
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
296531
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 12TH MARCH 1987. DEED OF RETIREMENT AND VARIATION DATED 23 OCTOBER 2001
Contact on the register
01797226440
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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