Wcmc

Registered charity 328044 Registered since 1989

Operates: Cambridgeshire

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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

5.6y median 4.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Robin Bidwell Chair since 2016
James Fergus Sloane since 2019
Robert Andrew Powell since 2015

12.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

Robin Bidwell Chair since 2016

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

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 8Education 3Arts and leisure 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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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£20.1m 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.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.6 in 2020

233 from 161 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.

18%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Woodchester Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited Similar size; both Environment
The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health Similar size; both Environment
Somerset House Trust Similar size; both Environment
Felix Charity Similar size; both Environment
Beamish Museum Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://www.wcmc.org.uk
Email	information@unep-wcmc.org
Phone	01223277314
Address	WCMC, 219 HUNTINGDON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0DL

Finances

£20,103,471 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£15,281,399	£15,161,603
2021	£16,421,477	£16,277,399
2022	£21,675,751	£18,766,506
2023	£21,805,250	£22,054,433
2024	£20,103,471	£20,864,712

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WORLD-WIDE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/12/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2015

Trustees (9)

9trustees

67median age

4aged 70+

Robin Bidwellage band 80-84 Chair since 2016
Alasdair David Pooreage band 70-74
James Fergus Sloaneage band 70-74 since 2019
Katherine Elizabeth Jonesage band 50-54 since 2024
Mette Wilkieage band 65-69 since 2022
Professor Bhaskar Viraage band 55-59 since 2021
Robert Andrew Powellage band 70-74 since 2015
Rajkumar Sethurajanage band 60-64 since 2023
Suraya Mailvaganamage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Wcmc · 02330031 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/12/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Woodchester Trust 1 shared trustee

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