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Twycross ZOO-East Midland Zoological Society Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £15m (2024)
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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
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Leicestershire, Warwickshire
Website
www.twycrosszoo.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Twycross Global Conservation Society
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£15m£17m
  • 2023£12m£16m
  • 2022£14m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2021£11m£11m
  • 2020£9.9m£9.6m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN GREATER KNOWLEDGE, INTEREST AND APPRECIATION OF FAUNA, FLORA AND NATURAL KINGDOM. 2. TO PROMOTE, FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY VETERINARY SCIENCE, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, AVICULTURE, AQUARIA, ICHTHYOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, BOTANY, AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND KINDRED SCIENCES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS. 3. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,038 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 Community Fund · £2,038

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,0382012-09-20
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

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

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 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 11Professional services 7Health and social care 4

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£15.4m 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.

11.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.2 in 2020

170 from 137 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
501841
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH JULY 1972, AS AMENDED ON THE 16TH MARCH 2004 AND 11 DECEMBER 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 OCT 2015 as amended on 24 Jun 2019
Companies House
Company number 01060956 · Active
Contact on the register
01827 880250 · info@twycrosszoo.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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