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Registered charity · Lewes

The Railway Land Wildlife Trust Limited

To record, study, conserve, improve and create for the benefit of the public places of natural scientific interest and in particular of arboricultural, botanical, entomological, geological, ornithological, archaeological and zoological interest and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £348k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex
Website
www.railwaylandproject.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Railway Land Wildlife Trust Limited
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£348k£382k
  • 2024£553k£630k
  • 2023£417k£230k
Earlier years
  • 2022£181k£146k
  • 2021£108k£84k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

To record, study, conserve, improve and create for the benefit of the public places of natural scientific interest and in particular of arboricultural, botanical, entomological, geological, ornithological, archaeological and zoological interest and to protect the flora and fauna of such places within the framework of sustainability.To promote, organise, conduct and encourage study and research for the increase of knowledge in the natural sciences and sustainability and to publish the useful results of such study and research.To advance the education of the public in: (a) sustainability in the natural sciences and in particular in arboriculture, botany, entomology, geology, ornithology and zoology; and (b) the employment of the natural sustainable resources of land in craftwork.To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the benefit of the public at large.To provide, maintain or improve a public park or other public amenity in the vicinity of a landfill site where it is for the protection of the environment. To maintain, repair or restore a building or other structure which is of historical interest, where such building or other structure is situated in the vicinity of a landfill site.To make provision of financial administration and other similar services for the purposes of promoting the objects. To encourage and facilitate all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, ethnic origin, creed, sexuality, age, employment, financial hardship, ill health (physical or mental), educational attainment, relationship breakdown, or crime to have access to the work of the Trust. This will include the Trust organising activities that are particularly focused on socially disadvantaged groups, where funding and facilities permit.

Grants received

14 grants · £1,055,913 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

Most recent

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.

10 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 10Professional services 2Tech and media 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£348k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
800655
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH NOVEMBER 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19TH APRIL 1999 as amended on 16 Oct 2019
Companies House
Company number 02313579 · Active
Contact on the register
01273477101 · info@railwaylandproject.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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