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Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust LTD

Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 56

  1. Charlie Hewitt 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Matthew Carter 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Bev Smith 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Abigail Wilkin 2021-2026 Director View profile
  5. Dr Silviu Petrovan 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Matthew James Wilson Youngs 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Linda Mary Jones 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Anthony Clarke 2017-2021 Director View profile
  9. William Raymond Morris 2014-2021 Director View profile
  10. Robert David Bearne 2014-2025 Director View profile
  11. Dr Ian Paul Selmes 2013-2021 Director View profile
  12. Stuart Brown Love 2013-2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr Gillian Tew 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Dr Andrew Philip Cotton 2011-2021 Director View profile
  15. Professor Jeremy Bransom Giffiths 2011-2017 Director View profile
  16. Graham Hurst 2010-2012 Director View profile
  17. John Bleby 2010-2022 Director View profile
  18. Phillip Howel Durban 2009-2015 Director View profile
  19. Margaret Jean Conner 2007-2013 Director View profile
  20. David Wyrko 2007-2011 Director View profile
  21. Margaret Morland 2005-2022 Director View profile
  22. Ronald Follows 1999-2013 Director View profile
  23. Paul Granville Stammers 1999-2002 Director View profile
  24. Michael Walpole 1998-2008 Director View profile
  25. Evetts, Richard, Lieutenant Colonel 1998-2003 Director View profile
  26. Carolyn Mary Holmes 1998-1998 Director View profile
  27. Hugh Frederick Dixon 1996-2008 Director View profile
  28. Howard John Mousley 1994-1998 Director View profile
  29. Peter Wallace Jones 1993-2003 Director View profile
  30. Graham Roger Worrall 1993-2010 Director View profile
  31. Ralph Johnson 1993-2007 Director View profile
  32. Peter Gilbertson 1993-1994 Director View profile
  33. Susan Leathem 1993-2000 Director View profile
  34. Thelma Lilian Brightwell 1993-2007 Director View profile
  35. Alistair James Kirkwood 1993-1999 Director View profile
  36. Derek Lott 1992-2010 Director View profile
  37. Andrew Martin Heaton 2007 Director View profile
  38. Edmund James Darby 2002 Director View profile
  39. David Ross Manning 1994 Director View profile
  40. John Arthur Bullock 2003 Director View profile
  41. John Clifford Coleman 1997 Director View profile
  42. Peter Lipson Ward 2009 Director View profile
  43. Owen, Jennifer, Doctor 1997 Director View profile
  44. Christopher Johnson 1992 Director View profile
  45. Stuart Donaldson Musgrove 1993 Director View profile
  46. Alan Thomas Peters 2010 Director View profile
  47. John Martin 1992 Director View profile
  48. Peter Horace Gamble 1996 Director View profile
  49. John Robert Gilson 1999 Director View profile
  50. Ann Clark 2004 Director View profile
  51. Philip Clark 1997 Director View profile
  52. Edward Oliver Kirwan 1993 Director View profile
  53. Dr Roy George Clements 1995 Director View profile
  54. David Basil Forgham 1996-2009 Secretary View profile
  55. Roger Jones 1991-1996 Secretary View profile
  56. Robert Carter 1991 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
Incorporated
24/02/1956
Registered office
Leicester
Also a registered charity
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust LTD on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

27 grants · £1,986,624 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 Heritage Fund · £1,717,265 (12 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £239,875 (11 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,484 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £19,6792024-12-06
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,6002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,9182024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8,7522024-02-09
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £56,0002024-02-09
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

7.6y median 3.1y
average tenure
23.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Retail and trade 3Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00561833
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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