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Company · Nr.dorchester

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Environmental consulting activities

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 69

  1. Alison Gail Ninnim 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Roger Cole 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Isla Mary Reynolds 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Alick George Simmons 2016-2022 Director View profile
  5. Professor Mark George Kibblewhite 2016-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jeremy Ambler Thomas 2016-2022 Director View profile
  7. Kelvyn Garth Derrick 2011-2023 Director View profile
  8. Timothy John Palmer 2008-2017 Director View profile
  9. Peter John Gunner 2008-2017 Director View profile
  10. John Roland Raymond 2007-2019 Director View profile
  11. Barry Neville Welch 2005-2017 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Richard Hill 2004-2008 Director View profile
  13. Deborah Jane Elton 2004-2005 Director View profile
  14. Felicity Christian Fairbairn 2004-2005 Director View profile
  15. Antony Robert Thomas 2002-2008 Director View profile
  16. Trelawney Theo Dampney 2001-2012 Director View profile
  17. Howard Russell White 2000-2001 Director View profile
  18. John Mcdavid 1997-2015 Director View profile
  19. John Douglas Gaye 1997-2024 Director View profile
  20. DAY, Anthony Clifford William, Ba 1996-2000 Director View profile
  21. Bernard Arthur George Dowding 1996-1998 Director View profile
  22. Brian Arthur Collins 1996-2000 Director View profile
  23. Sarah Ann Hatten Welton 1995-2016 Director View profile
  24. Jonathan Douglas Crewe 1995-2006 Director View profile
  25. Mary Patricia Mills 1995-1998 Director View profile
  26. Jill Rosemary Mellis 1994-2000 Director View profile
  27. Anne Doreen Hawley 1994-2001 Director View profile
  28. Martin Henry Denham Auld 1994-1995 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Mahon 1993-1999 Director View profile
  30. Margaret Mary Martin 1993-1999 Director View profile
  31. Timothy Hooker 1993-1996 Director View profile
  32. Wilfrid Joseph Weld 1993-1999 Director View profile
  33. Mansel, John Clavell, Major (Retired) 1993-1999 Director View profile
  34. Ann Gaudin 1992-1995 Director View profile
  35. Roger Anthony Leney 1992-1997 Director View profile
  36. Angela Winifred Hughes 1992-1999 Director View profile
  37. David Anthony Pearman 1992-2003 Director View profile
  38. Judith Patricia Crompton 1993 Director View profile
  39. Michael Renan Chandler 2001 Director View profile
  40. Martin John Biss 1999 Director View profile
  41. Warren George Haskins 1993 Director View profile
  42. John Prescott Dickinson 1999 Director View profile
  43. Betty Savage 2006 Director View profile
  44. Roger Neville Russ Peers 1994 Director View profile
  45. Lesley Erica Haskins 2000 Director View profile
  46. Arthur St George Walton 1999 Director View profile
  47. Robin Michael Walls 1993 Director View profile
  48. George Derek Harthan 1993 Director View profile
  49. Bryan Percival Pickess 1995 Director View profile
  50. Douglas James Young 1999 Director View profile
  51. Arthur Wingate Pearse 1992 Director View profile
  52. Elizabeth Maureen Keats 1998 Director View profile
  53. Nigel Patrick Spring 1995 Director View profile
  54. Terence Michael Sweeney 2007 Director View profile
  55. John Richard Tennent 1992 Director View profile
  56. Martin Pirie 1998 Director View profile
  57. George Fitzgerald Read 1996 Director View profile
  58. Dr Thomas Norman 1998 Director View profile
  59. Helen Alice Jane Brotherton 2004 Director View profile
  60. William Joseph Campbell Ames 1994 Director View profile
  61. George William Humphreys 1996 Director View profile
  62. Alan Swindall 2004 Director View profile
  63. Professor Nigel Rodney Webb 2023 Director View profile
  64. Charles Geoffrey Hyde 1997 Director View profile
  65. Henry Gerald Anthony Bates 2022 Director View profile
  66. Susan Elizabeth Patterson 2014-2026 Secretary View profile
  67. Leslie Robert Bunce 2003-2014 Secretary View profile
  68. Iain Douglas Young 2000-2004 Secretary View profile
  69. Joan Shewring 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Environmental consulting activities; Other education n.e.c.; Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
Incorporated
30/03/1961
Registered office
Nr.dorchester
Also a registered charity
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Previous names
The Dorset Trust for Nature Conservation Limited (until 14/12/2017)

Group

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

4 other companies 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

53 grants · £7,526,155 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 · £6,255,543 (22 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £722,406 (23 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £224,100 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £183,413 (2 grants)
  • Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government · £88,538

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £142,1762025-11-27
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £110,0032024-10-04
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £92,6952023-08-16
  • Dorset Community Foundation £5,9802023-04-04
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.

14 directors on the board

7.2y median 2.6y
average tenure
28.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Education 2Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Dormant 1Finance 1Professional services 1Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00688439
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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