The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire

Analysis

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02534145). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire reported income of £8.7m and spending of £8.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7.1m to £8.7m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bransby Horses (£8.3m), Norfolk Wildlife Trust (£9.4m) and Three Counties Agricultural Society (£8.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £790k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £7.4m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 134 people.