BASC Wildlife Fund Charity

Analysis

BASC Wildlife Fund Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wrexham. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, BASC Wildlife Fund Charity reported income of £268k and spending of £61k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £110k to £268k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 3300%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, BASC Wildlife Fund Charity sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plynlimon Heritage Trust (£267k), Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) (£273k) and Thames Explorer Trust (£265k).