Record, the Biodiversity Information System for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral

Analysis

Record, the Biodiversity Information System for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04046886). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Record, the Biodiversity Information System for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral reported income of £220k and spending of £235k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £98k to £220k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Record, the Biodiversity Information System for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bugatti Molsheim Ltd (£220k), Llangollen Museum (£220k) and The Rowntree Society (£219k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.