Shropshire Wildlife Trust

Analysis

Shropshire Wildlife Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00729746). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shropshire Wildlife Trust reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.4m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shropshire Wildlife Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khalsa Aid International (£3.4m), Cumbria Youth Alliance (£3.4m) and Orchard Vale Trust Limited (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 23% and trading 4.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £122k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.2%. Reserves of £250k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.