North Wales Wildlife Trust

Analysis

North Wales Wildlife Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bangor. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00773995). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Wales Wildlife Trust reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £4.0m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Wales Wildlife Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation for Surrey (£4.0m), VHLT Ltd (£4.0m) and Aspire ( Association for Spinal Injury Research Rehabilitation and Reintegration ) (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, trading 17%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £115k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.