Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Analysis

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00708575). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reported income of £6.1m and spending of £6.4m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £6.1m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Butterfly Conservation (£6.1m), The British Ecological Society (£6.3m) and Thirty Percy Foundation (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 39%, trading 12% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £540k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13k. Reserves of £243k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 109 people.