Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Limited

Analysis

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in September 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00959609). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Limited reported income of £8.5m and spending of £4.7m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £8.5m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King Charles III Charitable Fund (£8.4m), Newground Together (£8.6m) and Groundwork North East (£8.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 15%, trading 11% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £233k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £556k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 120 people.