Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Limited

Analysis

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in September 1973, 53 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 00730536). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Limited reported income of £6.3m and spending of £6.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.9m to £6.3m (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Limited 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 The British Ecological Society (£6.3m), Keep Wales Tidy (£6.5m) and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 19%, trading 2.4% and investments 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £274k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.7%. Reserves of £694k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 174 people.