The Wetland Trust

Analysis

The Wetland Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2024, The Wetland Trust reported income of £627k and spending of £831k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2024, income grew from £272k to £627k (+131%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Wetland Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lion Landscapes (£619k), The Orchard Project (Cause) Ltd (£628k) and The Frank Jackson Foundation (£619k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, investments 33% and charitable activities 10%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £10.6m would cover about 150 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.