NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 4 February 1964
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 00773995
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £3,959,835
Latest expenditure: £3,968,343
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST, Llys Garth, Garth Road, Bangor, LL57 2RT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Conserving and protecting wildlife in North Wales including by owning and/or managing nature reserves, educational activities with children and adults, and generally promoting awareness of wildlife. Publishing magazines and arranging educational meetings for our members. Liaising and co-operating with other wildlife trusts including Wildlife Trusts Wales and the Royal Society of Wildife Trusts.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 9 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 9 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,959,835
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,968,343

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,540,157
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,413,054

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 10 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,174,409
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,745,900

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 27 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,736,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,240,613

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,122,499
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,554,291

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,959,835
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,968,343
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 15
Count Govt Grants: £46
Income From Government Contracts: 84236
Income From Government Grants: £1,914,502
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1041

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,540,157
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,413,054
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 7
Count Govt Grants: £36
Income From Government Contracts: 99956
Income From Government Grants: £3,048,772
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 562

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,174,409
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,745,900
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 5
Count Govt Grants: £38
Income From Government Contracts: 29504
Income From Government Grants: £3,757,517
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 485

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,736,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,240,613
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 18
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £71
Income From Government Contracts: 47026
Income From Government Grants: £1,244,155
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 452

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,122,499
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,554,291
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 95
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £142
Income From Government Contracts: 95000
Income From Government Grants: £1,970,878
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 343

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 540101
Income Other Trading Activities: 661077
Income Charitable Activities: 2667634
Income Investments: 91023
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3959835
Income Legacies: 115334
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £895,529
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,072,814
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3968343
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 17695
Expenditure Support Costs: 17695
Expenditure Depreciation: 12094
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,888,691
Assets Total Fixed: 2643552
Assets Own Use: 2293552
Assets Long Term Investment: 350000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,557,338
Assets Total Liabilities: £441,144
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,759,746
Creditors One Year Total Current: 437751
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 3393
Assets Cash: £1,883,462
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1888691
Funds Restricted: 2871055
Funds Total: 4759746
Count Employees: 71
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 523653
Income Other Trading Activities: 525000
Income Charitable Activities: 3408959
Income Investments: 82545
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4540157
Income Legacies: 40347
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £281,410
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,131,644
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4413054
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 10000
Expenditure Governance: 14036
Expenditure Support Costs: 14036
Expenditure Depreciation: 17645
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £833,813
Assets Total Fixed: 2639924
Assets Own Use: 2144724
Assets Long Term Investment: 495200
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,469,068
Assets Total Liabilities: £354,060
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,754,932
Creditors One Year Total Current: 273955
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 80105
Assets Cash: £2,074,146
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1924239
Funds Restricted: 2830693
Funds Total: 4754932
Count Employees: 50
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 377864
Income Other Trading Activities: 526978
Income Charitable Activities: 5203899
Income Investments: 65668
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6174409
Income Legacies: 21675
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £729,936
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,015,964
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4745900
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15160
Expenditure Support Costs: 15160
Expenditure Depreciation: 13107
Gain Loss Investment: 180000
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,164,519
Assets Total Fixed: 973509
Assets Own Use: 623509
Assets Long Term Investment: 350000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,514,580
Assets Total Liabilities: £846,938
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,641,151
Creditors One Year Total Current: 665941
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 180997
Assets Cash: £3,091,763
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2332729
Funds Restricted: 2308422
Funds Total: 4641151
Count Employees: 66
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 516009
Income Other Trading Activities: 609443
Income Charitable Activities: 2574933
Income Investments: 35991
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3736376
Income Legacies: 191061
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £649,671
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,590,942
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3240613
Expenditure Investment Management: 411
Expenditure Grants Institution: 8
Expenditure Governance: 21022
Expenditure Support Costs: 431394
Expenditure Depreciation: 7573
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -7573
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,137,162
Assets Total Fixed: 792375
Assets Own Use: 622375
Assets Long Term Investment: 170000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,174,941
Assets Total Liabilities: £934,672
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,032,644
Creditors One Year Total Current: 928474
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 6198
Assets Cash: £2,149,738
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2137162
Funds Restricted: 895482
Funds Total: 3032644
Count Employees: 52
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 289823
Income Other Trading Activities: 536185
Income Charitable Activities: 2250924
Income Investments: 45567
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3122499
Income Legacies: 23063
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £503,391
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,050,900
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2554291
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 204429
Expenditure Governance: 5682
Expenditure Support Costs: 435293
Expenditure Depreciation: 44012
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,744,312
Assets Total Fixed: 791778
Assets Own Use: 621778
Assets Long Term Investment: 170000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,232,655
Assets Total Liabilities: £487,552
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,536,881
Creditors One Year Total Current: 487552
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,536,644
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1744312
Funds Restricted: 792569
Funds Total: 2536881
Count Employees: 40
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout Wales
Welsh Ind: Yes

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1964-02-04T00:00:00

Charity Name: NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-12-10T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (gi)
Assoc Organisation Number: 5057289
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1163578
Assoc Charity Name: SEFYDLIAD MORGAN PARRY FOUNDATION

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 1963AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29 DEC 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 APR 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 MAR 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 2013 as amended on 08 Nov 2025
Charitable Objects: The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the benefit of the public:1) To advance, promote, and further the conservation, maintenance, restoration and protection of:(i) wildlife, their habitats and ecosystems.(ii) places of zoological, botanical, geological, ecological or scientific interest or of natural beauty or landscape value.2) To advance the education of the public in relation to all aspects of 1) above.3) To promote research and the dissemination of information in relation to all aspects of 1) above.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 40431
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NATUR GOGLEDD CYMRU

Charity Name Id: 40402
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: NWWT

Charity Name Id: 40419
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE NORTH WALES NATURALISTS' TRUST LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management