OSCR Scottish charity profile

Game And Wildlife Conservation Trust

ActiveCharity number SC038868
Registered31 October 2007
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038868
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
136
Postcode
SP6 1EF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 To promote for the public benefit the conservation of game and its associated flora and fauna. 3.2 To conduct research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of fanning and other land management practices on the environment. and to publish the useful results of such research. 3.3 To advance the education of the public and those managing the countryside in the effects of farming and management of land which is sympathetic to game and other wildlife. 3.4 To conserve game and wildlife for the public benefit including: Where it is for the protection of the environment, the conservation or promotion of biological biodiversity through: 3.4.1 the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat. or 3.4.2 the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat on land or in water and in particular where the natural habitat is situated in the vicinity of a landfill site.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£11,597,432£11,795,23913617 September 2025
31 December 2023£11,003,065£11,064,20213627 September 2024
31 December 2022£11,128,838£9,629,65013622 September 2023
31 December 2021£9,344,828£7,902,21613626 September 2022
31 December 2020£7,728,643£7,123,76413620 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gwct.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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