Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST

WWT works to save wetlands for wildlife and for people by inspiring people to connect with and value wetlands and their wildlife, by demonstrating and promoting the importance and benefits of wetlands, by countering threats to wetlands and their wildlife, by creating and restoring wetlands and protecting key wetland sites and by savings threatened wetlands species.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£26,079£28,732£-2,653£7,499£41,205£33,60114558881
31/03/22£27,010£24,029£2,981£6,654£44,555£36,51818.2485944
31/03/21£20,872£20,375£497£4,430£41,328£15,9199.4497999
31/03/20£25,696£26,853£-1,157£6,129£38,570£13,6286.16551,016
31/03/19£24,418£24,822£-404£6,239£40,428£17,3518.44411,035
31/03/18£23,963£23,731£232£5,971£40,795£18,2479.25760
31/03/17£22,414£23,037£-623£5,619£40,385£16,9028.88580
31/03/16£23,766£21,212£2,554£4,950£39,443£15,83096160
31/03/15£20,788£20,649£139£4,876£36,812£13,2337.73830
31/03/14£24,363£19,294£5,069£4,709£35,528£12,93583640
31/03/13£17,203£17,928£-725£4,538£29,798£7,7115.23680
31/03/12£16,931£17,770£-839£4,624£32,048£10,0646.83630
31/03/11?£25,861£21,409£4,452£5,462£33,523£10,8616.13480
31/12/09£22,052£16,404£5,648£4,335£27,906£6,7454.93430
31/12/08£17,854£15,976£1,878£4,476£23,108£3,7622.83390
31/12/07£10,951£10,323£628£4,453£22,035£3,9924.63240
31/12/06£8,995£9,834£-839n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£8,942£8,302£640n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£8,092£8,483£-391n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 26.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 14 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Kuwait, Madagascar, Northern Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Seychelles, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Throughout England And Wales, United Arab Emirates, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Postcode Planet Trust£2,100,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£772,803
DCMS£466,900
National Lottery Heritage Fund£320,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
£54,400 27/09/2023
#Innovate WWT Early Careers Test Phase Project
Postcode Planet Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£1,100,000 07/02/2023
Regular unrestricted award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
£25,000 19/12/2022
Explore: WWT Heritage Innovation Fund
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Eelscapes, restoring the Severn Vales wetland mosaics
£62,107 30/11/2022
The goal of the Landscape Recovery scheme is to enhance landscapes and support ecosystem recovery through long-term, large-scale, land use change and habitat restoration projects. it focuses on recovering and restoring Englands threatened native ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW 0827-CF1609-Huntspill
£12,816 01/04/2022
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Postcode Planet Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£1,000,000 10/02/2022
Regular unrestricted award
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing Accessibility at WWT Arundel
£10,000 14/01/2022
This funding will support people with profound and multiple learning disabilities as well people with other physical disabilities such as spinal injuries muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis who often need extra equipment and space to allow ....more
DCMS - GRCF2021: Flourishing Floodplains
£216,900 06/07/2021
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental charities and their partners to deliver projects in England.The aim of ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0827-CF1426 - Huntspill
£12,183 01/04/2021
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Zoo Animals Fund Grant - [Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust]
£208,090 02/03/2021
A grant awarded under the Zoo Animals Fund. The Zoo Animals Fund provides longer term financial support to zoos (until 30 June 2021). The fund aims to continue to support zoos through the winter to prevent additional unplanned euthanasia of animals, ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Zoo Animals Fund Grant - [Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust]
£426,223 02/03/2021
A grant awarded under the Zoo Animals Fund. The Zoo Animals Fund provides longer term financial support to zoos (until 30 June 2021). The fund aims to continue to support zoos through the winter to prevent additional unplanned euthanasia of animals, ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT (Darwin Initiative (ODA)): CV19RR22, Sustaining and enhancing Anlung Pring Ecotourism through Covid-19 and beyond
£38,611 01/01/2021
Anlung Pring Community-based Ecotourism initiative generates resilient income from a wide variety of sources, with local community members benefiting from the project's Covid-support schemes rather than resorting to unsustainable practices. This ....more
DCMS - GRCF2020: Enhancing Climate Resilience on the Somerset Coast
£250,000 25/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
£241,300 28/08/2020
COVID 19: The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - M10 - Agri-environment- Climate Exchq
£3,032 01/04/2020
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0645-CF926 - Transforming Slough Salthill
£9,741 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Grant:Darwin Main 26-09:Enhancing wetland resilience for improved biodiversity and livelihoods in Cambodia
£110,894 01/07/2019
Main Darwin Initiative projects support projects tackling key threats to biodiversity in developing countries
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Salthill Stream Regeneration Project
£12,500 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
£25,000 14/11/2018
20
Slimbridge 2020; Conservation engagement by conserving and restoring Sir Peter Scott's house and its treasures and opening it to visitors as an interactive museum
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Grant:Darwin Main 26-09:Enhancing wetland resilience for improved biodiversity and livelihoods in Cambodia
£80,118 01/04/2018
This project will conserve two internationally important protected areas in the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta (CLMD), and enhance their connectivity to a healthier wider wetland landscape.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000 11/10/2017
Slimbridge 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Yellow Fish Project (Urban Diffuse Pollution Project)
£13,450 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Slough Tributaries
£15,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
£4,421,700 19/01/2016
Slimbridge 2020
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
£65,800 19/12/2014
Wetland Encounters
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
£92,000 19/01/2012
Towards the post of conservation policy officer.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-69
  • ANDREW DAVID BEER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Director
  • ALAN BAHADUR LAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Servant
  • ALEXANDER DANIEL MAWER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Global Marketing Director
  • BARNABY BRIGGS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Pr Executive
  • DAVID TUDOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Environment
  • FRASER STEWART MONTGOMERY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • LUMINITA HOLBAN Appointed: 2021
  • PHILIP WILSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • SARAH PEARSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Er Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/12/1993, number: 1030884
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/12/1993, number: 02882729
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MRS S L CHAMBERS' CHARITABLE TRUST on 24/01/2024
Main office

THE WILDFOWL & WETLANDS TRUST
BOWDITCH
SLIMBRIDGE
GLOUCESTER
GL2 7BT

Objectives

The Trust’s objects are to restore, create and protect wetlands to enhance their value for wildlife; to undertake any activity that in the opinion of the Council raises awareness of wetlands, including their critical value to wildlife, to people and to the environment; undertake scientific research, provide evidence, learning and guidance to support these objects; to maintain any establishments and sites as the Council may think fit, to manage, restore, create and protect wetlands; to disseminate knowledge and understanding of wetlands and their wildlife and/or to inspire conservation action through recreational opportunities and engagement; and to operate in the UK and in all parts of the world.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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