# WILDERNESS FOUNDATION UK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1118493
- **Other names:** WF-UK, WFUK, WILDERNESS FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06003527](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06003527)
- **Registered:** March 23, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1118493


## Contact

- **Address:** Trinity House, 2 Whitbreads Business Centre, Whitbreads Farm Lane, Chatham Green, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM3 3FE
- **Phone:** 0300 123 3073
- **Email:** info@wildernessfoundation.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.wildernessfoundation.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF WILDERNESS AND THE CONSERVATION THEREOF AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WILDERNESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT GENERALLY BY THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION AND OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS.TO INITIATE AND MANAGE SOCIAL BENEFIT PROGRAMMES WHICH USE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE TO ENABLE VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO PLAY A FULLER ROLE IN SOCIETY (ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG)

**Activities:** The Wilderness Foundation UK mission is to harness the positive power of nature to change lives. Each year we work with over 8,000 young people across the UK, including some of the hardest-to-reach most disadvantaged youth, to offer programs that utilize the irreplaceable quality of wilderness and nature as a catalyst for transformational personal growth and change.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Scotland
- Essex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **GERALD VINCENT BODENHAM THOMPSON** | Chair | Nov. 16, 2020 |
| ANDREW SHEEPSHANKS |  |  |
| Alan Somerville |  | Dec. 16, 2025 |
| Alexandra Johnson |  | March 26, 2026 |
| Deborah Claire Fielding |  | Sept. 20, 2024 |
| Glyn Parry |  | March 21, 2024 |
| Julie Ann Rogers |  | July 2, 2021 |
| MRS JO ROBERTS |  |  |
| Murray Dunan Soutar |  | Aug. 5, 2019 |
| Perdeep Grewal |  | Dec. 3, 2019 |
| Ross Brockman |  | Dec. 16, 2025 |
| Stephen John Carver |  | June 8, 2023 |
| Tomilewa Platts |  | Aug. 24, 2021 |




