# WATERLIFE RECOVERY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1198223
- **Other names:** WATERLIFE RECOVERY EAST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 11, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1198223


## Contact

- **Address:** JOHNSTONE KEMP TOOLEY LTD, SOLO HOUSE, THE COURTYARD, LONDON ROAD, HORSHAM
- **Postcode:** RH12 1AT
- **Phone:** 07977979589
- **Email:** secretary@waterliferecoverytrust.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.waterliferecoverytrust.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THE WATER VOLE AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, ADVANCING THE CONTROL OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES, NOTABLY THE AMERICAN MINK, IN GREAT BRITAIN.

**Activities:** The Trust works to promote the eradication of introduced American mink to prevent the complete loss of water voles from Great Britain. This also protects other native species that are predated by mink, such as kingfishers, sand martins and moorhens. The Trust and partners carry out mink eradication projects throughout Britain.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £823891 | £616053 | £394714 | 10 |
| March 31, 2024 | £727377 | £598969 | £186876 | 7 |
| March 31, 2023 | £136486 | £78018 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Prof Anthony Richard Martin** (Chair) — appointed March 11, 2022
- Alison Neil — appointed July 23, 2024
- Barend Hendrik Jacobus van der Berg — appointed Oct. 10, 2022
- Margaret Mary Haggerty MSc — appointed June 26, 2025
- Michael William Sommerville Bax DL — appointed June 26, 2025
- Nikola Susan Thompson — appointed July 9, 2025
- Prof William Amos — appointed March 11, 2022
- Simon John Baker MSc — appointed March 11, 2022