# LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 210531
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 30, 1962
- **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=210531


## Contact

- **Address:** The Old Mill, 9 Soar Lane, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE3 5DE
- **Phone:** 01162629968
- **Email:** info@lrwt.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lrwt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2. Objects2.1 The Trust's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:2.2 To advance, promote and further the conservation, protection and enhancement of nature reserves which shall be owned, maintained or managed by the Trust. 2.3 For the benefit of the public, to advance, promote and further the conservation, protection and enhancement of:a) wildlife and its habitats (including terrestrial, marine and aquatic habitats); b) areas of natural beauty or heritage;c) areas of zoological, botanical, mycological or other biological scientific interest; d) areas with geological, geographical, geomorphological, archaeological, physiographical or amenity value;            in particular, but not exclusively, in ways that further biodiversity and, where appropriate, reinstate natural processes.2.4 To advance education for public benefit, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, in: a) the principles and practice of biodiversity and geodiversity conservation; b) the principles and practice of sustainable development. The Trust defines sustainable development as ‘Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’;c) Nature-based health and wellbeing initiatives;d) Natural capital, and its protection, restoration and value to society; ande) Natural solutions for climate change. 2.5 To promote, encourage and carry out study and research for the advancement of knowledge in the natural sciences, to make grants or donations for such purposes and to encourage and support the recording and publication of the useful results thereof.2.6 Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Trust for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom2.7 This Article may be amended by special resolution, but where the amendment would alter the charitable purposes of the Trust, only with the prior written consent of the Commission

**Activities:** PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AND ENGAGING PEOPLE WITH NATURE.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Rutland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2902928 | £2077502 | £5857346 | 29 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1970550 | £2375077 | £4989152 | 38 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2018120 | £2039566 | £5399607 | 28 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1903841 | £2139576 | £5469378 | 34 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2099101 | £1800459 | £5662774 | 38 |



## Trustees

- **ANN TOMLINSON** (Chair)
- ANDREW STEWART MOFFAT
- Abigail Wilkin — appointed Nov. 17, 2021
- Andrew Abbott — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Andrew Julian Thorpe — appointed Nov. 17, 2021
- Dr ANTHONY JOHN BIDDLE
- Emily Hunter — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Gemma Harper — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Helen Nott — appointed Nov. 15, 2017
- John Atherton — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Peter Williams — appointed Dec. 4, 2013
- Taras Singh Bains — appointed Nov. 23, 2024