REGISTERED colPy NLINIBER: 00773995 (En%lgnd and W91es) REGISTERED CIIARITY.NLMBER: 230772 Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cyrnru North Wales Wildlife Trust REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINAPICIAL STATENIEliTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED3I NIARCH 2025 TrOR NORTH IVALES WILDLIFE TRUST Williams Denton Cyr Chartered Certified Accountants Ststutory Audito[5 Glaslyn Ffordd y Pare Parc Mcnai Bangor Gwyn¢dd LL57 4FE
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST coN-I'Tr;N'I'S OTr I'HTr- F INANClIll. S"I'.II'Tr:MENTS FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 P#ge Report of tht Trust¢¢s I to 19 Keport of the Independent Auditors 20 to 22 Con$olldted St41emeni of Fln4n¢l41 A¢tli.l¢les 23 Consolidated Balgnte Sheet 24 Charltablt Compin). Blnce Shrtt 25 Con$olld4ted C$h Flow Stitemtni 26 Note5 to the Consolidated Cash Flow StAtem¢nt 27 Not¢$ to the Corbsolldtcd Flnrt¢ll Stttmfn¢s 28 IL) 46
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the PUTposes of ihe Companies Acr 2(. pre5eni their rqK)rt with th¢ finaDcial Statements of the chaTity for the yeaT ended 31 YaTch ?0?5. The tru5re¢s haNe adopied the pro%'i.4ion5 of A¢Lvunlin¥ Rwrtin¥ by Charities.. Stdl¢m¢Dt of R¢cumm¢nd¢d PrdcliL¢ applicable lo LliaTiIi¢s PT¢paring their atLollnis in aLcordartLL Wlth the FinartLial RLV>rting Standard appliLable in the UK and RepllbliL of IrL'land IFRS 1021 (effeciii'e l January 2019). 0ECTIVEs AND ACTIVITIES ObJe¢tlves lms The prinLipal obJeLlives olihe Twsi are'.- il For the public benefit. to record. SDJdy and peCt places and objects of ornitho108ical. botsnical and other scientific interest, or of natural beauty; ill To esiablish, fom, own. mainiain and manage nawre reserves for consetvaiion. pJ¥)paga¢ion and conirol of wild plants ond i.alur¥S living naiJrally thCin. iii) To Promote and encourage study and re5eaTeh for the adi'ancement of knowledge and nawral sciences. Thc irugiL¥S LODlim thai ihcy have T¢fcrrcd 10 Ihe guidath¢c ¢Onthin¢d in ihc Ch#Tily Commission's gLncTal guidanLe on public bcnLfii whLn rcviewing Ihc Trust's aims and objcciii'es and in planning fuiurc aciiviiic¥. Trust naiurL rcgcri'cs arc pcn li¥ lh¢ publiL £ind Inlomiaiion artd ¢ducaiional rc¥our¢¢s ar¢ pr()Invicd ai ihc range of and ¢i'¢nis tli¢21 organi8c and ditcnd. Voluniecrin8 OPPOrtunLli¢S and our ev¢nis are op¢n io all and a wide rdnbje of people ¥7ei involi'ed in rL4ponse to OUT wcb.%itc and local PTomoiion. The comniunity and cdueaiion PTojecis 4uprx)rt local pcople in crcdtinb wildlife-fTiendly ¥reenspaLe and beiier vpwrlunilies for wildlife ihrou¥houl Ilie region. SpeLifiL aLlivilies are deSibTned io r¥JLh ITadiliunal %LKiur¥, 4ULh Lihni¢ minorili¢%. Iwin illncsl. Lx. an(1 y(¥uih ullindLr%, ¢ompany %latT lo¢al r¢sid¢nL¥. Thc Stand for Naiurc Wal¢% proj¢¢t involk¢4 young p¢opl¢ fron) 4 1'8ri¢iy of hackuir()iinds. Memhers and the public are in%'ited 10 our aciiN'iiies. which include sncial and educaiinnal ()ppi)Munilies lo build IOLJI bproiip of int0rniLd. vi&rilJni and environmL'nially-awarc LiiiLL'n%. Many cvL'ni% arL dLsisfiiLd lo in%pirL pcoplc about thc natural resourcc on Ihcir dLV)T%tep and cncouragc Ihcm 10 bc inlolved. Our Work with school%, on naiurL r¥sLrv¥s. vn thi cuasl, vrt Ih¢ir land and in Ihl cla55r(K)m cnxag¢5 all 5LYlors of 50¢icIy. Our I'lslrn fTrr th¢ Futur¢ The Wildlife Tru%l%' IUKI sifdl¢bY 2030 is now adopied. and w¢ have now published Brin¥in¥ Nature Bd¢k North Wale% Wildlife TnLsI's Sirdlegy 2030. Our vision 1$ of a thriving naiural world. with w'ildlife and nalurJl habila15 playing a valued role in addre55ing Ihe Ilimdl¢ dnd ¥vlu¥iial km¢rg¢nii¢s. and pIC In4)Lr¢d and ¢mpow¢r¢d io lak¢ a¢lLUll for natur¢. To achieve this, we haye 3 goals. alL8ned with ihose of The Wildlife Trusts. l., N31urc irt North Wa1¢5 is In reco"try, with JbuTMlani, div¢r5¢ ldlIfe and natural pr(t¢5se5 rreating wilder land &nd $ea*iapes where people and rtaiu thrive 2.. Pic)pli' in Nvrth Wal¢$ dr¢ taking a¢tion for nature and th¢ rlimaie. r¢5ultithg In ller de¢i51on-mdkJn¥ fvr the environment 3.. Nature is playing a central. Yalued role in helping io address Ial and global problems Volunt¢¢rs The '1)Intee[Ing ¢lemeni vf uur w(Trrk tvljlinued io Ihnv¢ ihr(Tru¥h(Trul 2024-25. Ov¥r 1.200 pei)ple i'vlunieeTed dn invaluable 35,509 hours of their lime - thai represents an impressive 24fj/0 increase on our 2023-24 iolunieer Iigures. Wc are incrcdibly grateful to all our voluniccrs.. 'haher proice(ing ihc osprcys ai Llyn Brcnig, sm'ing cusiomcrs in our shops. doing habitat Tnanagement work on our llalure reserv. OT surveying the North Wale5 shore5. we really cannot thank you enoughl Page I
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Charitable actii'ities
Action for our seas and coast
W¢ ¢()nlinuL' I(} w(Itk alunBsid¢ vaTied p3rtn¢r5-. fr(TrJn NGOS lo rndu5lry al CUTnJnunity groups lo large public bu(li¢s.
This year we esiablished IhL Marine FuiuTes Iniemships. funde41 by the Esthte In partttLTship lih Morlai% and
M-SParc, proi'iding nvo young people ihc op)x>rnJniry 10 undertake z paid six-monih int£rnship and lo rake iheir tirsi
steps iii iheir careers in ihe maritime secior. This yearfs prograinme is (he firsi of what will becoine an annual scheine.
Thruugh OUT W(iTk with the W'¢15h Ocean Literacy Cualition, .¢ sai%. the launch of the Y Mor a Ni.. OLcdn LiterdLy
SiraiLgy for Wal¢s. Ihe fJTsI_4irategy of its kind in EuTOP¢. work with ¢mpow¢ring young PlpIe #nd ¢onimunili¢%
io en¥a¥Te willi %ea¥rass resioraiion coniinues ihrou¥h Sea¥ra&% Ocean Reslue wilh poieniial planiin¥ sile8 successfully
Irialllsd in th¢ Holyh¢ad arL'a. We hav¢ & taniasii¢ i¢thm of voluni¢ers monitoring our shows ihrough thc NarurL Counis
Project which incorporates our Shoresearch surveys. Project SIARC" e88 ease monitoring and various other Liii7.cn
Science surveys. There has been M1h focus oi'er the pasi year on dei'eloping partnersliips. in panicular with rlie leain
Il Pen Llyn a'r SilTnilU SptLiiil Ar¢¢1 vf Consewviilion 10 Lr¢4ile LL)IliibLirl1V¢
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Tree Nursery
We COniinuLd work io deN'Llop our trL nursery ai Aberdun& lending over 25.(KX) trLs. We sold naiive irces to a range
of organisations including the National-lrusi. E"ryri Naiional Park. the Trunk Road Agency. Radnorshire Wildlife Trust,
NaiuTal Re50UTces Wales. Holywell Golf Course. WoodwoTks Garden Centre. a5 ivell a5 to local farrn¢r5 and
I(dOWn[S. This raisd vv¢i £ l?.O(Kl tv h¢lp cvver th¢ Lx)¥tb' of ihe v]xralion. W¢ Lvnlinucd a partn¢Tship with
DLnbigh%hire CoLmly Council io help manage thejr iree nllrsery ai Si Asaph share a polv iunnel for %eLd
8emination. With help from volunteers we eollectrd and pianied seeds from local trees to provide us with fuwre trees
of local provenance.
Wrexhm Industrll Est#t¢
We Li)niiiiued to Inanabpe Il'rexham Courtly Borough Council's HMP Berwyn mJlJ¥aiion sjle in pannership with ARC,
Buiiirlly Corts¢rvaiJort Wal¢s and Ertfys Elology. Th¢ primary spc¢ics inr¢S¢S Ih¢ siic arc gri221¢d skipper
buiicrflies and great ercsted n¢s. Thc partnership is working well. and i'olunrttrs help with the maiiagcrnent and
monitoring of the site. The wei weather in 20)4,'25 resulted in poor nuinbers of gri77.led skippers and oiher buiterflies.
In(1 Ihi4 W¢L4 retl¢Ll¢(l <lLr(14% Ihe Lounlry. We Lonlinued ro rN4Lna¥¢ and munilor Vill
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 A novLI invasive SPCLies risk SLorL' appnyach devLloped through GardLm Escapers has Prioriiised proieciLd sites in needs of 5uTh'eying and w'hai non-naiib'e species Inoi currenily ini"asii'e species) mighi rhreaten protected site5 in fuluTe. TL) Lunlribut¢ tuward5 Tn¢anin¥ful drlion- A SL'riLS of gllided walks 'eTe Itd In the tkn Valley and on Iim¢sion¢ g]yssland sii¢S edll¢aiJng participants about INNS and biosccunry. striking a balanee kN'cet) conseTh'81ion educarion and enjoymeni of outdoors. Three aiidio Irails were developed 10 be enjoyed beyond ihe life of Ihe Projeeis. Garden EsLap¢T¥ ha4 ¢n¥ag¢d with a wide rangt of audiences to enc()urag¢ ilction IB¢ Plant Wis¢ L<iinpaignl through talks. e.g. to th¢ Welsh Hi%ioric CJard¢ns Trust and a talk wjth # fi¢tional Lwist on th¢ issu¢ of In%'asiv¢ speLie% ai ihe local Drai¥ Beats festival and 10 Ban¥or Uthil'ersiiy siudertls. WaREN has b¢cn working w hoiswts a¢ross Wales working wjth ¢otnmwiitics 10 manag¢ INNS and improv¢ biodiversity. NWWT repre%enied the needs of LAOS in Wales in workshops aiid conferences acniss ihe UK. Demun.%lTal¢d biui¢Luril)' pr41LIiL¢S IL) Piiddlers al a s¢ries vf Nalivnal paddlingi evcnts. Spe¢lesvbas¢d ProJ¢¢ts We15h ljeaier Project Wilh a%.4ilJnLL ITI)m IhL uihLT Wildlife Tw$ts in Wille$ wc dtlivcrcd Ycur Two L)f OUT NaturL Nctworks Fund #2 projLLI LI Ing wilh BLavir%. W¢ Loniithucd IrJining and thlu¢aiing i'oluniLcrs in )Ver cLolu¥y (tnd mJna¥cm¢ni, engab)ing wiih a range of 51ak¥holders ini'oli'cd in th¢ Dyfi caichm¢t)i. including famiery and landholdcrs. We H'crc dclighicd thai. oftcr suslillrtcd efforts. th¢ W¢lsh tiovcmmcni announ¢¢d in Scpi¢n)bcr Ils suppuri for ihc r¢inirodiiLiion of b¢avcr$ 10 Wale%. We aiiend¢d shows inLludin8 1)oth thi Nation81 and Iniernaiional ltedrod¥. We dclivLfLLI 21) talks 10 a iolal of 7fv1 rthple and Tan 21 beavcT learning se4sions wilh school%. well a% a ¥c%%ioii ul thc SiiiDd lor Nuliire Yuuih SiiTnTnil. Il'e delivered Dine beliver al¢hin¥ evthils fL)r a lui411 vf Y5 people appeured u BBC Radiu Wal¥% and BBC Walc% To(Jay. Wc or#1)1¥l a faLI.linding trip lur kcy ir)diwidual% frvin lo¢al authvritlL%. W¢l.%h Ciov¢mm¢ni, famiing organilI0n¥ ond oth¢r Wildlifc TnL%Ls in W'al¢%. W¢ und¢rtook a %¢oping 4urv¢y 10 look fnr new pnieniial release sites in the t)yfi caichmeni. We eoniribuied 14) Ihe Welsh (ioi'emmeni consulialii)n nn (he lebial proiLLiion ol. bLJVLrN and joinl a panLI disLUS%iOii ai the %LrcL'ninsr of BJldnLingy IliL SLJIL%. a duml)IrY JbL)UI bcavcr¥ and fi%h commi%%ioncd by rhe Bcai'cr Trusl. Wc rccruiicd Joyec WaL%on MS as thc Scncdd Bcavcr Charnpion. W¢ fincilibld our lirLnLL appliialion for a r¢ady for a wild r¢15¢ in Aulumn 202$ Funded by Swir¢ Charithbl¢ Trusi. and working with BTO Cymru. Swift A¢iion 2 expanded Tes¢arih inlts swifi fe¢diny, Lllin¥ up Judio monitoring in I I IoLaiion%. and in.%ialling four new cner&s. inLludin¥ onL' in Y%btol David HughLI. Mcnai Elrid¥c. We inslallcd or farilitatcd bo%e5 ill cight localions including two I1th call sy51cin5. Wc raii swift walk51 event5 in 12 lo¢aiions, gave 5Th'ift talk5 10 I I differeni group5, including a presenialion for W¢15h Umiiliological sl<ty. dnd rai%¢d dwar¢n¢%s Ihrvu¥h artiil¢s in mllg3YLnts. Iwal pr¢s5. Sla1 m¢dia dnd radiu. With fuiiding frvi WrL'xhdm County Borough Council Ihrou¥h the Welsh fiOI'emmeni'% LoLal Places for Naiure funding pro¥ranime we insiLglled over 100 swift nest boxes in locations ihroughoui Wrexham. including Coleg Cambria. Plas Penrwyn. Ysgol y tirallgo and Maisglas Carc Hojnc in Holi. Wc also delii'crcd iwo swift lalk and walk cvcnl5 in Juiic alid July in Cocd Pocth and Holt 35 w¢ll a5 a talk in Col¢g Catnbri3 In F¢bnLary. W¢ 8150 hclpcd lo cnrouragc OVCT lo,) pcoplc to %ign Ihe Senedd petition 10 make wift bri¢ks in ne%. buildings ¢ompulsory. This means Ihai ihe Senedd PdiliOli% Comn)iitee will Lvn¥id¢r the iU¢ fur d d¢bai¢. Limestone Ivoundwort With funding from ihc Mid and North Walcs Trunk Road Agency wc employed Enfys Ecology to undcnakc habitat rtstnration w'ork at the GI DiffThrys b¢nd5 Sit¢ on th¢ old A5. cl¢ating brJtnbl¢. scrub and rud¢ral v¢g¢tation to ben¢fit th¢ Limeston< Wi)undwurt pldrtls there. , al%v LvlleLled 4eeds lu be be planted uul ai ihe sile lu bvvsl ih¢ pulation. The SLie was also made m(pre accessible by itisthlling a gate (o assisi with luillre annual managemeni. Brellig Ospreys The 05preys provided a drJtll3tlC start lo ibe Ka50n'. the r¢5ident female did not initially Teturn from inigTation, however a n¢w female soon seiiled into ihe n¢si '1th th¢ resident mal¢. D¢spit¢ an epi¢ baiile b¢iween the new fenial¢ and an Jniruder female. Ihe new. lemale won. cemertling her sthius as the new. residettt female of ihe Brenig nest. She and the rcsidcnl male w'eni on io rdise ehieks io migrdiion. Page 4
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Volunteer recruiimellt drivLS throu¥houi the season illCTe8sed thL onsiie volunieer numlts 10 32. includitig 23 new
recwits,. online volunieers remained steady ai 50 'iTh 6.676 combined %'olunteer hours for (he season.
15 ev¢DIs W¢T¢ hcld as well as eight ialk5 to local cornmunity grp5 by the project oificeT. A nature trdil was creatcd
ruund th¢ area of th¢ uspr¢y l(x)kvul and 92 Lhildr¢Tr wk part.
A¢tlVlliL.% WLYL al%0 held througholli the winter season 10 ktep the onsil¢ volunteers engaged- o trail Cam proj¢¢t io find
other wildlife around BTeni8. walks, talks atld surveyit)&
8t#ndlN¥ up for M'lldlSfe
Wc Loniiibul¢d to 14'-L15h Cyovemmeni con%ultaiions on the prowd Sustainable Famiing S¢heme and ¢ontribuied 10
the Natural Re_qour¢es Wales INRWI Lortsuliaiion on ihe proposed nth4' Naiional Park Lenired on ihe Clwydiart Range.
Wc submJll¢d ¢omm¢ni numbcr of planning applications thai WL f¢li ¢ould hamj '11d]Ife including among oihcrs..
the proposed AIwLn Windfarm near Llyn Brenig. w'here we mainiain thai one blade on each turbine should be painted
black io minimise risk to Ospreys, sea eagles and oiher birds.. large proposed solar farm projects on Anglesey.
wh¢r¢ lh¢ itnpJLL4 un wildlif¢ aT¢ n()l Ll¢ar: the Pn)%periiy Piirk propu%al Angple%ey. whiLh hil% nui full()w
Planning Poli¢y Wales guidance on bithli¥'¢tsily ¢onser%'aiion. We hai'e beert en¥aginb7 wi¢h Dwr Cymru and NRW
r¢gardiii¥ siraiiblly ¥livai¢d 1
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At Bryrt Ifan Work coniirtues on the conseni presS for work common land as part ofthe Celiic Rainforest Creaiion.
We are progressing slowly. bui well w'iih support from RSWT as well as orher resources. The Inanageinent of COTS y
Wlad. a wetland SSSI foT TnaTsh fTitillary buttertlie5. has been ihe focus for our volunteers. improN'ing aCc¢S acros5 the
sit¢ by insldllin¥ brid¥¢s. n¢w gilles. inleTpr¢tation al Wdy fN&irkers. WuTkin¥ '1th NR1, and theiT Lif¢quak¢ PTujeLI.
we have also cui aTeas 10 Improve the habiiai for the matsh friiillthry. We have working with the Apricot CerttrL
farm consulranrs on (he lower parcel of Bryn Ifan io 'clOP a plan on how Ixsi io managc rhe farni in a w'ay rhat will
benefii nature and Ihe local economy by providing Ial PTLYluce and li1 unique experiences for a grealer range of
Wc havl reiniroduced grazirtg by Cameddau ponies in ihe mir¢ ai Ca¢av Tan y BH'l¢h. Alotsg with willow rtiartag¢m¢ni
Ihis will help 10 resiort ihe rhos pasiure. openin¥ up the sward artd boosting floral djversity. New access infra%iru¢lure
and inl¥rprLhiaiion has en installed io improv¢ visitor exrienc¢ and undmLknding of thc importan¢e of Ih¢s¢ habiiais
and their management.
Work continiied ai Coed Crafnani io improve condiiions for the reserve's rdre lichens. IIiTch trees were halo thinned
Iruund v¢l¢ran vJk% lo )tnpTUVC ligphi cundiliuJL% fvT th¢rn I[1 Iheir liLheTr% bryvphyte4. H¢] 4n(l oiher brv
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At Graig Wyllt an arboriculturisi helrd us create anifieially 'veierdnised' trtts to provide structural dil'ersity and
encourage natural proce$8e5. Supplementary rree planiing has also taken place &s part of the Heritage Fund TWIG
pruj¢¢l. An(1 w'¢ L(Inlinu¥ tu wvrk with th¢ Llanfair-Fyw Group aLross a r
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Developlng the next gtnertloth of leaders
Our youth developmcni work aeross AnglesLy and Ban¥oi LoniinuLsd io flourish following the youih consulthiion eveni
that w'e held ai Bangor Unii'ersiry lasi August. The highlighi of ihe year follow'ed soon after. when in October we had
the pleasuTe of accompani'ing memb¢T5 of our Mon Gwyrdd youih forum to Cardiff where thei.. aloDg5ide fifty other
young p¢upl¢ fruTh aLfuss Wal¢s. pi¢s¥nl¢d Ih¢ii uwldted 'YL)Uth Manif¢stv for Nalur¢' lo th¢ D¢puly Fits1 Minister <11
the SenLdd.
In April we welcomed the news thai we secured a further im'elve months of funding for our snd for Narure Wales
prujeLI. whiLh will allow u5 tl) funheT dei'¢lop practical OpMinI1]e and dIgtal r¢souTLes for y(iung people wlio wllnt
10 a¢1 for nature. both in North WalLs athd b¢yo[. W¢ hai'¢ also jusi s¢¢uied # two-y¢aT grani from Airbu% 'hICh will
allow us 10 establish our first youth fomm Jn NE Wales and will enable us 10 ljnk up with FF colleges across
Dcnbighshir¢ and Flirtishire.. 10 supw)n young Iople onio ¢nvironm¢nLqI ¢ours¢s and, hop¢fully, inio gr¢¢n carc¢rs.
P4ature playing Y4 central and TrY41ued role in helpin% to addre55 lot81 and %lobal problem5
We h<lVL <1 TOIL. in r
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Seope l Lmissions are greLnhouse ¥ases we pui into the athM)sphere with own property. For InsLince, when we burn
oil or gas io heat our buildings.
Scope 2 erni705 corne from electricity we buy from the electric grid. These are "indirect. einission5 that happcn at
dislant p(Iw¢r pl(1$.
Scope 3 Lmi%%ions inLlude all other I]1re¥l souwes of gt¢erthouse gases from our operaiions. sCh as those ¢onne¢ied
wilh the day-ioaay running of (he Trnst.. for insiance.. the fuel employtts burn ihrough driving to work, livesrock lin
previous years). or emissions connected 10 maierials and supplies we biiy.
Our emi%%ions of 331 IC02 in 231?4 is approximaiely equii'alethi ihe Cad)n absorpiiort of just over I5,0 mature
trees In one year. The higher Carln emissions pr1ce In 2072-?3 were largely due io us stsnin¥ io couni more iiems
ot'our S¢op¢ 3 ¢missiorts in th¢ ye. Although Ih¢sL w¢r¢ siill COli¢d in 2013-24, wc arc sLYJng a r¢duciion. Thjs i
largely from Purchased services, whereas purchased 80(MJs Sh0c a slight increase. The other areas showjng a
rediiclion are fleet and equiprneni fuel. volunteer iraiel. staff commiiiing. and 'OTkIng fTOrn Iiome eiiiissions. We
Lonlinue iu du whdl w¢ Lan IL) TC(luLe our Ciirlx)n f()L)IPrint and u%e il r¢n¢wiibl¢ energy supplieT for uur uffiL¢.s. We <1
also looking irtio air source heal pumps 10 supply hea¢iDg 10 our oifi¢e$.
Undergoing g 'root and branch. digital transformation
The m05t siunificanl software-relaled change during the year aS ihe transition ro a new Cusroiner Kelationship
MiinugTLmLnl sybiLin Iu Tnuna¥L.
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 Emclertt #rtd etfeetlie operatloms An or¥anisaiiottal hamionisaiion review was compleie41 duriTh¥ thL yvdr. culmirtating in a new Job LevLls & D¢finitions' tramework w'hich provides a strucDJred r(x>l for stsff io define expectaiions in slfiC role511ei'els; dei'elop and give I'i5ibiliry caT¢¢T OPtion5'. and boos1 and manage iniernal mobility. The fi3tnewoTk a5 infoTmed. in part. by dssessTn¢nl uf OUT slff salaries a¥ains1 Rs'T.5 la1¢ nChtkIn¥ ¢x¢iLise. wbth pay TiS¢S subs¢qu¢ntly awardLsd to major ouilieJ% wiihith the staff ieam. Wildlife Trusts WY41e5 and The Wildlife Trusts WelLolli¢ 5UPPOrt LL)nlinu¢d frorn the Ruyiil SuLi¢ry of Wildlife TnLs IRSWTI foT closer collaborati()n uf Wclsh Wildlif¢ Tn]s14. 11 is rc¢ogniscd that w'e nc¢d io in¢#S¢ th¢ ¢04)rdiTvaiitsn of our work a¢ross Wal¢% 10 MLLI # ¥enerational opp()rturtily for naiur¢'s recovery. As wjder lartd mana¥eineni supw)n sysiems chan¥e. Ihere is a need 10 till IhL l¢ad¢rshJp and lundirtg gap trf>m th¢ Welsh Govcrt)m¢ni and twid¢rs. ThJY)ugh ihJ"s collaboration, wc havc ideniified four worksireams.. Increase etTeciiN'eness and drive efficiency. specifically for oiir fiiiance sysiems InLrea%¢ unre%1riLlI inLvyn¢ thr()ugph Tnajor don0. legaLiei tnembership Enable qthff and InLqie¢s ihrough HR and goiernan¢e ¢ollalM)raiion Intyrkasi N'siriilLd inLom¥ thr()u¥h pw¥ramin¢$ of work a¢ro¥s Walcs. sp¢cifJ¢ally Uplands, Ibvcrs. Loasis and Seas. Throiiuh the iinre51ricled income w'(Trrkstrearn. we have stsrted coniribuiing io the cosi of a new Major Cjifts F"undTaiscr IW(IILsl WIL. thurLYJ by IhL WLlsh Tts. WL arc ILI faLI findin¥ fur a pLItL'nti411 nLMi fiiianLL und -%haring inloimaiion on our r¢siriLicd Jn¢omc asp)iaii()ns. Thc HR and go&¢man¢L gTUUP ha% fo¢usSCLI (In devilvping a WalL%.widL siaff handk, bcnch-marking our salarics, and lth)king for cifici¢n¢i¢s in pension and lifc assurance Losls, Wc pv¢d Ih¢ way for using bcs'l piaili¢¢ 10 updaic aThJ align local Trust Affliilcs of Assolialiun, wilh a vicw to bringing Ihcs¢ to our mcmb¢rs at our AGM in 20?5. The LolleLtive 51ra¢e¥y ofThe Wildlife Trusls fedeTalivn Lvnlinues IL) drive our joinl Lirk. wilh uur LolleLlive uinbiliu io udLITk%4 th¢ Lri%i% ul. na¢urL in J iun¢ertLxl way. Wc ¢tsntinu¢ io lD¢ribU1¢ 10. and ILJrn trom UK-widL 4lruie¥iL wurk, ¥uch ¢Y.r-%¢curIly, %2f¢¥uar(ling, ¢quiiy. Jii'crsiiy and inclusion. ¢onimuniiy organi%ing. nidrk¢ting dn ci)mmiinicaiinns. health and safety. and lary benehmarking. Prioriiy eollaE)raiive ork in Wales In enhance nature's rLLovLry and Lnbya&rL with IhL publiL LoniinuLd Ihroubvh Ihe thared yLwih Stand for N4LiurL' projLLI. Ihc CyinraLbP ain NaiuT 4lulT group. and thc impael of rnarinc rcncwablcs. or particular imponancc in thc ycar, Wildlifc TTu%l% Walc4 LvniinuLd iv play a kcy rolc in influcn¢in¥ Ihc riilical roll IhL famicd landscapc has for naiurc's rclovcry il)rvu¥l) Il)L Susiminable Famiing Sih¢m¢. 2024_•8 .lemberi lember¥ of WlturaJ PdrttheTS te ScIne 'umber of our sites m ed for nalure .4rea of land OWryLed Ind of i'oluttteers exclud Total i"oluttteer bourj "oluottrr our tsatw• Outreach l'is to edvtatson. l'ots atsd other 5ubsenbeiJ to 11.-thl Il".¢ekh. N-thDOS li" .llt e.tteth"slet lembers of Siaff BTatt¢hes 33 36 951 Ha 502
28 547 36 948 H4** 1041 35 509 16 025 104 18.237 59 0.7Qh 24.3% -2.3•h 298 50 18% * This reduction reflects a change ofcounring m¢thods relating lin the mainl to older dara. where direcrly comparable numbers would Sho a gradual incr¢a5e - as demonsiraled by our increased number of t[nbershlps (household51 and a550ciated incorn¢. ** Further land acqUid at C(>rs y Samau Page 10
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 FINANCI.4L REVIEW Trinancial position North Walcq Ikildlife Trust had aDoiher successful financial year and we continue to be grateful to OUT Inemkrs. supp(IrtLrs and binL'fa' LIuT5 fui Ih¢iT g¢n¢r¢)sity_ InL()rn¢ th¢ y¢dT for th¢ TTUSI d slaJ)dal()n¢ basis was £3.3m, down £726k LompaTed with prior yeaT, chiefly because of loii.er gtttthts_ The Trnsi geThLrated a nei dLfiLiI of £55k Jll ihe year, compared wirh a surplus of £170k prior year. which ihc Tnlsiecs had prc-approvcd. The Balance Sheci includcd cash of £1.8m ai ihe year end. Turnover for Ihe year was £4.0 million if ihe subsidiaries Enfys Ecology and NWWT Trading inclu(led. a Te(Juction of £0.5Tn from prior yfdr. Enfys Ecology had a much•improved year Compartyj with previous challen¥Jn¥ years and has iurneil a comer regarding a susiaitJabl¢ busin¢ss mod¢l lollowing implL4nLmiaiion of a turnOund plath. g¢rt¢JXling lurnov¢r of £613k, up £122k 125'/th1 on prior year. and a profit of 148k. compared wilh a loss in prLOT year. NWWT Tradin8 had similar levels of turnover at £1 12k and profit of £14k compared with prior yvdr. Overall, a busy year roT 11.hi¢h ihe staff. l'oluttts and all North Wales Wildlife TNst supporters deserve congraiulaiions and ihanks for all ihai hag b¢¢n J¢hi¢v¢41 As at the 31 March ?025. unresirieied funds have dttreased by £48.870 10 £1.888.691 and re51ricled funds have lnLrLId by £40.362 10 £2.871.055. InLludLd in rL'siTiLILd I'urtLls Is £192,933 rL'laiiDg io Ihc Cows G(h n¥rurc t¢sLYvc, £1.536,229 r¢laiirt¥ to Bryn Ifan naiiirL' rL%cTh'c and £1 11,840 rclaiing io Cots Y Samau t)aiurc r¢scrvc. h1¢h can only bc rcaliscd by disJx)sing ol. thcsc ian¥iblc lix¢d ¢1, The Triisltts huve rin¥ fenced unreslricied funds io CL)ver operdlional runnin CL)Sls of the rharily for up IL) 3 months. Prln¢lpal fundlnR sthur¢ts The 'l'nisi henefiis from key funds 'la a %'arieiy of wurces. Unresiricied inc(Trme fmm membership. dnnalii)ns. lebiaeies dnd our %ub%idL&if>' LompaniL's drL' LriiiLal. whil%1 our main wurLL* of 8rJnl inLomc arL froin WLl%h tiovLfiiinLnl. NaiuTuI Rc%ource% Walc¥. National Loiicry Communiiy and Hcrithge Funds, Landfill DiSrSaI Tax Communitics Fund. and'l'h¥ Wildlif¥ Tmbls, BusinLs&c$ alsv 5UPPDfi our wotk in variou5 ways. In%'¢strntnt pthllty ind ohJtctlvts The Tru%1 Ihe pciwer Linder ihe Arti¢l¢¥ of Ai>(Kiation to invesi all moni¢s noi immediaiely r¢quir¢d fvr Ihe turthL'ring ol'ihL obJL1% ofihe Trus1 in SULh a manner &% may be 41eemed eX[len1. provided ihJi moniL% %ubjLLI lo the jurisdiction of Ihc Charity CoTnniis5ioncr5 for Ingland and Walc5 shall only bc ini'c51cd in such sccurilics aiid with such sanction as may for ihe time being be prescribed by law. Reserves pollc). Sutficient ca%li reserves need lo be held 10 coi'er ongoing expenses and poieniial cash ftow delays arising from. amongst oihlr circumstncCS. grants IK"ing paid iii arrcars aiid by slow paycrs. Thc Truslccs bclicvc Ihai ihc Icwcl of rc5crvcs rcquir¢d lo rnaintain thc rtCfC55ary liquidity Should tak¢ arrount of likely three month5, fvture expenditure Ire5tri¢ted and unresiriciedl whiih. for 2025..'?6 fitsan¢ial year. is budgeied 31 £787Jl9_ At the Lnd of2024125 the cash reserves held in net curreni assets amounted 10 £1.8m. a £0.4m rLe[lon from prior year. Theretore. Ihe year-end cash balance gil'es more Ihan rwo times. coi'erage of Ihe forecast Ihree-monih expenditure and is dcenicd io bc morc than sutTJcicJil. The Truslces rei'icw and assess thc liquidity covcnaii15 annually ld consider th¢s¢ lev¢lb of coi'¢r3g¢ to be suffiri¢nt. Th¢ Tre35ur¢r a55¢55¢5 th¢ ¢a5h liquidity P051tion 3 monthl). ba515 whe r¢pcirting the firtanLial pv%ilion l(Tr the TTusletrJ any LwnLerns Jre al (hdt lim¢. The Tru%l's 11sk regi%ler, which covers finanLial and operaiional risks is revIe.ed ajmually. and ihe slee$ revie high risks quarterly. The Trusiees havc sct up a dcsignaicd contingency fund within ihc unrcsiricicd rcscr%'cs ar an unchangcd level from prior year at 1834k. slightly higher than the forecast three months. penditure to take into acciwllt any timing lag5 frorn grant receipts. Pagell
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 FUTURE PLANS Brin¥in¥ NaiurL' Back- North I1'alL WildlifL Trusi's Stsaie¥y 2030 IsL."Our VLsion for the Future" on p. l} has defined three 2010 Goals and some strategic rransfomiaiions. M'e are dei'eloping further plan elements such as milestones and de5ir¢d results for the next three years. We have also refjning key indicator5 of success for ?030 targets. Our plans tor 2025-26.. Nature in Recover). Marine Usc OUT ShuT¢searLh data to inform deci5ion-wnaking at priority site5 Map priority marine areas #nd d¢signaicd silc feaiui¢s Pul In place altiort plan for Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC io Jmprove exis¢ing Mana¥emeni Plan effeeiiveness Nature Re5en'es Ilave nianagement plans and efTeciive management in place for namre reserves K¢y f¢411ur¢4 fur 10 hi&phe.4¢-PriVTily mana&T¢d sites hJve an ¢vi(J¢nce-bab¢d slatcmenl of slaius All nature reserves meei ¢he IUCN .30 by 30 whai ¢ouni$" Working lTrlth other landowners Land Management AdNisory Scryice. l(ialw'adl appoints stsff ar service is launched. Nurth W¢ilLb Naiur&' Lur)n{lI10n Inili411ivL agrL¥% a p(¥rtlolio ol. prionlics anLI aLlior)s for naturc thai will build rcsilieni cLologi¢al networks, inLrcasing b1()di¢r5l(y and conrribuiing 10 ibc 30x30 iargei siaris Implcmcniin¥ h1b111 and tspccics impaLI moniioring pion inlluenL¢S national and I0] 8ov¢rnm¢nt a8¢n¢i¢s thrg¢i s¢tting an(Vor policies ¢ontribuiing to narur¢'s Tecovcry Wrexhiiin Indublrial F.51uie Living LiindsLiipe work expands beyond eKisliii¥ conlTi1¢15 An¥lL4¢y F¥n% & Cvnwy VallLy Living Landb¢ap¢s prowss aLLordin¥ to fund¢d pj¢S Specles C¢bnserntlibn (irLaiLr prL.%LiiLL' of prdLILLal %wift Lonservaiion works in. and east of ihe Conwy Valley Slnccld dcbaic on %M'ift-Tclaicd Icgislation sccurcil and paihway to legislaiion put in placc Ll¥(Iv¥rs rilLas¥d into ihc wild as part ora population i¢infvrc¢m¢ni D¢v¢lopment c.ontrol SeLure Liddiiic>ndl Lapaiiiy 10 enable us io respond beit¢T io.. dev¢lopm¢nib tTling ihe marine ¢nvirunin¢nl', local development plans and other key plannin8 Stakeholders.. development control. and key Lonsuliaiions People I'kln% Artloth for N#ture D¢ip¢n rcldlivn.%hip% w'ith Iv¢al ¢ommuniites supng Ihem to take a¢iion$ for naiure ihrough for ¢xample', Nexidoor Nature Communiiy Hub emFK.dde41 inio our websiie Focus on relaiionship w'ith key audiences. includin8 farniin8 communiiies. flrst-language Welsh speakers. youjig pcoplc and f42milics Implement Tr'olurti¢er 511PPOrt artd development plan CllmAtt Change l¥llilgAtlon & AdAptAtIoD Fundin8 for initial blue earbon pnoriiies, and further peailand resiordlion secured Increigse the suslainabiliry of tree Thursery operaiion5 Cliniatc changc impacts on cxisling rtscrves and living landscapes idcnlified Climat¢ change adaptation pol¢nlial and pi¢liminary shared goa15 for North Wales develOd by Nivwf and Pdrtn¢r Taking Action Oursels'es Actions from NWWT carbon reduclion Strategy implemented. focussing on idelltifying project Tnanagernent apability and resou¢, 3tKI switching lo electric vehicles 3nd he31 purnp5 Efficlent & Effectlve Operations ImplLnJini a rnngc olaLiiviiies relaiing 10: Page 12
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 ¥reen finance. vehicle mana¥Lmeni, use of our eusitsmer relationship management s<)(IwarL and GIS, ensuring outcomes from Welsh Wildlife Trust digithl de¥'elopmeni projecr. fundraising sirategy, implementhtion of salary benchmarking and review proce5& campaign and internal cornmunicarion strategie5. Wale5-wide comTnunications. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MAYAGEI4IEliT GoTrernin£ document The chariiy is controlled by its govemiThg duMent. a deed of ITU. and eonstitules a limiied company, limiied by U(Irantee. (l¢fine(I by the Companies Act 2. Charlt) ¢on$tituilon North iValLs WildlJf¢ T1 INWWT} rcgisier¢41 Lhariiy {Chariry No. 2307721 and a ¢ompany limilLxl by guarant. and incorporated undLr the Companies Aei (Company No. 7739951. Orgrtlsilong1 $trneture A Ci)Iincil of trustee.4 of around 13 members meei bi-monthly. ¢0 goNern ihe T]usi. There are subcon)miiiees ¢overing liJiart¢i," l¢rr¢sirial. fr¢shwaicr and marin¢ cons¢n'&lion: ¢quiiy, dJv¢rsity & inLlusion: sirai¢gi¢ lran8lormaiions, and nominations and SLlliiLny. The Tn1 Chief ExeeuiiNe OtTieer ICEO, Frances C'att3naLhl I appointed by the Ini.%lLf5 Wlth rcsponsibility for operdiional m8na8emeni. The Tnisr has Mro trading 4ubsidiaries and IhL dLliviliLs of NWWT Tradin¥ L¢d INL). 245375?) atMI Enfys Lid (Nu. 253511141 arL liibhligihiLd oi) 14 & 15. WL WLT¢ %Jdd¢rt¥d 10 Ilam uf the passir)g of OUT PT¢SI(ILmi Darydd Elis-Th(iJnas in February 2025. intervcnii()n and inlluLn¢¢ ovcr oaiure cot)&¢r¥aiiot) wcrc e-rangIng. arguing pas"sionai¥ly for thc causes in which he bclicv¢d. Structure, Governance and MAngement The direLIL)rs uf the Lharilable Lc)mp¥ny are lis Iru¥iees fur Ihe purwse of charity law and IhTuughoul ihe rep()rt are LoIILLliv¥ly r¥l¥rr¢d its a% Iru%lC¢%. Thc govLmin¥ bJY of ihc Tru%1 1% ils B(iard of Trn%l¢¢%. Thl Board 1% LonipusLd ol. all Iru%l¥¢8 who arc voluni¥¢r% and is auihori4¢d 10 appoini ncw m¢mb¢r% 10 fill %'8¢aii¢i¢% ari%iiis throu¥h r¢%i¥i)dtion or death of an exi41ing member. The Hnard seek$ 14) ensure the Irusiees have ihe skills Ihe TTU%I Tequire.%. and their divlrsily hLlps fuifLI our objLLIIVL%. Tru%lLLkn arc L.leLied by IhL' mL'mtK'rs Ihrouyyh Ihc A(iM. for a fJThi ILrin ot. 3 yLJrn. nd huvc thc option lo scrvc for a furthcr 2 PCTiLKl% of a funhcr 3 ycars. Thc Articlcs of A¥8ocialion ofihc Tru.41 goi'CTn IhL IippuinimLni uf iruslces and ar¢ availablc on TWU¢51. Un apwinimcni. Iwst¢cb arc providLd wilh an iiiduclion paLk and dr¥ dir¢rt¢LI to thc C'haniy Cvmmisbion M'¢b5iic. Th¢ Buanl ol. Trus1¢¢5 agr¢eb the Tru41'¥ annual buLlgct and ¥ir4i¢gi¢ plan, whil¢ th¢ day-to-day mana8¢m¢ni of lh¢ TnLs1 is d¢l¢got¢d to th¢ Tru%1 Cl(). Salari¢% of all staff. in¢liiding key per%(Innel. df¢ LalLuldi¢d and rei¢M"¢d through a wle ¢¥'dlLLdiivn pro¢¢s5. Thi% ivn%id¢r¥ a rdnge or taLior% and LfiiL'rid givin¥ Ihe TnL%I a LonsIent. Irdnspareni and WUiLgble mahod of evaluatin8 the relative worth ot. diffcrcnt job5 within thc Wildlifc Tru51. Fundralslng Msnagemettt AdhLrinb lo IhL' C.hiif1tiL'.% (Proieciion and Social Invesimeni} Aci 2016. we conforni 10 the Code of Fundraising Practice a5 detailed b) the Trundraising Regulaior. Among other things. Ihis provides guidance lo ensure lnerable people and oilicrs rc protcctcd Irom uJirc41Sonablc ijiirusion on ihcir privacy. unrcasonably rsIS1¢n7 approachcs or unduc prcssur¢ ¢0 givc. In order to as5css th¢ impart fvndrJ151ng ha5 on th¢ g¢[al public, asid¢ from closc Staff management. we have a complaints policy its place. wthich enables us log and analyse any complaints we mighi gei. Nv ivmpldinis were re¢¢Lv¢d durin& th¢ year. Related parties Thc charity Is a membcr of Thc Wildlife Tru515 lrcgisicd as thc Royal 5ocicty of Wildlifc Trusts, rcgi51crcd charity numbtr 2072381 which act5 a5 an utnbT¢lla iM)dy carrying out r¢pr¢s¢ntstion at a IJK & Wales l¢Trel. public T¢latinns drtd ji)Inl PTVjeLt& vn behalf vf the W'ildlLfe TnL%ls. EaLh mem[ has ihe use of Ihe 11 Ildlife Trusts, and benefi1% trom the resources, besi practice and specialise41 experienLe ofoiher member llusts. Membership gives ihe chariiy a UK and in particular a Wclsh i'oicc and profilc. as 'ClI as rcspccL9bility by associaiion for ihosc unfamiliar with its particular work. How¢Yer. each Tnember remains entirely illdepelldent. Page 13
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 STRUCTURE, GoVEANcE AND lA1.4GElllElT REPOR-I. OPI ,IC'IIN'II'IES 0 -riiL SLBSIDI..IRTr' COIIPANILS N.M'.W.T. Tradlrbg Llmlted IReglster¢d Compaffjv No. 2453752 The Directors present their report and accounts for the year ended 31si March 2025. Prlnelp#l A¢tlvlty Thc prinvipal a¢liNity of the ¢ompathy Ihmughoui the yeai was opernting a retsjl busines% ihiough two outleis plus sales stalls at fairs and events Ihrou¥houi North Wales. The Company also operaies othline sales. After a successful, profitable 2023-24 season. financial year 2024-25 has been very much one of c4)nsolidation. B(Iih ()ur 4h()p IoLaii()n¥- on ih¢ Great Ornje and #i Br¢akw¥r C.ounlry PJrk- perform well. aLhievingT Toug7hly ort a paT with the pre%'ious 12 monihs and increased gTOSS profjl.. despite losing some i'aluable sales days ii)waid% tlie nd ol. th¥ du¢ 10 probl¥ms wilh Louniy LouJi¢il av&Jlabiliiy ai our rnmicil $11¢S. M¥aiiwhil¥, Nurlh Wale% Wildlili Tnl'S evenisl membership team increased their merehandise sales considerably lup by I lQ/o from 2023- 24 to 2024-251. Con%olidalion OLLurrLLI in oih¥r M'ayg i(Ki." by r¢du¢ing si(Kks of $low-sclling lines via pn)mo¢ions or disLuuniing' by incrcasing the avLragc pcr Iransaciton: and. Crucially. by intrU¢lg barcode scanncT5 in ix)Ih shopy. which drain£iiiially iinprovcd th¢ iimc l£lkcn its pr(x¢$ paymcnis and rcdui¢d inad%'crt¢ni pricing crrvrs. Th¢ iniTixluLiion thf fr¢%h LOtl¢c option at Breakwatcr CouThiry Park. via aTh auiomai¢d 4 10 ¢up' m8¢hin¢. also undoubi¢dly h¢lp¢d to incre.e our Profit margin%. W¢ Loniiniii io ix. ¥roieful boih io Nwwf Trndin¥ Lid ond Wildlifc TnLSI siaff for ihcir ¢oniribuiion to our rc4uli% bui want 10 draw parti¢ular ati¢niion to ih¢ work of our ima7in¥ lean) of volun1c¢. who fr¢¢ly g81'¢ ov¢r 5,(H)O hour4 01. their lime In mke OUT 8hnp.s siicee&sful. A high )In1 of the year winning the sm'ard for i)1 VolunieeT Limup al IhL WildlitL Trust'% Atim a fiiiinby IL*iamLni to IhL ILain'% shLYr hard work and 41LdiLalion. Enh's Eeoloy+' Llmlied {Re¥lsfered Compan). No. 25.141841 The Direliors pre¥¢nl th¢ir repon and a¢¢oynis for the year ended 31$1 Marlh 2025. Prlnelpjl Aetlvlty F.nfys F.rology'5 principal activity 15 "the provision of wildlife 3nd habitsl survey5. habilal ¢realiOn and habiia¢ mand¥imini dnd adwii¢, prvviding 5¢rvii¢s whirh ¢rK(Trurdg¢ ¢Thgag¢m¢ni of p¢opl¢ with th¢ natural wurld." Direclor%' Report Enfys achil vcd a wclcomc profjt. dcspilc cxpcricncing anothcr dcmarmling ycar. navigalillg successfully through unaTroidatil¢ opcr3tional prc5sur¢5, Inrluding thc abKn¢¢ of a l¢ading kam m¢mb¢r maiffinity Icav¢. Tn responsc to Ihese challenge%. and as part of a broader efTort io sirengihen organisaiional $ll1¢nr¢. a comprehensii'e Ilu4ines% DevLlI?pmLni Plan was Lvmmis¥ivn¢d. This 5(rnIcbiiL IkKum¢ni wab d¢si&rnal tv evaluale Enfys's iurr¢ni finaiJLial performanee, organi%aiLonal %truciure and operational eapaciiy. w'iih ihe aim of ideniifying opportunities for %usiainablL growth and long-iem improTr'emeni. The key findings .111 be implemenied going forward. including taking a more flexiblc approach with Nonh Walcs Wildlifc Trust over Iransfcr of profiw allowing rclcntioii of fund5 to sustain and ¥roM' the bu5ill¢55. Author15ation ha5 31so b¢¢n re1. to pr{ed ii'ith the recruitment of a C.omni¢Tcial DiT¢Ctor to suppvrt busin¢ss gTuwih dnd prvvid¢ vperdlional l¢ad¢rship. Thc Infys lcam has continucd io demonstra outstsnding dedieaiion and work ethic in mccting thc challcnges during th¢ year. Their high-qualiry output has been consi51enily recognised by exiernal clients. including several local authorities. th'er the year, Enfys fflade key staffing addition& including traTrsitioning a seag)nal ecologist into a p¢rnianent role and e[comIng a long-lem placemeni siudeni. A strong neiwork of reliable artd hardivorking subconiraciors has been established 10 &ssisi meeting peak demattds. Page 14
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 STRUCTURE, GOVERNAYCE AND MAN.4GEIIEfiT -Ihe volume of projecis and quoie Tequesis continues 10 grom. year on year. While 5maller-scale bat and Phase I habitat surveys remain the mo81 frquenily Tequ¢sied. Enfys has incTeasingly secured opgoing contract5 Wlth rnajor dei'elopers. housing £(111$. Jn(I fvrlstry mana¥¢yn¢nl rotnpaniL5-rywny whvjn nvw i¢qu¢st Io Work ¢xclusiv¢ly wilh us. InvolvLmlLni in Biodiversiiy Net Gain IBNGI and UKHab woik Js expknndithg ith reSASt io growing dLmJand from largL developmenis and eompanies seeking biodiN'ersity &sscssmcnis and mat188emcnr plans for (heir sires. Steady growth has also been seen in our ecological clerk of w'orks services. wilh Enfys now, a injsied name for Tepeai super¥'ision projecls aLfL)ss north Wales. Noiable proieLlS this year have irtcluded survey and mili¥aiiort work for several large housing developmenis in nonh- wcgl Wal¢s, domousL sllrvLrys around Llyn Vymivy. BNG bas¢linL asscssmcnis &nd habiiai marta¥¢mLni advic¢ for a wcll-esiablished aerospaee corporaiion. Our i%'orking rclaiionships 1th severdl Loc81 Allihoriiics and Natural Resources Wales remain strong. Enfys continues to be 8ubconiTa¢ied by oihei environmentsl coosul¢ancies. tskiog the lead or) seleral projects. These iDclud¥ Li major ¥rn'ai ir¢si¢d Th¢wi IranSlalln for & wind fami irt Si Asaph muliipl¢ bal surveys In Anbil¢s¢y. Bid invite% have also been reLeJved on a number ofiarge-scale Lollabordiii'e proiects-mainly in the renewable energy sector. ThL Habilat MunautmLrL¢ ¢cam conlinue$ its seLurc TCPVdl LvnlraLls with ILKUI auihtsritiLS lind tjow ovcrsccs thc long- ILTM Iniinagimllni ol. S¢V¥Tal wjihirt North Easi M'alL¥ indu%irial csiaiL4. A inajoT highli¥hi ihis yLar the work for Enlinium at the Par¢ Adfer slic in DiYsid¢, which coniribuicd io ihc company rccciving Ihe 2024 Bionei Bu5incss Awiird Ivr Ih¢ir Loniributions 10 biodivcrsiiy in ihc r¢¥ion. Addiii(>nally. th¢ i¢am has bcbun naiivc seed liari¢slin¥ in ollaboraiion w'ith thc Wildlit¢ Twst. ¢siablishing parni¢rships with Ial landowTh¢rs 10 support Iwal wildtlow'cr s¢¢d production. Enly¥ rcmain% ac¢redii¢(l under SafcConirn¢ior, ISO 9(Kll and ISO 14001. Thc i¢•m inLlud¢$ 8 certificd Building wilh Naiur¢ and JnothLr i¢am m¢nibcr 1% n¢arins ¢ompl¢iion of th¢ir Bilier511Y B¢n¢hn)ark A44¢%%or IrJiiiing which will open up a new service Stream for the busine&s. Ovcrnll. a .%uccc%sful financial rcsull aficr a challcnging yfdr wilh clear plans now in placc for growing ihc busincss oin¥ fvrward in 5UPPVrt of North WalLS WilJlilc'l'tU51. Page IS
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 REFERENCE AD ADlINISTRATIvE DETAILS Registered Cornpany number (X)773995 (England aDd Wales) Reglstered CbArlt> nllmber 230772 Re¥l$ti'red offl¢¢ Lly% CJ&rth Garth Road Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2RT Audliors Williatns Dlnion Cyr CharterLd C'eftitied ALcountsnis Siaiulory Auditor5 Flordd y Par Parc McnAi Gwyneiid LL57 4FE Soll¢liors 14115 '1'riniiy Square Llundudno Conwy LL3112RLI Bankers H.SIIC'. ?74 Hi¥h Stre¢i. Elangor. Gwynedd. LL57 IRU AldLrmorL'. l%1 Floor. BIoLk B. WL%ILrn HouK'. LynLh WixMI. PeiertM)rough. PE2 6FZ Shawbrook, Lutca IIou5c Warlcy, Ilill Businc55 Park. Thc Drivc, 6Tcat Warlcy, BrenTw(l, Is5cx, CM13 IBE Page 16
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK-I. 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 REFERENCE AD ADlI[sTRATllVE DETAILS Ke). fvlanagement Personnel FrJn¢¢s C4tl£uMch Graeme Cotierill Chief EKffUtii¢ Offjcer Head olstrntegy & Opeiaiions Honoran. Offittrd & Com President Dirtttor$ 4O•L•S Tr•diA Directors Frances Cattanac Gillti Coates Denise Hams Edv4'ardi I"Ice-PT•5ideats CompanT Seeretary Geoff Radford lan Duostre Graeme Cotter '24 Trnsteesmirottors CbrLJ Broil Daaiel Bos Gill Coate5 Dailles (S 515 teolo Direetorx Pknli Betett.LI .d Gthsaa Coates Rhll Cole (tiee Hughe&} (Al Ch•irman Hmi'atd Di"ies 313 I"Ice Ch4lrwAtt 'acant D4i'ie¥ Cltherthe Dui lan Duttse Urtba Felda .4&a5dau F¢)rman Frallt Hobro .4&exdId LDrd 15 Ffioll Mitchell.Lott BridEet 05borne 41 Feb. .25 si G¥aeme Cotttnll lats Dunsire 51 51 . TTeasvTer Alexatttha Lord Feb. '25 Bob GoTZto3ki 41 Noi.. '24 313 41 {Al Appc>inl¢d IRI RLsiBnLd * Wc 'Cr¢ %addcncd 10 learn of ihc passing ofoiir Prc5ideni Dafydd Elis-Thomas Ln Fcbn]ary 2025. Ili% inicn'cnlion and illfluLnc¥ over nalurl conscrvaiion wcrc widc-ranging. arguiiw passionalcly for Ilie causcs in wliich lic bclicvcd. Trustte xttendnce st Bth#rd rntetings TruslLL b0d mLLiill¥ illlLndatlLL In IhL year is indicai¢d abov¢ in the forni e.g. 1415}. wher¢ this example shows a trustee aiiended 4 out ofthe S meetin85 held durin8 their terni as a Iruslee in the year. Changes in Tru51 Directors holding otTice. tM)5t year<nd and the Atim 2024 are as follows- Prof. Catherine Dvigan wa5 Co-op by the Board of Trll5es 0th 1714124 8nd ¢le¢ted at our AGM on 9111124. Unlja Fclda was co-opted by Ihc Board of Trusiccs on 1312125. Mcgan Tanner was co-opicd by Ihc Board of Trusiees on 1312125 Page 17
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST RLPOK"I' 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I'Tr-Tr:S FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 REFERENCE AND ADfINIsTRATIvE DETAILS Liiin Landsc -4drwi Lloi'd Johes Senior Resen'es llama Cbn$ on&B latt Cole Il"alts ResekTS Jotdall HutSt Pau] FuTDboT er e & M"lldiift Il•u Cbns Bak'er Stand 4 NitUT Offirtn Charlotte Ktt Ittktt ParLYtson EdncatioB & Commulh. 1117n Eth4zrd5 East er orRts¢rY Sarab EULS Btaltr Rt-xbtrodtttb)n A)LcLe0..Tr.ke L4Dd Ifana JoLathort Hu]sott Luk• eil CoEs)'dd Cilom IIo• Stsff NleEanJonu Hel Cartet-EtuseU Tel. PT9 IfxN Prv Dah.dd Pthun Thcfftus Ctttthrn Il'iTdés lark Xlorns ri Ol&er PriDci ConSDli¥mi maiernJn":ot'er RhLall Huthex ItDatetttLn' Iw) E¢0 LUJ" 8ett Rthd Cull¥ Jo• FI) .4th Paine TJM I"ard] INThiS Pro JeL Heard INNS Pro Stsdeni Plcowts l.l-est Icel ia2etk eci St C4TI Il'JJlwJ• Cl Il4dé Charhe PJchaTds Tomos Jollts GaTeth HoU4tr&JL Liya Toth C'ILitI Ex+¢utiio Otricor FTafLces Cartanach Ht4d of Strai Crtaetrt Cotten H¥biiat Ilx LaweDce Jt2S tre .4d•i4isiTrlor sa 11 ebster Fixthct Offirtr Lcwa Rcbert5 hTrai CoJtttttttiitAtk+xs Offiett Catrl bell tal Ilarketkn Offleor Racliel 3rottLle Sos Lii"Éll Stas N'Ja Haf.Jolles Lh"iR S•ai PY• DaiiTr Thoma¥ Littrin. Cmrthalor tr EDttrn FJl•ll Il'lllLWIÈ tSD Reece Hal•1 larine PlaDnii BeD Stwth IL) Lh Seas.4ssisuxts S kla Tal'l BIiDe Fmma Elbs (Ll Pro. t&lTS• Sarab 11 clth" Peier Kearto Nlembtrshi L Robert5 emb¢Tshi Rerr¥itrr¥ er Susalllle DeiTre orttr Dats Offjttt GMiT¢ Thcrfllas .4dmiAk5triors C8rol]lle Batuc NlaTk Traiis Salldi. Holland Saite Fmba .41exCt%" Left Page 18
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
RLPOK"I' 0 I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I'Tr-Tr:S
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPOPISIBILITIES
-Ihe trusiees li¥ho are a150 lh¢ direcior5 of Nonh I4'ales Wildlife Trust for the purposes of company law} are responsible
for preparing the Rcpon of ihe Trusi¢e5 and ihe financial siaiemeDLs in accoTdance with applicable law and United
King(Ivm ALLuunlin¥ Sidndatds (United Kingdvtn G¥n¢rolly Acr¢pl¢d Arrounting PracliL¢}.
Company law requircs the threeS io prepare financial sraiemenis for e8ch financial ytrdr H,hieh give a itwe and fair
view ol- the slaie of atTairs of Ihe charilable coinpany and of the incoming resources and applicaiion of resources.
inLlu(ling th¢ inLorne and expenditu. of the charitsble company for th* TI(j. In prq)arin¥ those fin4ncial
siaiLmLnis, the tTUSt¢es are rc4uir¢d 10
¢l¢¢t liliable a¢iOUniing poli¢lL Ih¢n apply Ih¥m ¢onsisi¢nily'
observL Ihc mLlhods and principles in the Chariry SORP:
make judgements and esiimaies thai are reasonable and pen1..
pr¢paTt the fJn
REPORT OF THE lDEPENDEDT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF NORTII IYALES M'ILDLIFE TRLST Opinio We have audited the fi]thth¢ial stai¢m¢thts of North Wales Wildlife Trust {the 'parertt ¢haTitable ¢ompany'l and its subsidiaries IihL group) for the yvdr ended 31 March 1025 which Lomprise ihL SiaiL4llLml of Consoljdaied Financial Aciiviiies, the Con501idated Balance Shttt, Ihe Charithble Company Balance Sheet, Ihe Consolidaied Cash loW Staiernent and noies to ihc consolidated financial staremeryts. including a sumynary of 5ignificaDt accouiilii)g policie5. The fIniLia1 r¢portin¥ frJm¢work Ilwl IbL5" b¢¢n dppli¢d in th¢iT pr¢paralion is dppliLJblr law and United Kin¥dt) A¢counting Stsndards IUnitLd Kingdom Genetally ALtepted AcLOllthting Pcl]eel. In our opinion the fLnancial 5th1emenis'. ¥iNe a ITU¢ an(1 fair .]eW of th¢ Stale of the wup and paTeni charitable company'5 affaiT5 a5 at 31 March 20?5 and of il% irtcoming Tc%our¢¢s and ¥ppli¢#titsn of T¢sour¢¢& ith¢ludirtg ils in¢om¢ and ¢xp¢ndiluw. for ihc y¢#r thcn cnd¢d,' have been properly prepared in a¢Lordance w'iih United Kingdom Generally ALcepied Accouniin¥ Praciice: and hav¢ bc¢n pr¢par¢d in a¢corthw¢ with thc rcquiwmcnts of tb¢ Companics A¢1 21K>6. Basis for opinion We LunduLIL(l UUT audit in aLLor(LLnLe with Inlwll4iliuj Stsn(lar(Js Audiiing IUKI (ISA% IUKII #n(1 JppliLable law. Oiir respon8ibililies under those siandJids art futtheT des¢Tibed in the Audiiors, ie%wii%ibililie foi the audii ()f Ihe rJnan¢iLI1 sltit¥m4ntS Slxliun of our i¢pon. W¢ ar¢ of lh¢ ¥roup and Pdrliii ¢harJubl¢ company in aLLordanLe wilh the eihiLal requirements ihai are relevant our audit of Ihe financial SLgiements in (he UK, inLluding the FKC'5 k.thical Standard. and we hai'e fiiifilled our oiher ethical responsibiliiies in accordance wilh thcse rLquirLrn¥nls. WL bL'liLvL Ihul ihc rfiudit cvidcnL¥ wc havc obtsineil i¥ suJTiciL'nt and appropriiliL IL) pruvidL u ba%i& fL)r our opinion. Con¢lu$lons rn.latlnR to Rolng ¢on¢ern In auditinb7 th¢ tinanLial %iaiemenls. w¢ hav¢ LonLluded ihai Ihc tryst¢cs' ys¢ of th¢ going ¢on¢¢rn basis of g¢¢vuniing in the prLparJiion of the financial %iaiemenL% 15 appropria. B&%¥d (In Ihl work w¢ hav¢ perfom)cd, we hav¢ noi idcniified any maicriol un¢crtainiies relating io CVCni% or condiiion% Ihai, Individually or ¢ollc¢iii'¢ly. may ¢a%l %ignifi¢ani doubi on ihi group and par¢nt ¢haritsbl¢ ¢ornpany'% ability to ci)niinLie as a 8oin8 coneern for a period ofai least twelve months from when the financial stsiemenL$ are auihori%ed for Our r¢swnsibililies ond lh¢ r¢spDnsibililies of th¢ tntsi¢¢$ wilh res1 10 going ¢on¢¢rn d¢s¢rib¢d in lh¢ r¢l¢vai)I s¢¢tions ol'this rcpon. Other Inforrnatlon ThL Iru%lL'L% arL' fL'%pon%iblL for the oihL'r inforniation. The oiher inforniJiion LoillpriLi Ihe infunnalion inLluded in the Annual Report. oihcr than ihc financial 51alcmcnls and our Rcport of Ihc 1ndcJCnt Auditors thcTCOn. Our vpjnion on the firtanital siaiemenis does not ¢ov¢r th¢ oih¢r tnfomaiivn and, exp1 lo ihe ¢xi¢ni oihcrwis¢ explicitly %iaied in our report. Ive do not exprths any fom) of&ssurdnce conclu%ion ihereon. In conncclion with our audit of Ihc flnancial slalcmcnls. our responsibility is io rcad Ihc oihcr infonnation and, in doing so, considcr whcthcT th¢ othcr infoTtnalion 15 mat¢tJally Inwn515t¢nt with the financial 5tstcmQnt QT our knoWlcdC obtained in the audit or othe1$¢ appears io be maienally missts(eil. If we ideniify such maieri81 in¢onqi%ien¢ies or dpparLni mdicridl mitssldlcm¢rtts, w¢ qUired io del¢miin¢ wh¢iher Ihis &piv¢s n¥¢ Iv a m31¢Tial mi%4lalLmcni in Ihi rjnancial stalcmcnis ihLm*l¥es. If, b&sed on ihe work we hai'e perfornie¢ we conclude ihai there 1% a maierial missiatement of this oiher intomialion. we are required to report ihai faci. We have noihing io rewin in this regard. Opinion$ on other mxtt¢r$ pr¢stril)td bv th¢ C.omp#ni¢s.4tt 2006 In i?ur upiniÉ)n. i)n the N'i)rk undertaken In ihe Ll)uf%e Of the dudil.- the inlornlaiion given the Report ol the Tnjsiees lor the fthanLial year for wh1.ch the financial statements are prepared is consislenl with the financial siaiemcnis: and the Report ofihe TTUSte¢s has beell prepared in accordarbce with applicable legal requireTnent5. Page 20
REPORT OF THE lDEPENDEDT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTII IYALES M'ILDLIFE TRLST
M#tters on which we #re required to rert bTr' exceptiOII
In tht li¥ht of the knowl¢dg¢ and und¢T5tsnding of ihe and parent chantable company and its ¢nvironment
()biained in the toutse ()f the audit. Th'e have not identified matial missiaiemeJ]ts in the Reptsrt ofthe Tntsiee%.
We have nothing to report in respeci of the following matiers where ihe Companies Aet 2(M)6 rwuire5 US to report to
you if. in our opinion..
Jd¢quat¢ aLLuunlin¥ r¢cords have not ¢ kepl or tetutTr5 ad¢quale foi L)ur audit have noi b¢¢n T¢c¢iv¢d from
brartLhe.% not i'i%ilLd by us- or
Ihe tinaneial siaicmenis arc noi in agrecmeni M'iih the accounting records and remrns- or
certain disclosures of Irusiees, remunerdiion specified by law are noi made.. or
we h(Ive not reLeived 4111 the infuTrndiion and explanations we require for our audit,. or
th¢ irusi¢e% were not entitlcd ¢0 lake adb'aniage ofih¢ small ¢ompanics ex¢mpii(In from ihe requiremeni io prepare a
Slraie¥i¢ Report or in preparin¥ the ReN)rt ofihe Tmsitts.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained rnore fiilly in the Siaiemeni of Tnls, Responsibilities. Ihe irusiees Iwho are also the director.% of the
Lh¢iritable Lompany fur the PUTPU% ()f Lx)MPdny lawl ar¢ pull_1blt fL)r the pr¢parati()n (If lh¢ fJn<iiiLial %l<ileineiil4 an(1
for being 8alisfied ihai they gil'e a irne and fail i'ieii.. and for such iniemal ¢onttoI as ihe trus¢ees de¢emirte is rte¢esary
10 inablk thi prptIon 4)f rjnoncial 51OlLminis tho1 arc f¢ froin mat¢rio1 misstsi¢m¢ni. whisihir du¢ i() fraud or ¢rror.
In preparing ihe financial siaiemenis. the Irusiees are responsible for assessing the group aiid parent charitable
Lompany's ubilily Iu Lt)nlinuL ¢1 ¥oin¥ cvnLL'rn. di10$1& as iipplilablc. niallLrs TLliilid 10 ¥Uili&i LunLLrn an(1 usin
IhL guing LonLLm basis vf a¢¢i)ur)iing wilcsg th¢ ImsicLs ¢iihLI Ir)iend io liquidai¢ thL group and parLni Lhari¢ablL
company or 10 cLa%c opLraiions. or hai'c no rcalisiic alicrnaiive bui 10 do so.
Our responsibilitles for tht audit of tht financlal slalernents
Our DbILLtiLs #fL ia obi&iin rLdsciiiable d4%urJneL uknui whcihcr the financial sthtemenis as a whole are free fTOrn
tnlc iericil tnisslaternent. w'heiher due io fraud vr errL)r. and IL) issue a Report uf Ihe Independenl Audilors Ihal inLludes
our opinion. R¢a¥onablL a%%urJnL¥ is a hi¥h l¢wel of a¥%uranLX. bui i% nul a grantL. that an audil Londu¥lL(l in
a¢cord£in¢¢ with ISA% IUKI will olway.% dd¢¢t a maicrial Mi131¢M¢1 'b¢n li ¢xi%ts. Mi%%tsi¢mcni% ¢aii Ari%e from
fraud nr ermr and are cnnsidered material if. indii'idually OT in the abjbireyaie. (hey could reasonably be expecied tn
inflLIL'llLL IhL' L'LonomiL d¢Ill0n% of taken on Ihe basi% of ihe%e fLnanLial %lalLmLnl%.
Th¢ ¢xi¢ni io which our pro¢¢dur¢s ar¢ c?b]e ofd¢i¢¢iin¥ iwr¢¥ul8riii¢s. including fraud i¥ d¢iail¢d b¢low'.
BaycLI on our undcrsianding ol. Ihc group at¥J parcnt chariiablc Lompany and ihc cni'ironmcni in whiLh li operaies, wc
¢onsid¢r¢d th¢ risk of O¢L% by th¢ ¥roup and par¢ni ¢han13bl¢ ¢ompany thai w¢r¢ ¢ontrdry 10 appli¢4bl¢ law4 and
regul£lllC?ns. iniliiding frdud. and d¢ii8ned dLLdii pr(K¢dur¢s in r¢sp)ns¢ its this risk. We foctsssed un la¥ diid
rLgulJiions whiLh Lould give 10 a material missiaiement in the fjnancial staiements. includin8. but not limiied 10,
Companic5 Act 2006 and Charilics Act 2011.
Our li%1% in¢lud¢d'.
en4uiring with management of any knomm or suyeied irre8ulariiies. inclu41ing fraud,.
ei'24 Iu24iing the adequacy of internal controls de5i8ned to det or prel'eni irregulariries, including the risk of
managcincnl ovcrridL:
agrccing th¢ amount5 and di5c105ur¢5 In the financLal 5ts1ements to underlying 5UPW)rting do¢umentation,'
te%tinginllrnal entries to identify unusual tranwiions:
evdludlinbi h
REPORT OF THE lDEPENDEDT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF NORTII WALES M'ILDLIFE TRLST Use of our report This rep()rt i_4 made solely to the grollp and ptl thaTitsble COMpanS members, as 2 body. irt a¢¢oidartce with ChaplLr 3 of Part 16 of thL Companies ALI 10(K>. Our audit work has been u]Mlertsken so thai we mighi siaie 10 ihe group and paTent chariiable company's members ihose Inatters M'e are Tequired to stste to them in an audirors, report and for Do other purpose. To the fullest e¥tent permit*d by law. 'c do noi accepi or issurne respoD4ibility to anyone other than the gruup dnd p¢t clwrilabl¢ cvynpany and th¢ wup dnd rhatilablc LuyRpany's Jn¢Jnb¢TS as it budy. fL)r our audit work, for this repY)rt, or foT the opithions wt hav¢ fomjed. Uwain Ap Elled l%enior Staiuiory Adir) tor and on bLhalf ol-wjlliains DLmion Cyf Chartercd Ceftified Accounthnis Siaiulory Auditor5 Gla%lyn Ffordd y Parc Par¢ M¢nai Bangor Gwyncdd LL57 4FE Daic.. 8 October 2025 Page 22
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST S-I'A'J'Tr-.MTr-N'I' OTr CONSOI,ID,I'J'Tr'D Tr'INIlNCIAL ACTII'ITIES FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 2025 Total funds 2024 Toial funds Unrestricted funds Restricied funds Note5 INCOME AND EliDOWMENTS FROM DotJaliort% and ILgdLILS 500.839 39362 540,101 523,653 Charitable activities Conserving Lind prvterting wildlife 71,531 2,59(103 2.667,634 3.408,959 Oiher iradin¥ aLliviiies Invcsimcni income 649.71b2 85,11 IlJ75 5.923 061.077 91,023 525,000 82,545 Tot81 l J117,172 2,652.663 3.959,835 4.540.157 EXPENDITURE ON Rai4in¥ I'unds 883.579 11.9511 895.529 886,466 CharltAble actlvitles Con¥Ln'inby n(1 protLcting w'ildlife 479,201 2,59.1.611 3.072,1114 3.526.588 Total 2 604 463 3 9611.143 4.413.1154 4ET IP4CUMFIIFXPTr.YDITURE) Tran8f¢'rs h¢iwe¢n fund$ 155.6081 6,740 47.11)0 18.508) 127,103 22 N¢t mov¢m¢nt In fynds 148,8681 40.360 18,S081 127,103 REC.OYCILI,ITION OF FUND8 Tutul lund% bruughi lorward .937.561 2.830.693 4.768.244 4.641.151 TU'fAI. bUNDS CARRI&:D FORW'ARD 2 ¥71 Ib5.1 4,749 746 4.768,254 C0Tr4'fiNUING OPLRATIOP4S Crimparative% with the 1024 figures for restrici¢d and unresiricd funds are Sho in note 12 10 the ac¢ount$. The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements Page 23
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST cONSOI,IDIl'l'.D BALANC.E SHEET 31 lARCH 2025 2025 Total funds 2024 Toial funds Unrestricted funds Restricied funds Note5 FIXED ASSETS TangiblL a%%LsIS Herirage asseis Invesimeni property 13 14 4250 1,841.001 63.716 2329,838 3SO,11110 59,000 2.117,999 350.IK)O 388,837 340,IMMI 798JOJ 1&15.251 2.643.554 2,526.999 CURRF.YT ASSETS 16 17 30,548 246.479 1 134J13 30,548 24,715 402,616 2 ?6¥.209 Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 39&849 749.149 lJ83,462 1.41 lJ411 1.145.998 2.557J38 2,695.540 CRF.I)ITORS Amounts lalling du¢ within otK year 18 1317,559) 1120.1941 1437.753) 1368,2061 NFTCURRTr.NT ASSTr.TS 109.1781 Im 2 119fj%S 2.327.3.14 TOTAI, ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIAIIILITIES IWJ2,084 2,1171.055 4.763,139 4.854,333 C.'RF.I)ITORS Ami)unis lalling7 due aftcr morc Ihan onc year 19 180.1051 PROVISIONS FOR I.IABII.ITIES 21 13J9.1) 1.1,793) 15,9741 NET A.SSETS 2871 IIS5 4 749 746 4.768 254 22 Lnr¢siriii¢d fund$ Rc%triLted fun(t ,88&691 2.871,045 .937.561 2 830.693 TOTAL FUNDS 4 759 746 4 768.254 The%e financial %i&temenL% have been prepared in accordance wilh ihe provisions applicable (o charitable eompanie subject lo Ihe small companies TC8Lme. The financial stateTTr¢nt5 w'ere approved by th¢ Board of Tru51ees and authori5e4J for is5u¢ on 25 Sep.lember 2025 . and We signed its behalf by.. A C T Lord- Tru5t¢¢ H C Dai"1¢5- TtU51e¢ The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements Page 24 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST CH.4RI"I Illll.Tr: COMPANY BALANCE SHEET 31 lARCH 2025 2025 Total funds 2024 Toial funds Unrestricted funds Restricied funds Note5 FIXED ASSETS TangiblL a%%LsIS Hcriiagc asseis In%'estrnent5 Investments lrtvLsimcnt property 13 14 40.926 388,837 4250 1,841.001 26,725 2.117,999 2329.838 15 15 1.SS.2110 350.1100 145,200 350.111M 934,96J IW5,251 2,780.214 2,639,924 CURRENT ASSETS ebior.% Ciish at biink 17 96.814 947.909 49.1,66.1 1.697.058 394.422 2.074 146 749.149 1.044723 1.145.998 2,190.721 2,469,068 CREDITORS Amoun1% lalling duc w'ithin one year {150,563) 1120.1941 1270,757) 1273,9551 NET CURRF.NT ASSFTS 894.160 1.025J04 1.919964 2.195.113 T()T,11. ASSETS LESS CURRENT II29,l23 2,871.IlS 4.700.178 4.835,037 CRLDI'I'()R8 Amounls IRllin¥ duc aftcr rnorc than onc ycar 19 1110,1051 NE'f ASSTr:'rs 29.123 2.%71.IbSq 4,754.9.12 FUNDS Unr¢striclcd furtds R¢birirted funds 22 .829.12.7 2.871,045 1,924.239 2 X311.693 TOTAL FUNDS 4700 178 4 754.932 The%e financial %i&temenL% have been prepared in accordance wilh ihe provisions applicable (o charitable eompanie subject lo Ihe small companies TC8Lme. The finanLial stat¢TTr¢nt5 w'ere approved by th¢ Board of Tru51ees and authori5e4J for is5u¢ on 25 September 2025 . and We signed its behalf by.. A C T Lord- Tru5t¢¢ H C Dai"1¢5- TtU51e¢ The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements Page 25
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
CONSOI,l DIl'1''D CIISH Tr I.Oll' S'l'Il-l-Tr-.MENT
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025
2&25
2024
Notes
Cash flows from operating aclivitie5
Cdsh ¥¢nLrdlLd from 0[
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D CASH FLOIV STATENIENT FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 RECONCILIATION OF PIET IEXPENDITUREVIYCO1E TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERAI'IYG AC'IIVII'ILS 2025 2024 et lexpendliurelllntome for the reportlDg perlod las per lh¢ Stitemeni of Financil Activities) Adjustments for: Dcprccialion Lhdrge¥ Profil on distK)%al of fixed assets Interesi reCei.ed In¢rL'as¢ in sio¢ks' {IncrLasclidecrease in debtors Decrease in creditors {8.$081 127,103 26.680 16671 148.6251 14.8331 1240,717) 20,9931 17,645 138,5811 {7,5911 1,003,077 388.4471 Pltt e#$h (used Inllproi'lded bi. tsper•ilon$ 2911.66.11 71.1.206 ANALI'SIS OFCHANGE.8 lTri NET FUNDS Ai 1.4.24 Cosh llow At 31.3.2 et L%h Ch ai bank and in hand 2 268.209 384 7471 188.1462 2.268209 .184.7471 1.88.1.462 Debt FindllLe le&ses 1.823 Tot81 2 266J86 382 9241 1 883 462 The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements Page 27
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEP4TS
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025
AccouTIG POLICIES
B¥515 of preparing thc fivancial st41cmc¢S
ThL finJnLldl StllTolnIts uf ihL LhlbIt' Comp4Y. which is a public b¢n¢fJl ¢ntily und¢T FRS 102. have b¢¢n
prL'pared in aLLOTdance with the Chariiies SORP IFRS 102)'ALCOUnling artd RetX)rting by Chariiies.. SthiLmLni
ot. RecommLnded Practice applicable io charities preparin8 ihcir aecounis in accordance wilh Ihc Financial
Reporting Siandard applicable in ihe UK and Republic of Treland IFRS 1021 letTeciive l January 2011)),.
FIninCId1 Rcpuning St4n(lard 10? The Financiiil Reporting Sun(lar(l applicable in the UK
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEP4TS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 AccouTIG POLICIES- tolliillued l ¥ngible fixed assets DlyrLLI1iUn is pruVi(1 ai the followin¥ annual ral¢s in order to WTil¢ off each a¥sel OV¢T its. e5tiJnal¢(l useful Iiti or, If held llrtder a fJ]MthL¢ lease, ovei the lease Itmi, whiLhever Is the shorter. Plani and nBehinery- Pareni Pknni and Tmchinery- Sub5K4iary Motor Ilehic5 Cnnyut¢T equq)Ttrnt- ParEDt 12.Y/o OD COSI - 2(P1o on cosr -2(P/o on cosi 33 /0 on cijsi Individual iiems ¢tssiing le&% than £IO.IX)O #re ¢apithli%ed and fully depreciated in the yeaT of pur¢h&qe. All oihLr fjxed assLiIs arc dLpr¢¢iai¢d ov¢r their ¢siimai¢d US¥'ful lif¢. Hcrita%e x%sets HLrilagTL 11).4Lls Lvmpri nalurc TCServe4. buildings and relad improvements. which are held under a policy uf lon&T.ILrm T¢,¢10n u% part of Ihc obj¢¢L% of th¢ Tntst. Nature reserves held ai 31 MarLh 2(N)l are only capithlised 10 Ihe exlenl of wiy hislorical cosl lo the Trust. RL.4in'cs %0 hLld urc not rcVulUL bcc¥use convcniionul Tei'aluaiion b&%es arc not considLYcd reliublc for thi purtK)%e. Since l April 2(Mll. new. nature resen'es are capirali%ed H'here acquired for a known cosl or where rLliJblL v(IIuL lun bL UllribulLd ILI any asSL'I ginLYl OT bL.qULailiL lu ihc Trust. Hiiildings hcld in hcriiic ge ass¢i% own¢d by lh¢ injsi hav¢ nthi b¢¢n depr¢ciai¢d. as in ihc opinion of ihe itw%ices, IhL' probyrammL' of iJnpTOVLmLni dnd repair mainiains IhL lo a sidndard whLfLby IhL lulal rLsidudl vJluL will be mainiained. Consequenily the amount ofany deprccialion would not be manl. Invcstmerbi property InTr¥%im¢rti pfvp¥rty 1$ 8hown ai m081 re¢ent valuaiion. At)y aggregate SluS or defi¢it arising from ¥hanges in fair valuc is recogni%ed in rhe Siaicmcni of Financial Aciiviiies. Invc%tmcnt Propcny is valucd iniiially ai cosi and subscqucntly al fair valuc a5 valued by Ihc Council in aecordanct with their besi judgement. Sto¢k$ Siiicks are valued ai the lower of cosi and nei realisable ialue. aller making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving itLms.
xation
Th¢ charity is ¢x¢mpi from rorrM)rnlion tsx on its charitsbl¢ #ctivill¢5. Fund Accounting Unrestricted funds Unrcslrictcd fund5 are expendable at the di%retion of the Truslees for tbe fijrtherance of the Trust's object5. DL4lgn#ted funds De%i¥ndted fund8 are unrestricied funds eamiarked by the TnLsiees for particular pUe5. Restricted funds Restricted funds 5ubJ¢ct to 5cIfIC trus which may be d¢claTeil by the donor, with the donoT'S authority or may be ¢r¢at¢d through legal process. bul Still be wiihirt the iVLder objects of the Trl. Page 29 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 AccouTIG POLICIES- tolliillued Hirc purchase and leasig Commitme¢5 Assils ubiain¢(l UN¢r hirL putLha5L r(InlrJrts or financ¢ lea5¢5 are capilalised in the Balance She¢l. Those h¢ld rtdLr hire plltLhase LontraLts aTL deprtCLattd ovet thtir esiimaied useful IIwL%. Those held under finanLL leases arc depreciated over iheir esiLmaied usefiLI lives or ihe lease rern), whichever is shorter. The inler¢si ¢lem¢nt (If these Obligati() 15 charg¢d io the Staitment of FiTW)cial Activities over the relevant pcriod. Thc capiial ¢l¢mcnt of th¢ fulurc paymcnts is ir¢#t¢d as # liabilily_ Rlrtials pajd under opcrdlirtg l¢as¢s 8r¢ chthrg¢4 th¢ Siai¢m¢ni of FIn¢la1 A¢livities on a St1ght Iinc basjs oi'er the period of the lease. Ciolng Cotteerrt The Ciroup % cash reseri'es exceeded £1.8m at 31 March ?025 and as such. the Council see no reasonably puSibIL ll[lri{b io which th¢ Trusl or its subs'JdLary U)mpani¢s '0]d uoablc 10 m¢¢1 ih¢ir finan¢ial obligations for a period ofai leasi 12 monihs from the date of signing the accounts. In view of this, the accouni have been prepared on a going concern basis. Irrt¢overable N'AT WhLrL rLl¥iani. cos¥S includc ihc Jx)nion of aitributhble VAT which is iTTC¢OVCTablc. Page 30 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 DONATIONS AD LEGACIES 2025 2024 App¢al dunatiVTLS Donations Gift aid Legjacies Memb¢T5hip income 87.843 61.958 115J34 274,966 59,550 68,398 40.347 540.101 52.1653 OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 2025 2024 Fundraising Lv¢nis Sales Df 8oods ElranLh inLomL Tr<idin¥ subsidiaries 6,749 14.0411 5.890 3.565 154 515,391 639.7311 525.IK)O INVESTMENT INCOME 2024 Rents rcccivcd t)eposii accoiini inleresl 42.1911 4.3.964 38.57 91.023 Y2.545 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 202S 2024 Aciivity Con5¢rving and prol¢ciing wildlif¢ Con.%eTh"in¥ and protecting ii'il4llife Conservin8 and proieciin8 wildlife S¢rviic Income OihLr inLom¢ Cirants 231.417 7.127 147.546 R.84Q 3 252.573 2 667 634 3.40¥.959 Granis received. ineluded in the above. are as follows.. 2024 National Goi'¢Thrnenl Gravts LvLal Gov¢Thmenl GTant5 oihcr 8fdnis ,080.097 25.1.814 494 2,968.821 79,951 203.801 2,428,790 3 ?52.573 Page31 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025
IL4ISING FUNDS
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NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 io. TRUSTEES, REMLTNERATIOY AND BENEFITS TheTe were no trustees, Temuneration or other benefirs for the year ended 31 MaTch 2025 nor for the year ended 31 MarLh 2024. Trustees, expense5 During the year eXnS totalling £33 were paid l T¢¢¢[2024 £3021. STAFF COSTS 31.3.25 31.3.24 WugT¢_4 and %aldri¢ So¢ial_qe¢urily Costs Oihlr pimsi()n ¢osis 1.852.655 1,619,9(x) 166,074 140.013 105,979 91.825 2,124,708 1.851,738 avLragi monihly numbLY of ¢mploy¢¢$ during lh¢ yur w&$ as follows: 31.3.25 70 31.3.24 68 C'haritable objeelives and 1P[m)n tiovLrnallLe 71 69 The number of employees whose employmenl benefits (exclling employers pension costs) exceeded £60.111111 wa5.. 31.3.24 £60.1 - £70.000 Th¥ iharity ¢on5id¢rs 115 k¢y mllttagrm¢ni p¢rsonrt¢l Mprise th¢ Chi¢f F.Xu¢iv¢ Officer aiid Hlad vf Stralc&y & OpeTJtion%. Totdl emolumenL%. In¢luJin¥ employer p¢nsion contributions, of th¢ k¥y mdndg¢meni perionnLI were £135.26712024- £131.8101 12. COMPARATIVES FOR TIIE STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTII'ITIES Unrestricted rundts Total rundb rundb INCOME AND Er4DOW'1ENTs FROM Doiialions and Icgacics 390276 133.377 523.653 Ch#rilablr aclii'itics CoJL%etving and proieciing wildlile 450,180 2.958.779 3.408,959 Other trading activities Inv¢st]n¢ni itLfOm¢ 520.965 4.035 5.965 525.(K)O Tot1 1.438,iK)I 3,102.156 4.540,157 Page 33 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 12. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEI1ET OF FINXNCIAL ACTII'ITIES- Continued Lnrestricied Restricted funds funds Total funds EXPENDITLRE ON Raisin8 tunds 873.363 13.103 886,466 Ch#rlt#ble #Ctli'ltlcs Con_s¢r1n and pmt¢¢ling wildlife 2651.084 3.526 588 Total 1.748,867 2,664.187 4.413,054 i%ET INcOlE1{XPEDITURE) 1310.¥66} ¥4.3O21 437,969 84.302 127.103 I'ran5fers betw'een fund5 fiet rnoi'ernent In funds 1395,168) 522.271 127,103 RF.CUNCII.IATIUli OF FUNDS Toiiil I'unii% broiibyhi loNord 2.332.729 2.308.422 4.641,151 T(>TAL FUNDS CARRITr:D Tr()RIVARD .937.561 2.¥311.693 4.7fitl.254 13. TAYC'IIII.F. FIXF.D A8%F.T( (Jruup churitable companv Plani und machin¢ry MLltor v¢hi¢l¢s Cunipulcr ¢quipm¢ni Totals Ai l April 2024 Additions Disposals 114.039 1911J88 31J95 6.701) 25.402 337,N29 31.395 A¢ 31 Mar¢h 2025 114.039 22.1.022 362 46.1 DF.PRF.CIATIO Al l April ?014 Ch42rgc IOT ycar liminated on disposal 96J44 8,244 147.083 278.829 26.679 Al 31 March 2025 I.-88 168.757 2911747 NLI. BOOK I'ALUE At 31 M2rth 2025 At 31 March 2024 17.695 41,305 Page 34 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 13. TNGIBLE FIXED ASSETS- CODtiDued Fixed assets. included in the above. which are held under hire purcha5¢ contracts are as follows.. Plant and machinery COST At l April 2024 Transfer io 0MerShip 19,450 19.4501 Al 31 March 2025 DEPRECIATION4 Al l April ?1114 Trunst¢T IL) owTrership 12,U70 12.0701 At 31 March 2025 F.T BOUK I'ALVF. Ai 31 March 2025 Al 31 March 2024 7.-180 TAYGIFSI,F. FIXF.D ASSETS Charltgbl¥ rompanTr only Plan14hnd machinLYy Moior LhiLles Computer CqUIPIIIL'ni Tola15 Al l April 2024 Additivns DI.%pol 79.239 1411.933 2$3,$74 6.7611 fi,7611 Al 31 March 2025 278.208 DEPRECIATIO Al 1 .4pril 2U24 Chargc for year F.liminatid on disw)sal 74.1.19 85(1 127J08 12.094 6.7611 25.402 226,849 12,944 Al 31 MarLh 2025 74.989 132.641 233.032 ET BOOK VALUE Al 31 March 2025 411.926 Al 31 March 2024 5.1 21.625 26.725 Page 35 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 14. HERITAGE ASSETS Group and charitable company Total COST Al l April 2024 Additions 2,117,999 111,839 At 31 MdrLh 2025 2 229.838 NET BOOK I'ALUE Ai 31 March 20?5 2 229 838 At 31 March 2024 2,117.999 S year sumrnry of iierltage A55et Tran58ct10115 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Piir¢has¢g 1.536.229 Il¢rii#bic a%L4 ¢ompri4¢ ofn8iur¢ resc¢$. buildings ind 181 impro%'¢m which are h¢ld under a policy of l()nuy_ierni reieniion as part of Ihe TrLLSI'S objeciiies. 15. INVF.%TMF.NT PR()PFRTY Group and charltable comp*nv FAIR I'ALUE Ai l April 2(Tr24 and 31 MdrLh 2025 350 000 YET BOOK VALUE At 31 M4ircli ?{)25 3$0 111111 Ai 31 March 2024 350 000 Thc investmLnl propcrty was valued al markci valuc1£350.IMM)l on 21 Novcmbcr 2022 by Dafydd Hardy Esialc ABLnts who are indcpcndcnl of thc charity. Thc TrUstc are of thc opinion that thc carrying valuc as at 31 MaTclI 2025 15 refleciive of curreni markel i'alucs. Fair valu¢ at 31 March 2025 is r4)rn¢ by= Valuation in 2019 Valuation in 2023 C05t 96,235 i¥u,000 350 000 Page 36 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST No'l'Tr.S'I'O"I'HTr: CONSOI.ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'ITrIANCIAL STATE.MENTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.liDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 15. FIXED ASSET INI"ESTI¥IENTS Charitable compan}. onl). Share5 1 ¥rvup ndLhrtakings MARKET VALUE At l April 2024 and 31 March 2025 145,21JO NET BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2025 At 31 March 2024 145,2(Nl There were no investment &ssets outside the UK. Thl company's inwestsncnis fji ihc balan¢e sh¢¢i da in Ihe sharc cfjpiial of¢ompaniLs include thc following.. Enfys Ecology {Cornp#ny P•.025351841 RL'¥tisl¢r¢d offii¢'. Llys tiarth.tianh Road.BJngor.LL57 2RT Ndlurc af business.. Environmental C'onsulting Aciiviiics Ll¢SS of sharc.. Ordinary holdin 100 2074 Aggprlgpialc Lapital und rc&crvL PmfiLIILo%.¥l for lh¢ ycar 122.fy15 58,1851 48,.503 N.W.W.T. Tradln8 Llmlied ICompAni' P40.02$34I841 RL¥i%lLrLd ofticL.' Llys lidrth.(ianh Rudd.Ban¥or,LL$7 ?R T Naliire of biisine5s.' Retsil Cld%s of %hare'. Ordinary holdin 100 2024 Aggregate capital and reseTh-es PrufiLIIL0I for IhL' year 33.fi5Q -15.908 14.9?6 16. SI'OCKS Ikoup CharitaNe conyny .11 J.25 31.3.24 31 J.25 31.3.24 Sto¢k 30J48 ?4.715 Page 37 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 17. DEBTORS: AI¥IOUNTS FALLIYC. DUE II'ITHIN 0E YEAR CharitalAe COTnpn)' .IlJ25 31J25 31.3.24 Trdde debtots 565h81 222¥2 44.009 6.150 52116 3},304 18.885 51,485 1,942 419A16 293.748 18.885 50,330 1,942 Accrued incon Pr¢pJynrnts Othi'id¢bio]s VAT 44.0119 6.150 SJ51 18.7.17 493,66.1 Anx)unts owed by 8TOUP und¢rtJkitigs 30,017 394,9?2 64.lJ28 40?.616 18. CREDITORS: AMOUYTS FALLIYG DUE WITHIN ONE I'EAR CharltaNe ¢ornpny -11_125 31.3.24 JI_1.25 31.3.24 Other ivuny Ise¢ note 201 HI purLh#sL l>C¢ fiL)tI 211 I'rdLl¢ Lr¢diiuri Tax SoLial S¢Luriiy and oih¢r taxs VAT OiherLreditors Def¢rred inivi ALLru¢d ¢pp¢ns¢s 1,823 109.79S 12.262 6.1.764 74.428 17348 92.105 102,286 97.391 37.8Th 53.733 19.874 l(Kg.021 63.764 15.944 87 57.195 37.X78 16,933 95.M7 24,729 ?73.955 4.17.7S3 270.7.q7 19. CREDITORS: ANIOUYT.S FALLIYG DUE AFfER hlORE THAN ONE YEAR Charli¥Ne compnv 31.3.24 31J.25 31.3.24 tk.rirred incon IK>.1O5 t.105 20. LEASINC. Ar.RE1ENT$ Cjroup and ¢hArltAble compgnv MitLiillUJll IcasL paymLn15 tall duc a5 follows.. Hirp pureh15e eontraet5 2025 2024 NL'I obligation% repayable= I'iihin one year 1.823 Oll-tttneellable Dper9tin2 leAse5 2024 Within on¢ year Between one five years 36,029 32,517 39,519 108 066 Page 38 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 21. PROVISIONS FOR LtABILITIES (koup CharitalAe Con. JlJ.25 31.3.24 31J25 31.3.24 ProvL8ions 5,974 5,974 22. i¥IOI'EMENT IY FUNDS Cjroup #rtd ¢h#rltbl¢ ¢omp#ny Transf¢rs berween movement ID fund5 At 31.3.25 At 1.4.24 Unrestrlcied funds Gcneri?I liind DLsibynalLd- LoniinbJ¢n¢y l.and and propcrty .103,748 ¥33.1113 {55,610) 1732,11971 316,1141 ¥.13.8l3 7.IR.8.17 7.18.&17 1.937.$61 15S.6101 6.7411 lJ188,691 R¥s¢rleied furtds Land and PWP¥rty C'i)rpnrat¢ .729.162 62.118 171,1162 Jll.7.lJ 111.840 1,841.001 -59,611 148,327 8,164 1,108 144.9311 9.02$ 22,196 119.4921 Environment ALI Wales120161 Ini¢fTC¥ NDrth-Wcsl Euro l&Liiidlill Dispvsal TaK Qvmmuniii¢s S¢hLm¢ Local Naiurc Partner%hip4 Nalionthl LollLry Community Fund Natur<il Rc.%OUTCCS Wale% Siislainablc I'¢10pment Fund Th¥ Wildlif¥ Trubls Wel%h Gov¢mm¢nt PLopIL's P(78icI)de L(711ery SLilion 106 Planning Obligalion Scrvicc incomc Cirant- furtdirtg ¢our5¢ varies Multipl¢ fundJn¥ svur¢¢s 69 7,19% -1.628 155.619) (J.l981 961 1.480 402 2,286 17¥.9641 149,101 14.713) 4.40 16.2q81 4.909 1125.0¥41 112,52.11 J,i.i.I 426 (8.5711 49.1113 1114.764 20,9.19 3,660 22.8.17 171.1119 349 970 49.IH6 12.519 12.1061 .17.666 140.155 279.1195 2.830.69J 47,102 2,871,055 TOTAL FUNDS 4.768254 &5011 4 759 746 Page 39 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. riovEMENT IN FufiDS- continued Group and charitable companv Nel Tnuv¢m¢nt in funds. includ¢(l in the aknve are follows.. Incoming resources Resourecs expended Movcment in funds Unr¢strl¢ied funds Cieneral fund I J07.172 {lJ62.7821 {55,610) Restricted funds Land and properry CurpuTdle DonaiioniLegacy EIJviTOrtm¢nt A¢1 Wal¢s120161 IniLrreg Nonh-WL%I Europe Landfill l)isposal Tax Communities 8Lh¢mL LvLal Naiurl Partrtirships Nati()nal Laiilry C"ammuniry Fund Nliiural Risuurics Wdl¢s Su%iainablL Devclopm¢nt Fwvl ThL Wilcllifc TTU%i% Welsh (iuvernTnenl PL(>pl¢% Pts41lIL Loti¢ry 81¢1ion 106 Plannin¥ Obli8a¢ion Service income (irJni - fundinbr course varie Muliiplc funding %OUTecs 137.222 20.753 1145.7281 165.6841 143,9331 {2,2791 IR.506) (44.931) 9,025 2.279 7J78 l(H).012 454.667 17J781 196.4411 1510.21161 {55.619} 1155 1.1,047 {711,9hS} 149.1111 14.7131 (3.0471 1152.29111 161111.0¥21 162.011.11 110,1)091 149,41141 15112.9701 182.4051 73J33 829.7¥3 16,2411 4.909 77.291 487.1179 259.096 47.102 TOTAL FUNDS 3.949.¥34 3.968.343) $081 Page 40 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. riovEMENT IN FUNDS- tontinued Charitable cornpan)- onl). Nd movemeni in funds TTansf¢r$ between fi]nds Al 31.3.25 At 1.4.24 Unre5trlcied fund$ CJLn¢i&l fund De%iBnaied- coniingetscy Land and prop¢ny l.Ib91b.426 833.813 {IOlJ56) (732.11971 256,473 833.813 738,837 738W7 ,924.239 (IOlJ561 740 1.829,123 Restricted funds Liind dDd Pr(lnY CI)TPOT#¢e DuIiaiiunlLegacy Environnient ALI WalL$120161 Inlcrrcg Nonh-Wc51 lurope L7 ndlill t)isposal Tax Communities 8ihLmL Local Naiurc Partnerships National Loiicry C'ommuniiy Fund Ndiufdl RLsoufLL% WdlL SusiuinublL I)evclopmeni Fund The Wildlife Trusi% Wilsh CJuvcminLni Piopl¢% Po81¢1¢ Loit¢ry Section 1116 Planning Ohligaiion SL'fviLL inLomL' (irant- funding sourcc vaTiC5 Miiliiple flinding sourccs .729.162 62.118 171.1162 111.840 5.999 22,196 119,5921 1.841.001 59.611 148,327 8,164 I,io¥ 18.506) 144.931 9.1125 69 7.198 .1.628 56.817 1.480 402 253.662 49.186 3.571 {55.6191 (1,19¥1 961 2,286 1.1.1147 17N.96SI 149.101 14.71.11 1124.ON41 112.52.11 49.1113 18S.764 20,9.19 12,1661 37.066 146.IqS 279.095 42h (11.4711 1&25161 4.909 77.291 22.1137 171,109 349.970 6.4161 2.830.693 47.102 2.871.0$5 TOTAL FUNDS 4.754.931 54.7541 4,700,178 Page41 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. riovEMENT IN FUNDS- tontinued Charitable cornpan)- onl). Nel Tnuv¢m¢nt in funds. includ¢d in the ave are follows.. Incoming resources Resourecs expended Movcment in funds Unr¢strl¢ied funds Cieneral fund 688.952 (790J081 (101.856) Restricted funds Land and properry CurpuTdle DonaiioniLegacy EIJviTOrtm¢nt A¢1 Wal¢s120161 IniLrreg Nonh-WL%I Europe Landfill l)isposal Tax Communities 8Lh¢mL LvLal Naiurl Partrtirships Nati()nal Laiicry C"ammuniry Fund Nliiural Risuurics Wdl¢s Sustainable Devclopm¢nt Fwvl ThL Wilcllifc TTU%i% Welsh (iuvernTnenl PL(>pl¢% Pts41lIL Loti¢ry 81¢1ion 106 Plannin¥ Obli8a¢ion Service income (irJni - fundinbr source varie% Muliiplc funding %OUTecs 137.222 20.753 1145.7281 165.6841 143,9331 {2,2791 IR.506) (44.931) 9,025 2.279 7J78 l(H).012 454.667 17J781 196.4411 1510.21161 {55.619} 1155 1.1,047 {711.9hS} 149.1111 14.7131 (3.0471 1152.29111 161111.0¥21 162.011.11 110,1)091 149,51141 15112.9701 182.4051 73J33 829.7¥3 16,2411 4.909 77.291 487.1179 259.096 47.102 TOTAL FUNDS JJ41.614 3J96.3691 Page 42 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. riovEMENT IN FufiDS- ¢oniinued Group and charitable companv Compxratlves for moi'emeat Sts funds Nci movemenl in funds Transfcrs between funds. At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 Uthre$tri¢i¥d GLnL'ral lut)0 Disignaicd- contingency 1.164.519 1.168.210 {310.8661 1.103.748 833.813 334,-3971 2.332.729 1310.8(J61 184.3011 .937.561 Resirleted fund$ Land and propcrty Curporai¢ DonaiionlLegacy Environnient Act Wales120161 InlerTegr Nonli-west F.urope Lanlltill Di%po%al TaK Communiiies Sch¥mc Local Naiurc Partnerships NJiiondl LoiiLry CotnmuThity Fynd Nuturdl RL.%OUTCC¥ Wule SLisIlinab7¢ r)evelopmenl Fund Thi Wildliti Tm%l% W¥l%h Ciov¢mm¢ni Penpl¢s Pn8icI)de Loiiery SL'ilion 106 Planninbi Obligalion Sirvicc incomc r4?nl - lundin¥ course varies Multiplc tunding sourccs 19? 933 19.7x2 226,071 19,187 1.536.??9 1,729.162 36.836 160,3771 11,4091 129.1761 3.318 953 27.41K) 171.062 18.731 20,578 3.Y5X 124.506 4.338 119,801 1.907 167,6891 {2,8581 402 IXl,246 35.11(F) 6.745 17.93111 1?5.835 1 ?3.532 266.524 17081 12.2371 69 3,62M 56.X17 1,480 4112 253.662 49,186 2?.519 12.1661 81.X16 19,4(K)I 137.M391 15.774 5.772 21.260 22.623 1.495,726 42,241 146.155 279.095 ,483.1551 2,-108.422 437,969 84.-102 2 8.10 1?93 T()TAL FUNDS 4.(Al.15l 127.In3 4.768.254 Page 43 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN.IPiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. riovEMENT IN FUNDS- ¢oniinued Group and charitable companv cvtnparl1Vc n¢1 Tnuv¢m¢nl in funds. inrludal in th¢ abov¢ are a5 follow5.. Incoming resources Resourecs expended Movcment in funds Unr¢strl¢ied funds Cieneral fund I,438.] {1,748,8671 {310,866} Restricted funds Corporate DuD<iliunlL¢giacy EnviTOrtmertt A¢1 Wal¢s120161 lrtl¥rTkg NoMlI-wii Euro Landtill Disposal Tax Communiii¢s Scheme LuLal NulurL Pdrtnirship$ NJtivnal LoiiLT! Community Fund Natural Rc_41)ur¢cs Wale Siisl£1in£1bl¥ Il¢vclopmcni Fund I'hc Wildlitc'l'ru%l WLlsh CiovLmmcni Pe()ples PosliL)de Lc)Ilery SLLliun l Oh Plannin¥ Obligaiion 8iri'i¢¢ in¢om¢ (irani - fundin¥ c17urse varies MuliiplL' lundinbl %OUTLL 149.592 20.211 30.1197 I lJ.8851 IRO.53RI 132.3061 115.2911 I(.327} 11.4091 1241.1761 2.700 46.7x0 924,223 12.4641 X.537 214.331 844.354 80.979 7.530 42.954 252.fi06 4Y2.791 1?2,5011 144.X731 1991,9121 13941 18.1141 133.1051 1808.5451 174.?141 115,46XI 168,7891 119,801) 1.907 167,6891 1?.8581 4112 IXl.246 6.745 17,9381 125,R351 123.5.32 266.524 226.ry671 3 102 156 2.fi64 187 4.17.969 TOTAL FUNDS 4.540.157 4.413.(J$41 127.103 Pur ose of unrestricted fund l.#nd and prop¢rt)' This fund rLprL'%L'ni8 nature reserves purchased usin8 8eneral funds. This fund also includes an investment properly whiLh is IoLaied on one ofthe nature reserves. DesignAted- CoNtiNgency This d¢signalcd fund rq)re5entS Ting fenced fund5 pul aside by Ihe Tru51ees to cover operalional Tunnillg costs of thc rhanty. Pur ose of reslricted fund5 Land and properh. Thi¥ fund ri'piib¢nl¥ natu re5uv¢s pul¢h¢d using t¢51Tirid fuThl5. Corporate Funding7 frojn cortKkratc busincssts lo suppon th¢ objcciivcs of tbc charity- DoNationlLegac)' Funding ftt)m 7Vidual$ tv supp)rt th¢ obj¢Ltiv¢s vf th¢ Lharity. Page 44 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 22. I¥IOVEMENT IN FUI%DS- tontinued Eni'lronmeni Att Il'ale$12016} Funding tL'Leiwed 10 CaTry Out the S¢¢tion I{ ]athd management serv]¢¢ agre¢m¢ttts with Naiurdl R¢sour¢es Wales. Inlvrrvg NM. Europe Funding fmTn Ini¢rr¢g Evrope toward% the European Terri¢ori#l C(K>perniion programme. Lgndflll Dlsposal TAX Communliles Stheme Tax di%tribuicd io supp)ft public ser%'iccs in W'alcs. Local Niure Partnershlps Funding for L(xal authoTiiy proje¢is io build a oawre recovery nenvork across Wale$. National Lotten Communil). Fund Funding from National Loltery ro sUPP)rt the objttiives of the chariry. Y#turg1 Resources Il'sles Trunding IrÉ)m Naiural RLsi)urc¢s Walc& a govemmeni body r¢sSible for duiics undcT Naiural Rcsourcc% Ilody for Wal¥s Ifunilions) Ord¢r 2013. iU5t#lnAhle DeTrtlopment Fund Fundin¥ for prvjeLls adrnini¥kred by. and in Areas ofoulsiandin¥ Naiural Ikauly. Th¢ Wlldllf¢ Trysts Funding 18 or frnm the Royal SOciY ofwildlife Tnjsts to suppon the objeeiives ofihe chariiy. IVe15h (Nol'ernrnent tii',Iiiib rfidniiTiisl¥rixi by W¢lsh tiov¢mm¢ni io supp)rt lh¢ obj¢¢iiv¢$ ofih¢ ¢hirily. PtThple$ Po$tcod¢ Lthtier). Fundinb frÉ)m d %ub%Lriplivn loiiery which raises money for ¢hariiie$ 10 use in furtheriny iheir ¢harilabl¢. objeLtive Sertion 100 P14rtnin% Oblig#tlo Funding Iv suppurt lh¥ dLlib'i4' vf # ¢onird¢i bdw¢en a d¢v¢lop¢r aJMI plantjing authority. Service Income Fiinding Iroin Nwwt supply ofscrviccs lo usc in furthcrin8 dicir charilablc objeclives. Grant- fundlng source v8rl FundinbF frum bTTdni prc)vidL't¥ support th¢ obje¢iiv¢s (Trfth¢ ¢harity. 1ultiple Funding Sources Funding7 from various sourccs to k uscd in fvrthcring thc objectives fo the charity. Transfers between funds Transters between fllnds represent overhead allocations. Page 45 contii)u¢d...
NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tOtied FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 lARCH 2025 23. RELATED PARTI, DISCLOSURES The Tn1 charg¢s its subsidiary cornpanies for IKcupancy. admini51rat)Oll. salary Techarge and other costs inLurt¢(I by th¢ TTU¥t un th¢iT h]r. Dutin¥ th¢ yrJr. such c(Isls fvr Nwwf Tradin¥ Limid and Enfys Ecology Limite41 *'ere £35,742 and £39,672 TeS]LtiVelY 12024 £22,925 and £?9.7391. During the year Enfys Ecology Limiied charged the TnLSI L85.305 12024 £88.9831 with regard 10 Work done on pr(?j¢Lt& directly attributable to the Tru5¢ and NWWT Tradin¥ sold g(M)ds to the Tru5r equating to £108 12024 £741 During the y¢ar. Nw'wf Trading don&i¢d £14.926 Ih¢ Tnjsi 12024 £NILI. Ai ihL balan¢c sh¢¢i dai¢ an amount of £1 1,348 12024 19,8431 w'as ow'in8 10 the Tnjsi. Tepreseniing outstanding amounis for cosrs incurred by the TTUSt on Trading's behalr. No amourtis w'ere gifted 10 the Trnsi by Enfys Ecology Limi¢¢d ihe year. Ai the balance sheei date an omouni ofE7.38912024 £20,174) was owing io th¢ Tru$1. r¢pr¢s¢niith¥ ()ui$tsnding amouni for costs in¢urr¢d by the Tnjsi on Entys ELology LLmiied's behalr. Page 46