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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
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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$olld*ted St41emeni of Fln4n¢l41 A¢tli.l¢les
23
Consolidated Balgnte Sheet
24
Charltablt Compin). B*l*nce Shrtt
25
Con$olld4ted C*$h Flow Stitemtni
26
Note5 to the Consolidated Cash Flow StAtem¢nt
27
Not¢$ to the Corbsolld*tcd Fln*rt¢l*l St*ttmfn¢s
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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).
0￿ECTIVEs AND ACTIVITIES
ObJe¢tlves *lms
The prinLipal obJeLlives olihe Twsi are'.-
il For the public benefit. to record. SDJdy and p￿eCt 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 th￿Cin.
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 int0rniL￿d. 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'lslr*n 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 I￿al and global problems
Volunt¢¢rs
The ￿'1)I￿ntee[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
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AcHIE￿.E￿1ENTs AN4D PERFOR￿lANcE
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 Pl￿pIe #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 M1￿h 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)IliibLir￿l1V¢ <tTuris to TeiiLh 30x30 in ihe nilvine
environment.
Sc*llnE Ilp to Regch 30Q/ts of Land for Wildlife bi. 2030
The Tn151 playcd a full role a5 a member of the North Wales Namre Co-ordination Iniiiarive which sianed in 20??. We
LonlinuLd lu hu¥1 Ihl prL)¥rdtnmL rn¢ina¥cr. 4WC Parl of Ihi slceritb¥ wup and applicd r(IT fundinky durinky 2024125. albLiI
un%uLIL44lully. ThL WalLs Co-oidinJii(In IDiliJ¢iv¥ PTogr¢sscd div¢lopmer)i uf prolilLs that L%tabligh
shar¥d gL)als for naiurc and d¢lii'cry girai¢gi¢s ihai crcaic bcncfils for y)ci¢¢y.' jobs. cultural heriiagc and e¢o%y51Lm
scrviLLs, As P£lrt of Ihc irtilialivc. Ihc Twsi mad¢ Influcnii)I coniribuiions io d¢v¢l¢)pm¢ni of In()111lvrinbJ and rcpvrting
81andard% lor nature in Wal¢.%. The JniiLativ¢ is sianing io fulfil ih¢ ainbiiion iliai w¢ and th¢ oiher niernbcr
organi￿li0n% have for it, including collaborniion amon8si ourselves and improved en8a8ement with the TCPTC%Clit¥livc
L)r liirmers und I￿7ndOWnerS. on whom nalure depend5. The iniliaiive slarted LL)5¢In￿ whai nalure needs and eKpIuTin
privat¢ linanLL VPlion* io help g¢1 naiurc back orh iralk.
￿l￿n¥￿ernent Advl%or)' *iL'ri'i¢e
A hif4llLbY dnd bu%itlL.%% M'LfL approved by NWWT InL%iees iTh quaner 3. wilh a pn)jeei bud8ei approvLd in quunLr
4. Thc 4idvi%ory %ervicc has adopicd Ihc namc rial￿.ad. and ihc progrnmmc will bc dclii'crcd acTOk4 four clcmcni%'.
prvilLlivc on-¢all advisory wvrk. Iraining and dcmon51raiivn. Slr311¥i¢ projccls. and a Lrotss-cullin¥ LomiMuiiiLaliuns
plan. In qudrtcr 2, WL wcr¢ ioinm15510n¢d by Fanning C'onnc¢t 10 produ¢¢ a training video lor lann advisorn un arablc
habiiai%. Through RSIIT, w'¢ ¥c¢ur¢d £146.IXM) frthm th¢ Wotm'in Fr>undation to r¢¢ruit a fAmi advi%or and to 4UPPnrt
our Irdining dnd demcinsirati(Trn pr(?¥rdmme. Thrtsugh the Welsh (ivvernm¢ni INRS. w¢ were iii reL¢IVlllg
dLVL'lopML￿t funding for ihL Porfeydd UnL¥ryW pfojLLI deli%'ered in parthership wilh PJ%luTe for Lile and Eryri Ndiional
Park Aiithoriiy. A projcct plan N'a5 subrnittcd to Welsh (iOVCTnmcnt in quartcr 4 aiid dclivery is CXPCCtcd to slart in
August 2025, involving eighi fami b￿$lnesseS nine landholding5 iothlling I.2(K)￿.
Lll'lng L*ndsc%pes
Alun and ch￿lIer
W¢ brought togcthcr a group of f3mffi5 in th¢ Alun oatrhmeni aTKI 5wpcd out WOTk on th¢ir fam5 to b¢ncfit wildlifc
Thi% Incliides hedge restoration, I￿ planiing. EK)nd creaiion. ￿'?1¢r¢0￿rs¢ buifer sirip rreation and natural flo￿1
manabT¢mcni inieTh'¢niii?ns. Thr￿U￿ the WL'15h Dee Tru¥1 w¢ al¥v had 5rvwI out imprvv¢m¢ni% Iv
infrdslruLture io help improve waiLr qllality in the sub-caichmeni. The infomiaiion proi'ided Lnformed an applicaiion io
the Welsh Government's Inlegrdled Narural Resources Scheme for a ihree-year project to delii'er the Works by March
202¥. Work on the Chwiler calchmcni would k COVLYcd by a similar projcct submitlcd for considcration by thc Clwryd
Forum. which the NWWT is a ronslitu¢nt of.
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Tree Nursery
We COniinuLd work io deN'Llop our trL* nursery ai Aberdun& lending over 25.(KX) trL￿s. 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.
Wrexh*m Industrl*l 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 in￿r¢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<lgT¢ Bak¢T> % Er1&4 Bl<iLk Wu(Id Jn(I
relaied miligaiiort land. Bat and bird boxes wei¢ placed Ihrou¥hi)ul ¢he wth)d and ITee safety WOTk was undertaken after
Ihl siorms, InLluding fLlling of som¢ Ir¢cs. Th¢ Iiajl alonb RI￿WIlh￿l Brouk wa& maJnthin¢d. W¢ ¢ni¢r¢d inio a
Lollabordiive partnership with First Invesimenis and oiher partners in relaiion 10 a new w'ildlife miiigation site Ihai is
being Created a5 a result of a large development on the edge of the indusrrial esiare.
Conwy eat¢hment
Working In partncrship wilh Dyffr)m Dyfodol ICICI fynd Naiural Resou￿¢$ Wales and funded by the Esméc Fairbaim
Foundc11ion. wc dclivcr¢d th¢ firs1 phas¢s of lh¢ Gofud tilas proj¢¢l. an 4)n¥oin¥ crcaiivc and ¢m¢rbJ¢ni prol¢￿￿,
exploring liuman LonneLiions 10 tre%hwaier. Collab4)raiing wilh Lre8iiv¢ praLlllion¢rs. organi$3iions, Loininuniiie%.
in(lividual% und spcciali%is. we seek 10 nurture ncm. rclaiionships. %hare collec¢i￿C learning and explorc diffcrciii forni
L)r knvwledkTe und eKperienLe5 relalin¥ IL) freshw'iiier. Hi¥hli¥hiiDg waierfs pu￿tTful iDlluenLe L)n Lulture. suLieiy and
thL Lnvirvninlni hLIp* u% IN.kli%Luvcr %u%ioinabl¥ ways of lii'ing ￿'lIhIrt our frL'%hwai¢r eLu%y%l¢ms. Thc puMnLr%hip
cliv¢r¥d d ran¥¢ of ¢xplorJii%'¢ work%, In¢luding a Rii'¢r ICiWI%8 yr afonl d¢¢orui¢d u'iih ribboii%, iach a%kiiig a
question io the riverl I'l￿ Iley. A shon film inieTh'iewing l(Kal people Share Iheir name ￿lIh rivers loc8110 ilie C'nnwy
LalLhtnLnl. WL dlw faLiliiaiLd J SLriLs of auiuinn LVLmlS inLludinbTr cfLalivL' ii'thlk%. o sc45iun foLu%inbi on bLavLr rL'.
introduction lo Walcs, a filrn %CTccning of'Rivcr', fini%hing with a scrics of collaboratiN'e coraclc building %c%sionli nn 'Y
S¥wai' in Llanrwsi in MJrLh. W¥ havc ￿1￿ Ih¥rcd many qucslions and insighis fiom thosc who havL cii¥a¥Ld in lh¢
Golod Glas proL¢SS and M'ill bc exploring ihcse lunh¢r in ncxi two-y¢ar phabc.
An#l¢sey F¢'n•
We %i*urL.d funding from IhL' National LoiiL'ry Heriiage Fund and ihe Esinee Fairbairn Foundalion for a two-year
dcl'clopmcnl stagc for an arnbitiOU5 lii'c-year Lii'ing Landsca￿ projccl io protcct and cnhancc Ihc Anglc5cy I'cns. Wc
welromed Ncil l)un5ire 35 Projerl Manager. Megan Jon¢5 a5 PToj¢rl Adn)ini51Talor and 05ian Williaii15 a5 Fari
Fngdgimini Offii¢r, wh(? 4uILkly gol lu work dib'clvping C(Trr%ydd Calvn M(?n Prvj¢il. Aini?ng muih (Iih¢r wi?rk,
evLrdl Lommiinity enga¥LmLni aeii%'iiie% were delii'ered. w'orkin8 M'iih wider %thkeholder% %uch a% OriLI Mon, FuiurL'
ObseTh'alory's Piiblic Map Platform and Ihe Royal Commission on ihe Ancieni and Historical Monumen1% Wales. With
our corc partnlrs. Nalurl4 l Risourccs W￿lIC5. Dwr Cymru. Naiional Fanncrs Uill￿1 cy11￿U alid Fanncrb Unioli ofwalc5
we cslab115hd 3 farmcr and 13ndown¢r group a8￿c1ng 5Utv¢y woik approarh w'ith Soil A￿￿0¢13110￿ F.xrhangc and
listing poteniial 'e3rly adopter, famer oprrt)rtuniiies. We Succ￿$fUllY re¢nJiied a Communiiy F.ngagemeni Con4uliani, a
PrvjLLt Evalualvr drtd a Hcritabp¢ Cvn%ulidni i(Tr advibe us dnd wvrk i(Trg¢ih¢r io plan a 5¢ne¥ of avtivili¢% vv¢r Ihe
summer of 2025. which WLII help us pr(Kluce our delivery phase bid.
Control of Inva5ii'e.Non-NatiYe 5petie5 IINY5)
Progrcss h&5 bc¢n rnadc toN'ard5 Natur¢ in R￿0very thTough..
Siirveying and mand¥in¥ INNS in the up￿r Dee basin alx)ve Bala for th¢ firs1 tLme.
- Below Bala over 30km of riverbank was mallaged by coniraeiors. volunieers and tNNS ￿atr.
SuTh'cying of oN'er 130km of public rights of wa). in Ihc Dec basin has bccn undcrraken.
Two site5 on the rii'eT tke ￿'¢re inoculated with Himalayan balsam rusr fungu5.
Scoping has b¢¢n undertaken to begin 5Utv¢ving a[￿ active tnanagettltnt on the upper Afon Cli￿d in 2025.
Treated C.oioneaster on 4 Sites of Special Stieniific Inl¢r¢si Isssii from C.on￿Y t() Mold.
The %econd phase of PutTin Island rai erndicaiion M'as compleied in March and the reslllis look promjsing.
WaREN has arranged a sile in North Wales lo trial a novel pesiieide free Japanese Knoiw'eed eradication technique.
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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%.4i*lJnLL 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 ￿l￿te￿drod¥. 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 organi￿lI0n¥ 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 d￿um￿l)I￿rY 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¢1￿5¢ 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 c￿ner&s. inLludin¥ onL' in Y%btol David HughLI.
Mcnai Elrid¥c. We inslallcd or farilitatcd bo%e5 ill cight localions including two I￿1th 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
s￿l<￿ty. dnd rai%¢d dwar¢n¢%s Ihrvu¥h artiil¢s in mllg3YLnts. Iwal pr¢s5. S￿la1 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 i￿￿U¢ 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.
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Volunteer recruiimellt drivLS throu¥houi the season illCTe8sed thL onsiie volunieer numl*ts 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 gr￿p5 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<r l¢vils ai Llyn Alath. SSSI, which now CO%'CT wliai its b¢ muddy Jijarb>in￿ for
wadLrs and w'ildtowl and investigaiions are unden¥av. Il'e ￿'gan work 10 again fight otYihe'Red Route, road proposal
in blintshire. whieh ha5 re-merged as a ihreat in ihe draft North Wales Regional Transport Plan.
Nature r¢strves and our LAndholdln%s
Hcr¥ WL givc a sniall snapshi)¢ ol. ¢h¢ highlights from our nawre T￿rVeS and also ai Bry'n Ifan, ai 178 ha our second
lar¥cs1 gltc, Ai many silCS wc work wilh loLal gray.Icr$ 10 cnsur¢ ihai w¢ m)Intsin a suiitiblc gra/.in¥ r¢¥imc,' suLlI ￿.￿rk
otlcn rcquirci inl'rd%In￿1llr¢. a k¢y output trom Jnany of our funding sireajns. The gTa21ng and our skilled volunieer%
continue lo play a major role in en.%uring ihai are re%erves are effeciivcly managcd and PTO%'idinby ihc fouiidaiioiial
buildin¥ bluLk5 fur nalure's reLovery. This work is often alonyide aimin¥ lo ensure thai Liur key siies provide safe
aL¢L4% 14)r L)ur visi¢L)rs.
Wrexh*m
At MiiiLr41 Quarry. thanks ￿ our Land%Lapc EnhanL￿meTht Iniliative projeci. work coniinucd brinbTrinbT IObTLiilILr
monugcmcnl work for biodii'cTSily and ihc uniquc industrial archacology of the sitc. (iras%land including fcncinB and
Lullin¥ hclS rLapLYJ bcn¥fils mosi rtolably in lh¢ dii'ct$ily ofot¢hids. Followin¥ IIIL r¢moval ofihc lowiiiii¥ ILylai)dii, Ihc
Lar park has also bcen rc.surlaccd.
Alongs¢d¢ wuiine mandB¢m¢ni work. a key PToje¢i ai Mdrford Quarry was ih¢ exiensiv¢ removal of non-nJiiw¢
Loloneasler. Several moni10riTh8 prnjeLLs were also thgrried oui roc1￿sIng on buiiernies and amphibions.
Prolonbped wei winier5 continue io Ihrtraien ihe ¢om]x)sition of ihe unique nwdplain meadow llora at Old Pulford
Brvuk M¥advw% d¢spil¢ ¢fforis to adjust mana8¢m¢nt.
Oiir small woodland ai Pi5gah Quarry. FToncy5yllie coniinued 10 benefii from a small range of rourine management
tasks.
Conwy
Cvl()nL'aSter remvval wvrk wa¥ ivthduiied by ix)ntra¢i(TrJs ai our Gvbarth re¥¢rv¢ throu￿ ihe Trust's Lim¢slone
Cira%sland RLsior2tLon projee¢ taLkling ihe densesi area of this in%"&sive speeies.. Along with coniinued Lontn)I by our
qualified i'oliinieeTS we are making gLxid progress iowards a coioneasieT'fTtt' TeseTr'e. Along ￿'1[h a smaller coioneaster
contract by ropc-access workcrs on thc cliffs at Rhiwlcdyn. this rcscrvc and Bryn Pydcw remain largcly frcc of illvasiwc
oton¢as*r.
After receiving a felling licence for the remaining conifer pianthtion at Cors Bodgynydd. our qualified staff and
dcdicatcd volunicers hai'c been working hard ovcr Ihe il.in￿r io sc1cc(i￿clY fell Ihc mixed non-natiN'c conifers. With
another year left on th¢ felling licence ￿'e are hopillg to comple1¢ ihe work this corning ￿.inter. reduciiig seeding onto
the precious peatland habilal 3nd getling c105¢ to a conifer fire Cor5 Bodgynydd. Il'ateT vole5 were recorded 011 51t¢ for
Ihe first time 8in¢e th¢ 1990s1
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CJwynedd
At Bryrt Ifan Work coniirtues on the conseni pr￿esS 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 I￿al PTLYluce and li￿￿1 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 ex￿rienc¢ 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<idleaf
8apling% weTe guarded urtderneath ash s¢ands sutTeTing from s¢i'eTe Ash Dieba¢k. ¢0 ensure canopy caniinuiiy in Ihe
futur¥ io provid¢ a suiiabli hom¥ for Ihi l¢afy lich¢rt ass¢mblag¢% ihai r¢liani on ash, haLcI and oih¢r ir¥¢s.
At Gwaiih Powdwr, ￿'ork Loniinued by volunieers and rope acLess ¢oniTaLiors 10 remove invasive Buddleia and
Rhododcndron plants from the sile.
At AbLrLorri5 un(1 TTULth (yl(Islyn ruulinc work vonlinucd. Over 01 Cors y Sarnau MUTC cxlcnsive work Lvnlinucd lu
furthLr rL%lvr¥ thi plailands the l()mi¢r planiaiion. Il'c also a¢quii¢d furthLY adjaL¢ni lan(117 hal whiLh al%0 in¢ludc%
arL'as of Piailand and marshy grassland. Thc first sighting of a black daftcr w&5 a small indication of th¢ succc55cs ol.
our work,
An%leseyl B*ngnr
At C(Irb (iuih tnixed gTuiin¥ alL)n¥side a Iremendvus amouni WL)rk by slalT lind VL)lunieers cL)nlii)ue5 lu benefil boih
thL inilrnaiivnally important Icn habilJl Jr)(J lh¢ oih¢T hJbitat% aLm% Ihl naiurc r¢%¢rvL. W4)rk to Inair)iain looipaih% and
a%%oiiJi¥d infra%iru¢iur¢ i¥ also ¢arriid out including from n¢ighbouring land 10 iinprok¢ a¢¢¢￿4 10 ihc rc%¢rv¢. ()ur
ivnrk with the Wildlife Tnisi'8 Corsydd Calon Mon team recogniw the IMr￿n￿nCe of thi% siie. This value fnmis Ihe
ba%1% ot. our onbToillbT Work with loial .￿Lh￿)IN SULh ITh LlJnFKYlrbYOLh Jnd LlanbTLfni. A rnnbTL of %urvL'y work wu
carricd, inclu(lin¥ replilc and arnphibian %ur¥'cys. now in ihcir sccond ycar. Marsh gcnlian, onc of ihc kcy %tKYie5 for thc
Sil¢ &hvwLd a LiLLrLa5¥ on r¢¢¥ni y¢ats. bul num￿[5 #1¢ Slill wcll abov¢ av¥ra¥L.
Likcwi%c, at Eiihinog and Mthrian4Jyrys. La¢il¢ grazing along51dc fo¢u5styJ 5¢rub managcm¢ni albo continucs to hclp
b¢n¢fii th¢ %p¢¢ial f¢atur¢% of Ih¢s¢ Sit¢%. At th¢ fomi¢r w¢ ¢oniinu¢d ¢10s¢ link5 Wlth Y%¥ol Ciani¢dd nur%¢ry to
develop ilts Fore>1 In Co¢d y tsdrnedd. Whil¢ ai Ihe Idiier. dddiii(Trnal ￿Ork iarri¢d i)Ul Iv limii inva¥iv¢
peLie% %uLh a% CoionL'd%lLr Turkey Oak.
At Nanlporth and Coed Porth.arncl roulinc w(w)dland managcmcrti work wa5 undcrtaken including installing
interpreiaiitsn 5ign5 and r¢pair5 10 sieps ai ¢he fomer ¢oa51al si*.
The Spinnies Abero8wen featured siron8ly in the welcome Te(urn of our Bird R&ce and the %iie's popularily with
birdwatchers coniiniies lo grow. Management work f(Kuses on maintaining rhe wide range of habitais for our visitors.
both birds and pcoplcl WL coniiiiuc lo work wilh oihcr or8anisaiions lo dcicnniiic how we can a15urc Ihc rcsilicncc ol-
the 51te in the face of the ¢hallenge of a changing ¢limal¢.
At Pvfth Dianll and Ca¢dU P¢n y Clip. ¥rdzin¥ by pDnie¥ w&5 ihe k¢y manag¢m¢ni arllVLty and ai the fomier. spotted
Tockrose was preseni in very high numbers.
It was a vcry succcssfiil Icrn 5cason at Cemlyn aftcr Ihc ravages of avian influcnza in 202.1. Poor. cold wcathcr with
very high winds and rainfall did s¢¢m to aff¢ol the wlony. ind¢¢d high numb¢r5 of Sand￿.7¢h t¢rn5 and fl¢d¥lings
w¢re reLUTded durirt¥ th¢ seawn. Chieks apprat¢d tv fl¢d¥e rapidly (his tseasvrt.. artJ sartd e¢ls
Ihe k¢y fvvd - w¢r¢
large and plentilul.
Denbighshire
At Ab¢rduna OV¢T 1.3 km of f(K)tP3th were Tnainlaind. buttertly tran5eCtS ￿0[1]t0￿d the results of a wide range of scwb
manag¢m¢ni and the gr27.Ing regime: nllmbers refl¢e¢d ttaiiortal tr¢n(L% for a w y¢ar.
Managing the struciutal djfversiiv proi'ided by ly0￿1]and and areas of open grasslattd fomis ihe eore of activities al Y
Graig, while not IOO tar away ai Macs Hiraddug the annual meadow eui is the [(￿uS of our work.
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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<U)ge of aLlivili¢s. More Tt)utin¢
managLmLml work look pla¢e a bil fknrthLY South ith the Vale of Clwvd ai Coed CilygioLsl*'yd Inclllding for the rarn.
limestone woundwort.
At Gop* Macn Llwyd heather mdnagement and conifer Temoval thiough th¢ Cl(Ka¢n(i¥ Win(Ifarni Fun(l., th¢
lati¢r provid¢ trainiThg foT seb'¢Tal of our n¢wly tyaithcd ¢hainsai%' using staff and i'oluntL¢rs. An engaging PTogramrt)c or
events was also rnn ihr()u¥h ihe year.
Flintshire
In the beauiiful bliiebell woodland ai Coed y Felin coppicing and tree safety ￿ork helped furtlier dii'ersify ihe w'oodland
ITULtur¢. -SLyihinuT iLrub mJnagTemenl Luniinu¢4 lu provi(le the vp¢n Lundiriun f41VVUTe(I by the re4¢rvc %P¢Li<ilily
Depif()rd pink. Similar woodland w'()tk look place ai Coed T￿l]y￿laU. as in recen¢ Yea￿ focusing on the ii'i)(xlland edge.
A sinall popiilaiiun of grLai-LTisl¢d rt¢Wls ¢oniirtu¢s lo ihiivi ai thl()l U¢haf IKth¢fJllinbb from pund inanab¥m¢ni and Ihe
SLyihe of ihe surrounding grasslands. Woodland management focused on ensuring eLological benetiis from tree satety
Ivork and improving the habitsi f(Trr do￿OUSe in ihc hope of iheir ren]rn from nearby siies.
Bigp Puul Il'()LNJ LuniinuL& lu bLnLfil frum IhL di'diralLd volunlL'CT Ic41m whL) undcrtakL rLxYi culting. liir¥Llcd wuodlai)d
thinning, %lrirnming footpaihs, T¢painiing ihL hiLIcs. tq)la¢ing lh¢ ￿￿.gnp matLTial on boardwalks ar)d kiLkix)aTd*.
Thcy makL good usc ()f thc ncw onsilc gi()rage coniaincr.
People In North Il'ales taking action for nature and the elimgte
14rodilLr ￿nd LILLPLf LnbYJI gLniLnt %¥iih audiLllcL
We L(Inlinued lu prL)duLe re¥Liliir. hiuh.quulily lind en¥i¥¥in¥ conienl for a ran¥e uf audiences. inLluding our eKistin¥
InLinbLr% (via Wild Nurth WJl¥4, Gwylli. and What'% On.) and widcr wildlifL Lr)ihu?iiaS1%, re)Lhin¥ Ili¢ latlLr Ihruugh
pri4% cow¢rdg¢. UK-wid¢ ¢ampoign% and digitsl ¢hann¢l% lin¢ludin8 %O¢Lal m¢dill #nd our w¢ckly c-ii¢u'%lctlir, Wil
Weeklyl. Uur website ha% been re-i'amped. w'ith an initial re%'iew of all pages compl￿ed. QiA4 ILioogle Analytic41 set
up lo Liiabli%h bd%LlinL'% for KPls' and mLmU arLhiiLxiurL Lhanbie% Ong￿1n￿.
W¢ olso ¢oniinu¢ 10 b¢ ¥roi¢ful 10 thow wlw) o¢1 ￿ ambassadors to h¢lp us rcach oui Iw¥¢I audi¢n¢¢$. W¢ll-known
n4m¢% absocidi¢d with Ihc Trub¢ havc In¢ludeLI Clair¢ Whitilc lour 2024 LaL¢y L¢¢iur¢ sp¢ak¢rl. lolv Williaiii% (who
ait¢nd¢d ()ur Bryn Tfon bioblitr.) and Liy. Bonnin, who kindly agr¢¢d io giv¢ our L?¢¢y L¢¢tur¢ in 2025: M.liil¥t we
have made 8ure ihdi we refleLI th¢ wi?ILe% of irnly I￿al pevple. iniluding n21ure-fri¢ndly fann¢rb, in our publii-
faLing Lommunicalions.
Meanwhile, we are ¢onfiden¢ thai our new F.r)I poli¢y 15 beirtg belter reflected in our ¢ommuniuiions and niaTk¢ting
than ¢v¢r bifvr¢. Cvmpli*i¢d ouipu15 iniluding tt w¢bpag¢ and # fi¢n¢5 vf p¢r5On-f￿llss¢d '%lvn¢5' app¢arin& buili in
Wild North Wale% and as blog%. whil%1 Work on a specifie comm% plan for thi8 ￿Ork￿lrellM eoniinues.
coM￿u￿111e5 empojvered and 5UPPOrted to lake aclion for wildlife
Thr ronclusion of thc N¢xtdooT NatUT¢ proj¢rl In Scptcmb¢i sa74" our Comn)unity OTgani5¢r5 IC.01 d¢livcr a
serie8 of w'orksh()Pb ti) siaff. explaining ihe CO approarh and how li can be applied io en%ure longer-iemi. mÉ)re
suslainablL prv-¢nvirvrtmi'nLLI bchayivurs in ix>mmurtili¢s. WLih l¢aminbr nvw di%%Lminati'd a¥rvsb ihc Trus1, vli'ini'rtls
of Ihis 'bc%l pracliLL mLihodology are starting 10 infomi projeci dLI'elopmeni. Whilst there i% no funding Lurrenily in
pli?ce for another dedicaied community organising projea. Ihe 'Gwneud Traciau, Projeci. which aims lo restore Coed
DolgTarro¥ NNR atld Dolgarrog Mcmorial (iardens and ihc lior￿ (ilas, projcct. wliich crcalivcly cxplorcs pcoplc's
rtlationship with f￿Sh￿.3¢er irt the Coll￿￿ Valley. are IK>th funding the ortgoirtg r¢fin¢m¢nt of our comnlunity
rgdrtising wvrk.
Wc will shortly bc launching a new Community Hub. our website. which will include guidcs and rcsources for
individuals and groups w'ho want to kick-start nature's Ttcovery in their own conirnunitie5. as well as a libTary of
inspiTalional 5tori¢s and account5 frotn p¢opl¢ who are al￿¥dY doing it. The corr assets have b¢en 5uppli¢d by the
Ro}al Socieiy of Il'ildlife Tnjsis. bui w¢ intend io s(art thiloring it to be re￿O￿allY sp¢¢ific, with our O￿n volunieers
and commurtiiies showcased in thai area of ollr w'ebsite.
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Developlng the next gtner*tloth 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 s￿nd for Narure Wales
prujeLI. whiLh will allow u5 tl) funheT dei'¢lop practical Op￿￿MinI1]e￿ and dIg￿tal 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 I￿ople 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<ii%in&J dwaTL'nLN% <ibL)Ut h(IM' nJtiirL Lan help SL)L)LtJ JddrL's% tIiL' Lollap%¢ ()f Jthlurdl %y4lem%. And a
warming global climaie and dTiV¢ ]M)silii'e ¢hang¢. All OUT ii'owk io improi'e artd expand ￿][dI)re habiiais on lartd and ai
h¢lpirt¥ 10 r¢sior¢ ¢¢osysl¢ms. so thai Daiural habit￿s Lan s¢qu¢si¢i ¢atlx)th. hclp PT¢%'¢ni noodinb*, r¢JuL¢ suil
erosion, improve soil tertiljiy, siabilise global iemperdlUTes. provide p)IILnaiion servlces and improve human healih and
well-being.
DivLr%ily of pLvplL aTC ¢cniral io mission, and siaff anil volunieews ur)dcrsthnd and apprcLiai¢ the inherLni valuL ol.
In￿a]VIng a w'ider cri)%s-sc¢iion of socicty in our work. SIKiery's problcms rcquirc innolaiii'c thinking. anLI Ihis will
only lutne I'rom brirt¥in¥ pwplc io¥¢ih¢r with ditTcr¢ni ba¢k¥round& b¢li¢fts. cxp¢ri¢nL¢s. Idcas. and vuilvoks, Our
newly e%ldbli8hed EDI Developmeni Group %iart¢d to d¢liv¢r on our aiiion plan. an(1 w¢ 8greed a ne￿, EDI poliLy.
Adju%inicnts huve bccn madc to Ihc way we pre%cni on-linc infornalion. sueh &% addin8 an "accc%%ibility to our
webbiie. uddinB Sli￿lI11ts tL) videL)S. 41nd addin¥ ￿51( aLxessibilily infL)fJniilivn IL) evenls. ti()fud (ilas. a projeLI in Ihe
Ctsnwy VJllLy ¥ivL% dnd L>ur partnLr% an up￿rtunitY 10 d¢welop nLw way% (Trf collabvraiive working l(> a
wid¥r rangk nf dI￿¢r¥￿' ¢ommuniii¢%, with a p¥opl¢-¢¢nir¢d approach ihai holi%ii¢glly ¢inbed% div¢r%iiy 01)d in¢lu%ioi)
through its creaii%'e Proces%. This will build (Trur understanding of communiiie4' experience4. connection% and idea.
dbL)ui I'rLbhwdlL'r. Lxplorinbr Ihiir hopLs and w'i%hL's for IhL. fuiure 10 JLIILLve LIL'on an41 frL%h walcr.
Wildlife r¢sloraiion proj¢¢i$ which or¢ also ¢sp¢¢i•lly v#lu•bl¢ in s¢qu¢st¢rin¥ in¢lud¢ p¢ailAnd r¢sioTaiion ai
C'or% y SJrndU, 8¢agra5y habiiai expan510n, and wv(MJlan(J f¢Sloration. Through lh¢ aCqUi￿li1￿n ol. Brvn Iran, wc arc a
partn¢r in th¢ Atlanti¢ Roinf()r¢sl R¢slOrntinn Pmgramm¢.' a I1￿-y¢ar Ni5ion io rtstor¢ ih¢ lost i¢n)p¢ratc rainf()rcsts to
Ihe Briiish 151¢s Ihdnk$ 10 a long-iemi 11?mmiimeni Iv nditsr¢-based wluliOnS by Aliva.
rainlorL'sl% provides hu¥L WlL'niial for siorin¥ Larbon and resiorin¥ nature. Ti) suppon Ihi% ￿trrk. WildlifL' Tru%lh WalL'
arc a150 Icading on thc Ccliic Rainforest Alliancc in ￿'al¢s, With partners. including RSPB. Woodland TTUSt, Plantlifc
and Snowdonia Na¢ional Park Authoriiy.
- C*rbou Ewisslow of Il"•ks 11"ildlile Trn5¢
RESblTS
StAff
FTE
Total
of laJd
Totat
fo•tprillt
fcoze
Totsl
footprint
tC02*
Total
fr+otprknt
tCO2t
S¢0
Total
tC02e
(IneL
Stsbsidl*rlesl
2019.20
•0•0.21
ry0•1.22
20•? ?3
&*•023_24
33
31.6
33
45
58
783
790
776
44.8
405.4
199.3
255.2
78?.6
330.7
£3.171,499
5.19
163.9
210.2
713.1*
279.1*
41.45
?2_1:
47.38
£6.174.409
£4.540,157
039
4.17
951
* Excludes livestock. which is now calculated differ¢nily
Carbon ¢ourttin¥ is rtot ¢ompl¢id for the tUTreni finathtixl year. w'¢ are usin¥ previou5 yeaes fi¥ures
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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 erni￿70￿5 corne from electricity we buy from the electric grid. These are "indirect. einission5 that happcn at
dislant p(Iw¢r pl(￿1$.
Scope 3 Lmi%%ions inLlude all other I]￿1re¥l souwes of gt¢erthouse gases from our operaiions. s￿Ch as those ¢onne¢ied
wilh the day-ioaay running of (he Trnst.. for insiance.. the fuel employtts burn ihrough driving to work, livesrock lin
previous years). or emissions connected 10 maierials and supplies we biiy.
Our emi%%ions of 331 IC02 in 231?4 is approximaiely equii'alethi ￿ ihe Cad*)n absorpiiort of just over I5,0￿ mature
trees In one year. The higher Carl￿n emissions pr￿1￿ce￿ In 2072-?3 were largely due io us stsnin¥ io couni more iiems
ot'our S¢op¢ 3 ¢missiorts in th¢ ye￿. Although Ih¢sL w¢r¢ siill CO￿li¢d in 2013-24, wc arc sLYJng a r¢duciion. Thjs i
largely from Purchased services, whereas purchased 80(MJs Sh0￿c￿ a slight increase. The other areas showjng a
rediiclion are fleet and equiprneni fuel. volunteer iraiel. staff commiiiing. and ￿'OTkIng fTOrn Iiome eiiiissions. We
Lonlinue iu du whdl w¢ Lan IL) TC(luLe our Ciirlx)n f()L)IPrint and u%e il r¢n¢wiibl¢ energy supplieT for uur uffiL¢.s. We <1
also looking irtio air source heal pumps 10 supply hea¢iDg 10 our oifi¢e$.
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. <irnvrb¥sI L)IhLr Ihin¥>. Jnost [nc[ni￿'r5h]p-rcl￿Ild prL)LLSSCS. ThL nc￿ suftwurc is sdviii
siall. Lvnsid¥rablL lirnk by autujnating kLy ¥l¢m¢nL% of ihLir w(ITk Inothbly ihL Inpui ()f di¥iially LapiurLd Ir¢imbcryhip
sign-Iip% and donaiiansl. Ilc'vc also implcmcnicd morc cloud-Ni&cd siorJgc and stsft. fomis for auiomaiion via
Shar¢Pvini. Wilh our trnnsiiion io Sharcptsini. w'e wcrc abl¢ io cr¢*i¢ a frc¢ iniernal irainin¥ &iic fur our Sl)ur¢ Scar¢h
volunicer*. All our (lay-t041ay filc% arc alw %ior¢d on SharePoini w'hi¢h h&% Inade internal and ¢xi¢mal %liarintsy eatsier
for ci'LYyone. nur Sta￿-faCIng HR. IT, and Financc proce4se% ha￿e bccn aul0rn41￿d for all appTOi'al% ¥nd
reportinBlrepurtin¥ needs whirh help reduce duplication and IllLre￿ s¢aJTprtyJuclivily.
Fyndlng fthr N8tur¢'s R¢cov¢rv
A key milestone for the year was Ihe completion of our new. Fundraising Siraieuy.. Ihe firsl documenl of ihi% name
produLLd.%inLL 2012. li found Ihai WL WLfL pLrfonninbr ivell uverall. bui thai ihLfL' ￿,￿8 very liiilL' LapuLily lo innovuiL' or
incrca.4c uc¢ivily 4lnd that thc arnouni of addiiional incomc rcquircd ￿ mcci 203(J iaTgct% rcprcsenicd a ￿rIoU$ %irclch
rrvin ¥uriLni Icv¥ls. SialT arhd ITublL¢s will bc workin¥ Ivwards 115 six objccliv¢s fivm 20?.5.26 unward&, supporlLd
Iniiidlly by ad(Jitional invcsMi¢nt In ¢ory￿rat¢ fundraising atknj dcvcloping a n￿re ¢omprchcnsive Indivitlual giving
pro¥rJnim¢.
In IhL' mL'dnlimL. WL Loniinue 10 be hugely ¥rnlLful for the Loniribuiions made io our Work by our L'xi%1lllbt. ama£ii)b
supporters. We would particularly likc lo ¢hank our ncarly 10.(K)O mcmbcrs: thosc who havc Icft us lor plcdgcd lo Icavc
U51 l¢bpacie5,' Ihc familie5 of ihos¢ who have pa55¢d away who ¢￿Se 10 give in-mcniory gifts.. OUT innuinerable donors:
¥inirvu% ¢vrp(Irdti suppvrt¢ty and ¥rani-givJn¥ futhding LxKli¢s - wil4lLf¢ In North ￿al¢S wvuld b¢ In a truly parlvus
%iale without you.
Monltortng & Evaluatlon
ProgTCS5 continur5 to b¢ mad¢ In c5tsblishing th¢ IKsclJne5 against ￿'h1¢h ￿¢,17 mcasur¢ our PTogre55 towards our thrcc
strategic goals. with one particularly ambitious example of ihis being rommi8sioning Savanta to njn a Nofth Wale4
r¢prL%irtldliv¢ pi?puldlivn-l¢vel vetsivrt ol RSWTs fjrcal Bib NaluTC Surv¢y' irt lalc 2024. This b¢1 ba%¢'linL¥ fur
difvLrsity indicators llnder Cjoal 2, various wellbeing-relaied indieaiors under Cjoal 3 and brand-relaled indieaiors
relating lo genernl awareness and w'illingness io support. Elseii'here. Ihe Nonh Wales Natt]Te Co-ordinaiion Iniliatii'e
havc agreed the conccpl of 'Habiiat Improvcmcni ProfLles'. which aim to 5cI out sharcd gjoals for a liabilal ainojigst
natu￿ organibationb and the faTrning, for¢51ry and land0￿￿1￿8 secto￿ w.ith a priorit15¢d 5¢1ection of sp¢ci¢s PTofiles to
fvllvw.
ChallcnBeS r￿aIn, howcvcr- pcrhaps unsurprising given ihc seale of our Strategy's ambition. Indicators and basclines
for an overall Nonh Wales ￿bpU1￿t1On-lCVtl measure of acrion towards nafvre will be set in early 2025-26. based on
research by Surr¢y Wildlife TTUSt.' &5 will tll3ny of those r¢laling lo Goal I l¢.g. Ihe measuiemelll of '30 by 30. aiid
measunng whether'the abundan¢¢ and divwsity of wildlife it) North Wales ￿11] Ihave I￿rrea￿dI signifi¢anily'l.
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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 s￿lfiC 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 sl￿ff salaries a¥ains1 Rs￿'T.5 la1¢￿ ￿nCh￿￿tkIn¥ ¢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 Tn￿Ls 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%1riLl￿I 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 T￿￿ts. 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 hand￿k, bcnch-marking our salarics, and lth)king for cifici¢n¢i¢s in pension and lifc assurance
Losls, Wc p*v¢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 l￿D¢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 Wl*turaJ PdrttheTS
te ScI￿ne
'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 acqUi￿d at C(>rs y Samau
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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 turn￿Ound 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'olutt￿ts 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
lnLrLI￿d 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 DiSr￿SaI 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 obJL￿1% 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 circumst￿￿ncCS. 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 rL￿￿e[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.
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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$"
Working lTrlth other landowners
Land Management AdNisory Scryice. l(ialw'adl appoints stsff ar￿ service is launched.
Nurth W¢ilLb Naiur&' Lu￿r￿)n{lI10n Inili411ivL
agrL¥% a p(¥rtlolio ol. prionlics anLI aLlior)s for naturc thai will build rcsilieni cLologi¢al networks, inLrcasing
b1()di￿¢r5l(y and conrribuiing 10 ibc 30x30 iargei
siaris Implcmcniin¥ h￿1b11￿1 and tspccics impaLI moniioring pion
inlluenL¢S national and I￿0] 8ov¢rnm¢nt a8¢n¢i¢s thrg¢i s¢tting an(Vor policies ¢ontribuiing to narur¢'s
Tecovcry
Wrexhiiin Indublrial F.51uie Living LiindsLiipe work expands beyond eKisliii¥ conlTi1¢15
An¥lL4¢y F¥n% & Cvnwy VallLy Living Landb¢ap¢s prowss aLLordin¥ to fund¢d p￿j￿¢S
Specles C¢bnsern*tlibn
(irLaiLr prL.%LiiLL' of prdLILLal %wift Lonservaiion works in. and east of ihe Conwy Valley
Slnccld dcbaic on %M'ift-Tclaicd Icgislation sccurcil and paihway to legislaiion put in placc
Ll¥(Iv¥rs rilLas¥d into ihc wild as part ora population i¢infvrc¢m¢ni
D¢v¢lopment c.ontrol
SeLure Liddiiic>ndl Lapaiiiy 10 enable us io respond beit¢T io.. dev¢lopm¢nib ￿tT￿ling ihe marine ¢nvirunin¢nl',
local development plans and other key plannin8 Stakeholders.. development control. and key Lonsuliaiions
People I'*kln% Artloth for N#ture
D¢ip¢n rcldlivn.%hip% w'ith Iv¢al ¢ommuniites sup￿￿*ng Ihem to take a¢iion$ 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 develO￿d 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:
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¥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 d￿uMent. 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¢ T￿￿1 INWWT} rcgisier¢41 Lhariiy {Chariry No. 2307721 and a ¢ompany limilLxl by guarant￿.
and incorporated undLr the Companies Aei (Company No. 7739951.
Org*rtls*ilong1 $trneture
A Ci)Iincil of trustee.4 of around 13 members meei bi-monthly. ¢0 goNern ihe T]usi. There are subcon)miiiees ¢overing
liJiart¢i," l¢rr¢sirial. fr¢shwaicr and marin¢ cons¢n'&lion: ¢quiiy, dJv¢rsity & inLlusion: sirai¢gi¢
lran8lormaiions, and nominations and SLlliiLny. The Tn￿1 Chief ExeeuiiNe OtTieer ICEO, Frances C'att3naLhl I
appointed by the Ini.%lLf5 Wlth rcsponsibility for operdiional m8na8emeni. The Tnisr has Mro trading 4ubsidiaries and
IhL dLliviliLs of NWWT Tradin¥ L¢d INL). 245375?) atMI Enfys Lid (Nu. 253511141 arL liibhligihiLd oi) 14
& 15. WL WLT¢ %Jdd¢rt¥d 10 Ilam uf the passir)g of OUT PT¢SI(ILmi Darydd Elis-Th(iJnas in February 2025.
intervcnii()n and inlluLn¢¢ ovcr oaiure cot)&¢r¥aiiot) wcrc ￿￿e-rangIng. arguing pas"sionai¥ly for thc causes in which he
bclicv¢d.
Structure, Governance and MAn*gement
The direLIL)rs uf the Lharilable Lc)mp¥ny are lis Iru¥iees fur Ihe purwse of charity law and IhTuughoul ihe rep()rt are
LoIILLliv¥ly r¥l¥rr¢d its a% Iru%lC¢%. Thc govLmin¥ b￿JY of ihc Tru%1 1% ils B(iard of Trn%l¢¢%. Thl Board 1% LonipusLd ol.
all Iru%l¥¢8 who arc voluni¥¢r% and is auihori4¢d 10 appoini ncw m¢mb¢r% 10 fill %'8¢aii¢i¢% ari%iiis throu¥h r¢%i¥i)dtion
or death of an exi41ing member. The Hnard seek$ 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 re*i¢M"¢d through a wle ¢¥'dlLLdiivn pro¢¢s5. Thi% ivn%id¢r¥ a rdnge or
taLior% and LfiiL'rid givin¥ Ihe TnL%I a LonsI￿ent. 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 lrcgisi￿cd 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.
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RLPOK-I. 0￿ I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
STRUCTURE, GoVE￿ANcE 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 Tn￿l'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 $low-sclling lines via pn)mo¢ions or disLuuniing' by
incrcasing the avLragc pcr Iransaciton: and. Crucially. by intr￿U¢l￿g barcode scanncT5 in ix)Ih shopy. which
drain£iiiially iinprovcd th¢ iimc l£lkcn its pr(x¢￿$ 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 m￿￿ke 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 re￿1￿.￿ 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.
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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 £￿￿(￿1￿11￿￿$. Jn(I fvrlstry mana¥¢yn¢nl rotnpaniL5-rywny whvjn nvw i¢qu¢st Io Work ¢xclusiv¢ly wilh us.
InvolvLmlLni in Biodiversiiy Net Gain IBNGI and UKHab woik Js expknndithg ith reS￿ASt io growing dLmJand from largL
developmenis and eompanies seeking biodiN'ersity &sscssmcnis and mat188emcnr plans for (heir sires. Steady growth has
also been seen in our ecological clerk of w'orks services. wilh Enfys now, a injsied name for Tepeai super¥'ision projecls
aLfL)ss north Wales.
Noiable proieLlS this year have irtcluded survey and mili¥aiiort work for several large housing developmenis in nonh-
wcgl Wal¢s, domousL sllrvLrys around Llyn Vymivy. BNG bas¢linL asscssmcnis &nd habiiai marta¥¢mLni advic¢
for a wcll-esiablished aerospaee corporaiion. Our i%'orking rclaiionships ￿1th severdl Loc81 Allihoriiics and Natural
Resources Wales remain strong.
Enfys continues to be 8ubconiTa¢ied by oihei environmentsl coosul¢ancies. tskiog the lead or) seleral projects. These
iDclud¥ Li major ¥rn'ai ir¢si¢d Th¢wi IranSl￿all￿n for & wind fami irt Si Asaph muliipl¢ bal surveys In Anbil¢s¢y. Bid
invite% have also been reLeJved on a number ofiarge-scale Lollabordiii'e proiects-mainly in the renewable energy sector.
ThL Habilat MunautmLrL¢ ¢cam conlinue$ 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 I￿al 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 Bi￿li￿er511Y 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.
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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 A￿D AD￿lINISTRATIvE DETAILS
Registered Cornpany number
(X)773995 (England aDd Wales)
Reglstered CbArlt> nllmber
230772
Re¥l$ti'red offl¢¢
Lly% CJ&rth
Garth Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2RT
Audliors
Williatns Dlnion Cyr
CharterLd C'eftitied ALcountsnis
Siaiulory Auditor5
Flordd y Par
Parc McnAi
Gwyneiid
LL57 4FE
Soll¢liors
14115 '1'riniiy Square
Llundudno
Conwy
LL3112RLI
Bankers
H.SIIC'. ?74 Hi¥h Stre¢i. Elangor. Gwynedd. LL57 IRU
AldLrmorL'. l%1 Floor. BIoLk B. WL%ILrn HouK'. LynLh WixMI. PeiertM)rough. PE2 6FZ
Shawbrook, Lutca IIou5c Warlcy, Ilill Businc55 Park. Thc Drivc, 6Tcat Warlcy, BrenTw(￿l, Is5cx, CM13 IBE
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RLPOK-I. 0￿ I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I-Tr-Tr:S
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
REFERENCE A￿D AD￿lI￿*[sTRATllVE DETAILS
Ke). fvlanagement Personnel
FrJn¢¢s C4tl£uMch
Graeme Cotierill
Chief EKffUtii¢ Offjcer
Head olstrntegy & Opeiaiions
Honoran. Offittrd & Com
President
Dirtttor$ 4O•L•S
Tr•diA Directors
Frances Cattanac
Gill￿ti 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
Bet￿ett.LI .d
Gthsaa Coates
Rh￿ll Cole (tiee Hughe&} (Al
Ch•irman
Hmi'atd D*i"ies
313
I"Ice Ch4lrwAtt
'acant
D4i'ie¥
Cltherthe Dui
lan Dutts￿e
Urtba Felda
.4&a5dau F¢)rman
Frall￿t Hobro
.4&ex￿dId 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 xttend*nce st Bth#rd rntetings
TruslLL b0￿d 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 Trll5*es 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
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RLPOK"I' 0￿ I'HTr: 'I'KIIS-I'Tr-Tr:S
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
REFERENCE AND AD￿fINIsTRATIvE DETAILS
Liiin
Landsc*
-4drwi Lloi'd Johes
Senior Resen'es llama
Cbn$
on&B
latt Cole
Il"alts ResekT*S
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)Lc￿Le0￿..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'iTdé*s
lark Xlorns
ri Ol&er
PriDci
ConSDli¥mi
maiernJn":ot'er
RhLall Huthex ItDatetttLn' Iw*)
E¢0
LUJ" 8￿ett
Rthd Cull¥
Jo• FI￿)
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TJM I"ard]
INThiS Pro
JeL Heard
INNS Pro
Stsdeni Pl*cowts
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
h￿￿Trai
CoJtttttttiitAtk+xs Offiett
Catrl
bell
tal Ilarketkn Offleor
Racliel 3rottLle
S*os
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 c*lth"
Peier Kearto
Nlembtrshi
L Robert5
emb¢Tshi Rerr¥itrr¥
er
Susalllle DeiTre
orttr Dats Offjttt
GMiT¢ Thcrfllas
.4dmiAk5tr*iors
C8rol]lle Batuc
NlaTk Traiis
Salldi. Holland
Saite Fmba
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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 th￿reeS 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 p￿￿en1..
pr¢paTt the fJn<inLial 4lal¢rnenlb on the Lx)nLern IMS'IS unl¢s¥ it is inapprupria* tu p￿sum¢ thai the LhaTilabl¢
¢ompany will corttinue in busirjess.
The tnJste¢s ar¢ responsibl¢ for k¢¢ping prO￿r o¢¢ouniing r¢¢ords which diselos¢ wilh r¢asonabl¢ ac¢ura¢y at any lim¢
the financial po%iiion of Ihc charithble company and 10 enable ihem 10 ensure thai the financial staremeiir5 coniply with
IhL CumpiiniLs AL¢ 2006. Thty (IrL iilyo rL'S￿n%1blL for 5afi¥uaTdin¥ thc assL'15 L)f ihc LharitiiblL Lumpany and hLnLL fur
iaking rLa$onablc $¢cps for the prcvcniion ar)d d¢￿'¢I￿n of fraud an(1 other irt¢8ularilic$.
In $0 far as ¢hc Irusiccs are awarc..
there is no Telcvant audil infoThnaiion ofwhich Ihe charitsble company's auditors are unaware., and
Ihe Irustee& huve iuken all 51eps ihai Ihey ou¥hi lo have 14iken IL) make Ihemselves aware of any relevanl audit
inturinJiiun and its L&ublish thdi lh¥ audiior¥ arc a￿.are of that infomiation.
AUI>ITVR
ThL '&lLidiii)r.%. William% tk.nlon Cyf. will I￿. proposed for re-aprx>intmenl oi the fonhcominb? Aniiual (iLncrJl MeLlinb.
Apprvv¢d by ord¢r ofih¢ toard of Im$ic¢s ..
. and sign¢d on 1¢$ b¢half by..
H C Davies- Trustcc
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REPORT OF THE l￿DEPENDED￿T 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 fIni￿Lia1 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 P￿cl]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 Inlwll4iliu￿j 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 res￿1 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 Loillpri*Li Ihe infunnalion inLluded in the
Annual Report. oihcr than ihc financial 51alcmcnls and our Rcport of Ihc 1ndc￿JCnt Auditors thcTCOn.
Our vpjnion on the firtanital siaiemenis does not ¢ov¢r th¢ oih¢r tnfomaiivn and, ex￿p1 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 knoWlcd￿C
obtained in the audit or othe￿1$¢ appears io be maienally missts(eil. If we ideniify such maieri81 in¢onqi%ien¢ies or
dpparLni mdicridl mitssldlcm¢rtts, w¢ ￿qUired io del¢miin¢ wh¢iher Ihis &piv¢s n¥¢ Iv a m31¢Tial mi%4lalLmcni in Ihi
rjnancial stalcmcnis ihLm*l¥es. If, b&sed on ihe work we hai'e perfornie¢ we conclude ihai there 1% a maierial
missiatement of this oiher intomialion. we are required to report ihai faci. We have noihing io rewin in this regard.
Opinion$ 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.
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REPORT OF THE l￿DEPENDED￿T AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTII IYALES M'ILDLIFE TRLST
M#tters on which we #re required to re￿rt 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 ma*tial 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 Tn￿l￿s, 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¢e*sary
10 inablk thi pr￿p￿￿tIon 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. di￿10$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 DbILLti￿Ls #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 g￿rantL￿. that an audil Londu¥lL(l in
a¢cord£in¢¢ with ISA% IUKI will olway.% dd¢¢t a maicrial Mi￿131¢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 de￿t 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<thir ih¢r¢ wds 1s.id¢nL¢ of mandgm¢ni bias vn key Judgements 2nd &¢¢ouniinbT e¥iimaies'
readin8 the minute% ofmeeting% olihose charge41 with go%"ernance- and
enquiring of management as lo acmal or poienlial liiigaiion and claims.
There are inh¢rent limitation5 in the audit PttK¢dures de5¢ribed alK>ve. The mole i¢moved th3t finBncial tTan5actions
dr¢ fwm the laws drtd tegulaliun& ihe le%5 likely it Is 1]Ml w'e wvuld beLvm¢ aware vf rtvn-Ll)mplianL¢. Auditing
standards also limLt the audit proLedures required 10 ideniify non-LomplianLe wilh laws and reglllaijons lo enquiry ot.
trustces and managcmcni, and ihc inspcciion of rcgulaiory and Icgal corrcspondcnee, if any.
Material misslat¢ment5 Ihat arise due lo fraLHI can ￿ harder to detect ¢haD ih05e resuliing ertD]s, as fraud may
involi'e d¢lib¢rai¢ coneealtneni or ¢ollusion. A fLffth¢r description of our res]x)nsibiliiies for ihe audit of ih¢ financial
siaiemenis is located on the Financial Reporting Council's websi* ai www.frc.org.uL(alldiiorsresportsibililies. This
description forn)s pan ofour Repon olihe Indcpendeni Auditors.
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REPORT OF THE l￿DEPENDED￿T 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 p￿t￿l thaTitsble COMpan￿S 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 A￿di￿r)
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
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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 unresiric￿d funds are Sho￿ in note 12 10 the ac¢ount$.
The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements
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NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST
cONSOI,IDIl'l'￿.D BALANC.E SHEET
31 ￿lARCH 2025
2025
Total
funds
2024
Toial
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricied
funds
Note5
FIXED ASSETS
TangiblL a%%LsIS
Herirage asseis
Invesimeni property
13
14
4250
1,841.001
63.716
2329,838
3SO,11110
59,000
2.117,999
350.IK)O
388,837
340,IMMI
798JOJ
1&15.251
2.643.554
2,526.999
CURRF.YT ASSETS
16
17
30,548
246.479
1 134J13
30,548
24,715
402,616
2 ?6¥.209
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
39&849
749.149
lJ83,462
1.41 lJ411
1.145.998
2.557J38
2,695.540
CRF.I)ITORS
Amounts lalling du¢ within otK year
18
1317,559)
1120.1941
1437.753)
1368,2061
NFTCURRTr.NT ASSTr.TS
109.1781
Im 2 119fj%S
2.327.3.14
TOTAI, ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIAIIILITIES
IWJ2,084
2,1171.055
4.763,139
4.854,333
C.'RF.I)ITORS
Ami)unis lalling7 due aftcr morc Ihan onc year
19
180.1051
PROVISIONS FOR I.IABII.ITIES
21
13J9.1)
1.1,793)
15,9741
NET A.SSETS
2871 IIS5
4 749 746
4.768 254
22
Lnr¢siriii¢d fund$
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
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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
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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￿[<ll10[)S
DLfirrL'd i&x provision
Tax provision
{298.6631
12_$811
12362
713.206
169
Net cash Iu5ed invprovided by operating activiiies
2811,9¥21
713.375
c.ash from INvt$tlng 4etli'ltles
PurLha%e i)f tangible fixed a*%eL4
Pur¢hasL ot. hiriiabi¢
Sale ot'iangiblc fJx¢d ass¢ts
Interest received
131 J951
IA I IJ391
667
134,¢X>61
11,536,229)
38.581
Nct Lash used in investing activities
93.9421
.532.5541
Cgsh flows from Ilnan¢lnA •¢tlvlil¢s
CJpiial rLryTroymLnis in year
lJ23
4,3751
Nci cash uy¢d in finan¢ing aciiviiics
4.3751
ChAn%L. In cash Hnd rash equlvajtnts In
the rL'por¢lnk perlod
Cash ¢¥$h ¢qulv#l¢nt$ ¥1 th¢
b¢'xlnnin% uf thi riporiin% pirlod
{384.7471
1823.5541
2 268 2119
3 Q91.7173
Ca$h and ¢a$h ¢qylval¢nt$ at th¢ ¢nd of
the reportlng perlod
188.1462
2 208.?(19
The notes fomj part ofthese financial sthtements
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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 IEXPENDITUREVIYCO￿1E TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERAI'IYG AC'IIVII'ILS
2025
2024
et lexpendliurelllntome for the reportlDg perlod las per lh¢
Stitemeni of Financi*l 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
C￿h 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
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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.MEP4TS
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
Accou￿TI￿G POLICIES
B¥515 of preparing thc fivancial st41cmc￿¢S
ThL finJnLldl St￿llTolnIts uf ihL Lh￿l￿bIt' Comp4￿Y. 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)),.
FIn￿inCId1 Rcpuning St4n(lard 10? The Financiiil Reporting Sun(lar(l applicable in the UK <ind RcpubliL uf
Jr¢lartd' and lh¢ Companics Act 2006. Th¢ finan¢i81 stst¢m¢thts hai"c bL¢n PTepar¢d under thL historical co%t
convention, as modified by the ￿valUall￿n of¢en3in assets.
North Wales Wildlife Tn]st meets ihe definition of a public benefit eniiry under FRS 102. Assers and liabilities
are initially recognised at historical eost or tran5aciioTh value unless oiherwi5e stated in the relevanr accounting
puliLy nL)tel41.
Bgsls of ¢onsolldAtIo
ThL aLLouni% hai'L bL*'n pr¢par¢d under the hi￿on¢2[ ¢osi ¢onvention as M(￿lfi¢d by th¢ Jn¢lusion of fixed ass¢1
ini'esirncnls at market value, and in accordance wilh Ihe SiaiemeThr of Eie£ommended Practice.. Accountin8 and
RLpuTlingr by ChuriliL¥. issucd in (k.Ivix'r 2019.
Th¥ chariiy has takcn advaniage of paragraph 3{31 of Schcdulc 4 of Ihe companics Act and adapicd (he
Compani¢s Ail 11> r¢flc¢i th¢ sp¢¢iJl naivrc 4)r Ili¢ Trust's aciivLlJ¢s. No scparaic SOFA has becn
pr¢s¢nt¢d for th¢ Tnjst alon¢ as )xrnIitt￿I by S¢¢iioTh ot'ih¢ Coinpani¢s A¢1 2(KK).
Incumc
Dvnotivn% and grani8 ai¢ ￿CognISed wh¢n r¢¢civablc. unlcs$ thcr¢ ar¢ donor-impo4e(J re%triLiion% a% 10 th¢
liming of th¢ r¢lat4d ¢xp¢ndiiur¢. In th¢s¢ circum%tsn¢¢s. Ihe incom¢ is r¢¢ognis¢d in lh¢ lime p¢riod a% the
relaied expendilure.
Lcgacics arc recoBnised when li tttomcs rcasonably ccrtain thai thc Ic8acy will bc rcccived and any conditions
0ssv¥iall￿ w'iih il hav¢ ix'¥n fuifill¢d.
D¢fi¢ii% on rcstri¢t¢d projccts arc Ix)rn¢ uliimai¢ly by unTCSrri¢tcd fvnd%. Surplus¢% on r¢*tri¢tcd proj¢¢t8 that ar¢
not r¢payabl¢ dre db%vrhed by mdnag¢m¢ni ihzr¥e¥ or ar¢ iran&ferred Iv unre%iri¢i¢d funds.
McmbcrshLP 5ubs¢rip¢ioll5 arc dtrdli with on a rc¢cipis basis. (lift aid 15 a¢¢rued for in the year of account.
F.%pendliure
All L'XPL'ndiiurL' is aceounted for on an a¢¢n￿lS basis and el&ssifLed under appropriale cost caie¥ories. Where
costs cannot be directly aiiribuied lo particular headings they hai'e been allocated lo aciiviiies on a basis
consislcnt wilh Ihc usc of Ihc rcsourccs in accordancc wilh ihc bcsl cslimalc ofihc Truslccs.
Co$t8 of g¢n¢'ratlng fund$
Cc)%l% ()I' &rLnL'ralin& fund% iomprise the ¢ost¥ L55v¢iated with aitra¢iing v(Trlunthry inwme and th¢ Cvsts of tradinb
for fllndraLsing purposes including the ehan"iy's shops and kiosk
Charitable expenditure
C.haritabl¢ cxpcnditurc compris¢5 th(* ¢Q5ts in¢urred by the ¢harity in the delivery of its activities and services
fur il% benefiLLarie%. Ii LnLlude% knih Lvsts thai b¢ allwdt¢d direcily lo su¢h avtlVili¢s and ihvs¢ vvs15 vf an
indireLt nature neLessary to support them.
Allocation apportion￿ent of costs
All costs are allocal¢d bet￿.¢¢n the ¢xpe[LditU￿ categories of the SOFA on a basi5 de5igthed to reflect the use of
lh¢ resoure¢. Costs relating io a particular aciii'ity ar¢ allO￿a￿l dir¢¢Lly, others are allo¢ai¢d on an appropriate
basis e.g. salary costs on the basis oftime speni.
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEP4TS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
Accou￿TI￿G POLICIES- tolliillued
l ¥ngible fixed assets
DlyrLLI￿1iUn 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 Ilehic￿5
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 rela*d 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 ma￿n￿l.
Invcstmerbi property
InTr¥%im¢rti pfvp¥*rty 1$ 8hown ai m081 re¢ent valuaiion. At)y aggregate S￿￿luS 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 pU￿￿￿e5.
Restricted funds
Restricted funds 5ubJ¢ct to 5￿cIfIC 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 Tr￿l.
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
Accou￿TI￿G POLICIES- tolliillued
Hirc purchase and leasi￿g 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 FI￿n¢la1 A¢livities on a St￿1ght 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
pu￿SibIL ￿ll[l￿ri{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.
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O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
DONATIONS A￿D 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
38.5￿7
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
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
IL4ISING FUNDS
Raising dollalions leg8cies
2025
Fiindraising
Legacy
M<irk¢tin
M¥mbLTship
21.916
5,941
51.423
15&861
?8,996
10.252
39,566
202,596
238 141
281.410
Oth¢r tradlng gcilvltles
2025
20?4
Tradinbi subsidiaries
605.056
A¥gr¢¥al¢ amounLS
1195.429
¥6.466
CHARITABI.F. AcfiN'ITIF.S COSTS
Suppori
co%i%14cc
r)Trie 81
Dirccl
Toial%
Conse￿In8 and protectin8 wildlife
J,055.119
1.072.814
UPPORT COf•TS
Govemance
Losts
Conserving and protecting wildlife
PIET INco￿lE/(ExPENDITuRE)
Nel incom¢ll¢xpendityrr} i5 slat¢d after rhargingllcr¢diting)'.
2024
Auditors, Tetnuneration
Auditors, T¢tnuneration for audit WOTk
Oihtr absuranr¢ s¢rYic¢5
Dcprcciaiion- owned asscis
Dcprcciaiion- asscis on hirc purchase eontrdcts and f￿ance IrdSL
Ilire of plant and machinery
Oth¢r OP¢Tating l¢as¢5
SuTplub dispvsal vf fixed 35seis
9.600
7.619
9,120
6.417
3.3(K>
14.365
3,280
2.425
3.1,055
20.775
5,904
3.162
40.524
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
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 eX￿n￿S 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 (excl￿ling 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.X￿u¢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
Tot*1
1.438,iK)I
3,102.156
4.540,157
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O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
12.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEI1E￿T 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¢r￿1n￿ and pmt¢¢ling wildlife
2651.084
3.526 588
Total
1.748,867
2,664.187
4.413,054
i%ET INcO￿lE1{￿XPE￿DITURE)
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
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
13.
T￿NGIBLE 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 0￿MerShip
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.%po￿l
79.239
1411.933
2$3,$74
6.7611
fi,7611
Al 31 March 2025
278.208
DEPRECIATIO
Al 1 .4pril 2U24
Chargc for year
F.liminatid on disw)sal
74.1.19
85(1
127J08
12.094
6.7611
25.402
226,849
12,944
Al 31 MarLh 2025
74.989
132.641
233.032
ET BOOK VALUE
Al 31 March 2025
411.926
Al 31 March 2024
5.1
21.625
26.725
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
14.
HERITAGE ASSETS
Group and charitable company
Total
COST
Al l April 2024
Additions
2,117,999
111,839
At 31 MdrLh 2025
2 229.838
NET BOOK I'ALUE
Ai 31 March 20?5
2 229 838
At 31 March 2024
2,117.999
S year sumrn*ry of iierltage A55et Tran58ct10115
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
Piir¢has¢g
1.536.229
Il¢rii#bic a%￿L4 ¢ompri4¢ ofn8iur¢ resc￿¢$. 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)r￿n¢￿ by=
Valuation in 2019
Valuation in 2023
C05t
96,235
i¥u,000
350 000
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No'l'Tr.S'I'O"I'HTr: CONSOI.ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'ITrIANCIAL STATE.MENTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
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$7 ?R T
Naliire of biisine5s.' Retsil
Cld%s of %hare'.
Ordinary
holdin
100
2024
Aggregate capital and reseTh-es
PrufiLIIL0￿￿I for IhL' year
33.fi5Q
-15.908
14.9?6
16.
SI'OCKS
Ikoup
CharitaNe conyny
.11 J.25
31.3.24
31 J.25
31.3.24
Sto¢k
30J48
?4.715
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O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
17.
DEBTORS: AI¥IOUNTS FALLIYC. DUE II'ITHIN 0￿E YEAR
CharitalAe COTnpn)'
.IlJ25
31J25
31.3.24
Trdde debtots
565h81
222¥2
44.009
6.150
52116
3￿},304
18.885
51,485
1,942
419A16
293.748
18.885
50,330
1,942
Accrued incon
Pr¢pJynrnts
Othi'id¢bio]s
VAT
44.0119
6.150
SJ51
18.7.17
493,66.1
Anx)unts owed by 8TOUP und¢rtJkitigs
30,017
394,9?2
64.lJ28
40?.616
18.
CREDITORS: AMOUYTS FALLIYG DUE WITHIN ONE I'EAR
CharltaNe ¢ornpny
-11_125
31.3.24
JI_1.25
31.3.24
Other ivuny Ise¢ note 201
HI￿ purLh#sL l>C¢ fiL)tI 211
I'rdLl¢ Lr¢diiuri
Tax
SoLial S¢Luriiy and oih¢r taxs
VAT
OiherLreditors
Def¢rred inivi
ALLru¢d ¢pp¢ns¢s
1,823
109.79S
12.262
6.1.764
74.428
17348
92.105
102,286
97.391
37.8Th
53.733
19.874
l(Kg.021
63.764
15.944
87
57.195
37.X78
16,933
95.M7
24,729
?73.955
4.17.7S3
270.7.q7
19.
CREDITORS: ANIOUYT.S FALLIYG DUE AFfER hlORE THAN ONE YEAR
Charli¥Ne compnv
31.3.24
31J.25
31.3.24
tk.rirred incon
IK>.1O5
t￿.105
20.
LEASINC. Ar.R￿E￿1ENT$
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
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
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#rlt*bl¢ ¢omp#ny
Transf¢rs
berween
movement
ID fund5
At
31.3.25
At 1.4.24
Unrestrlcied funds
Gcneri?I liind
DLsibynalL￿d- 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
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O'I'Tr-S'IO"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
r*iovEMENT 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¢% Pts41l￿IL 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) $081
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
r*iovEMENT IN FUNDS- tontinued
Charitable cornpan)- onl).
Nd
movemeni
in funds
TTansf¢r$
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(l￿nY
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$5
TOTAL FUNDS
4.754.931
54.7541
4,700,178
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
r*iovEMENT IN FUNDS- tontinued
Charitable cornpan)- onl).
Nel Tnuv¢m¢nt in funds. includ¢d in the a￿ve are ￿ follows..
Incoming
resources
Resourecs
expended
Movcment
in funds
Unr¢strl¢ied funds
Cieneral fund
688.952
(790J081
(101.856)
Restricted funds
Land and properry
CurpuTdle
DonaiioniLegacy
EIJviTOrtm¢nt A¢1 Wal¢s120161
IniLrreg Nonh-WL%I Europe
Landfill l)isposal Tax Communities
8Lh¢mL
LvLal Naiurl Partrtirships
Nati()nal Laiicry C"ammuniry Fund
Nliiural Risuurics Wdl¢s
Sustainable Devclopm¢nt Fwvl
ThL Wilcllifc TTU%i%
Welsh (iuvernTnenl
PL(>pl¢% Pts41l￿IL Loti¢ry
81¢1ion 106 Plannin¥ Obli8a¢ion
Service income
(irJni - fundinbr source varie%
Muliiplc funding %OUTecs
137.222
20.753
1145.7281
165.6841
143,9331
{2,2791
IR.506)
(44.931)
9,025
2.279
7J78
l(H).012
454.667
17J781
196.4411
1510.21161
{55.619}
1155
1.1,047
{711.9hS}
149.1111
14.7131
(3.0471
1152.29111
161111.0¥21
162.011.11
110,1)091
149,51141
15112.9701
182.4051
73J33
829.7¥3
16,2411
4.909
77.291
487.1179
259.096
47.102
TOTAL FUNDS
JJ41.614
3J96.3691
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
r*iovEMENT IN FufiDS- ¢oniinued
Group and charitable companv
Compxratlves for moi'emeat Sts funds
Nci
movemenl
in funds
Transfcrs
between
funds.
At
31.3.24
At 1.4.23
Uthre$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
SLisI￿linab7¢ 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
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN.IPiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
r*iovEMENT IN FUNDS- ¢oniinued
Group and charitable companv
cvtnpar￿l1Vc 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-wi￿i 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.
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
22.
I¥IOVEMENT IN FUI%DS- tontinued
Eni'lronmeni Att Il'ale$12016}
Funding tL'Leiwed 10 CaTry Out the S¢¢tion I{￿ ]athd management serv]¢¢ agre¢m¢ttts with Naiurdl R¢sour¢es
Wales.
Inlvrrvg NM. Europe
Funding fmTn Ini¢rr¢g Evrope toward% the European Terri¢ori#l C(K>perniion programme.
Lgndflll Dlsposal TAX Communliles Stheme
Tax di%tribuicd io supp)ft public ser%'iccs in W'alcs.
Local N*iure Partnershlps
Funding for L(xal authoTiiy proje¢is io build a oawre recovery nenvork across Wale$.
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¢s￿Sible 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 SOci￿Y 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.
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o'l'Tr-S'I O"I'HTr: CONSOI,ID.A'I'Tr:D Tr'IN,*PiCIAL STATE.MEYTS- tO￿ti￿￿ed
FOR THF. I'F.AR F.NDF.D 31 ￿lARCH 2025
23.
RELATED PARTI, DISCLOSURES
The Tn￿1 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¥ Limi*d 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.
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