# BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 254937
- **Other names:** THE BRITISH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 7, 1968
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=254937


## Contact

- **Address:** BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION, MANOR YARD, SHAGGS, EAST LULWORTH, WAREHAM
- **Postcode:** BH20 5QP
- **Phone:** 01929400209
- **Email:** info@butterfly-conservation.org
- **Website:** www.butterfly-conservation.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY;1. THE STUDY, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FAUNA AND FLORA PARTICULARLY SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN THE  UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, BY CONSERVING THEM IN THE WILD BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE AVAILABLE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH THE CREATION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL, SEMI-NATURAL OR OTHER HABITATS.2. TO PROMOTE, UNDERTAKE AND SPONSOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE HABITS, DISEASES AND LIFE-CYCLES OF SUCH FLORA AND FAUNA AND PARTICULARLY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS AND THEIR LIFE-CYCLES IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND HUMAN PRACTICES AND ACTIVITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.3. TO PROMOTE OR UNDERTAKE CONSERVATION AND SOUND MANAGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF LANDS OF ECOLOGICAL OR OTHER SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE.4. TO FOSTER INTEREST IN GOVERNMENTAL AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND PARTICULARLY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.

**Activities:** The conservation of butterflies, moths and our environment

**Area of benefit:** THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6060000 | £6902000 | £11868000 | 109 |
| March 31, 2024 | £6616000 | £6824000 | £12826000 | 106 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6248000 | £5557000 | £12696000 | 91 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4345000 | £4266000 | £12307000 | 68 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4479402 | £4270151 | £11940798 | 79 |



## Trustees

- Carrie Anne Hume — appointed Nov. 9, 2024
- Catrin Jayne Evans — appointed Nov. 4, 2023
- Dr Elaine King — appointed Nov. 13, 2021
- Dr Ruth Waters — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Dr Simon Robert Spencer — appointed Nov. 15, 2025
- Lynnette Leeson — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Professor Laurence Harwood — appointed Nov. 16, 2019
- Shaun Thomas — appointed Nov. 9, 2024
- Simon Saville — appointed Nov. 10, 2018
- Steve Almond — appointed Nov. 9, 2024