# WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 256618
- **Other names:** THE WORCESTERSHIRE NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 31, 1969
- **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=256618


## Contact

- **Address:** LOWER SMITE FARM, SMITE HILL, HINDLIP, WORCESTER
- **Postcode:** WR3 8SZ
- **Phone:** 01905754919
- **Email:** enquiries@worcestershirewildlifetrust.org
- **Website:** www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:3.1.TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NATURE RESERVES WHICH SHALL BE OWNED, MAINTAINED OR MANAGED BY THE TRUST.3.2.TO RESTORE, CREATE, STUDY AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION OF PLACES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, MYCOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, OR GENERAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.3.3.TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND CARRY OUT STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE RECORDING AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.3.4.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

**Activities:** Our principal activities are:  the acquisition and management of nature reserves; the collection and dissemination of biological data; the provision of advice and comment to authorities and land-managers; and the promotion of wildlife conservation through education programmes.  The principal activity of the Trust's subsidiary trading company is that of consultancy services.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2763209 | £3297994 | £17162086 | 41 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2550354 | £2556300 | £17753849 | 36 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2916379 | £2314850 | £17637731 | 35 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2792834 | £2169528 | £17310828 | 38 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2595744 | £2117565 | £16687198 | 38 |



## Trustees

- **Christianne Tipping** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 15, 2020
- Andrew Forecast — appointed Oct. 15, 2020
- Andrew Muir — appointed Oct. 16, 2023
- Carrie Pawley — appointed Oct. 16, 2023
- Catherine Stephen — appointed Oct. 20, 2025
- Chris Greensmith — appointed Oct. 16, 2017
- Dr John Scott Dutton — appointed Oct. 20, 2025
- Dr PETER RICHARD HOLMES — appointed Nov. 12, 1997
- Gail Devries — appointed Nov. 18, 2024
- JOHN BLAKISTON — appointed Jan. 16, 2017
- James Lyndon Bracewell — appointed Nov. 18, 2024
- John Mark Douglass — appointed Oct. 20, 2025
- Julie Suzanne Button — appointed Oct. 20, 2025
- Mary Patricia Gildea — appointed Oct. 15, 2020
- ROBERT JAMES GILLMOR — appointed May 16, 2001
- Richard Anthony Cory — appointed Nov. 17, 2014
- Thomas Christopher Coubrough Meikle — appointed Oct. 15, 2020