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2024-03-31-accounts

Company no 1600379 Charity no 283895

LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST (The) (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31st March 2024

CONTENTS Pages
Trustees’ Report 2-10
Reference and Administrative Details 11
Independent Auditor's Report 12-14
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 15
Consolidated and Charity Balance sheets 16
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 18
Notes to the accounts 19-34

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Trustees’ report

For the year ended 31st March 2024

The Board of Trustees of London Wildlife Trust present their report together with the audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024. The Board have adopted the provisions of the Charities SORP (FRS 102) – Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (effective 1 January 2019) in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

Our objectives

London Wildlife Trust Limited is required by charity and company law to act within the objects of its Articles of Association, which are as follows:

  1. To promote the conservation, creation, maintenance and study for the benefit of the public of places and objects of biological, geological, archaeological or other scientific interest or of natural beauty in Greater London and elsewhere and to promote biodiversity throughout Greater London.

  2. To promote the education of the public and in particular young people in the principles and practice of conservation of flora and fauna, the principles of sustainability and the appreciation of natural beauty particularly in urban areas.

  3. To promote, organise and carry on study and research in the principles and practice of the conservation of nature and the use of natural resources and to publish the useful results of such research.

Our strategy

Our ‘Bringing Nature Back to London’ strategy was published in July 2022 and launched at the Annual General Meeting in September 2022. Had it not been for Covid we would have published this strategy in 2020. This strategy focuses in detail on the period up 2025. Our strategic vision remains; a London alive with nature, where everyone values and takes action for wildlife and the wider environment .

Our strategic goals to 2030 are as follows:

As part of our Strategic Plan to 2030 we have also identified five enabling priorities that represent the most important foundations we need in place to enable us to realise our Strategic Goals. These build on the significant investment over the last five years in strengthening our marketing and comms, fundraising, and finance functions. These five enabling priorities are as follows:

The Trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in making decisions on the Trust’s aims, objectives and future activities as required by the Charities Act 2011. As set out in more

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detail below, the Trust provides public benefit by ensuring that London’s wild spaces are protected and continue to thrive, that access is freely available to the general public and that London’s infrastructure, development and regeneration provide a net gain for biodiversity and contribute to nature's recovery and the benefits this brings to the public.

What were our aims for 2023-24 and how did we do?

We are very pleased that the charity continued to show great resilience in the ongoing challenging circumstances of a cost-of-living crisis. Our visitor hubs and nature reserves continue to welcome members of the public in ever greater numbers and our education, training, and commercial activities are thriving.

Goal 1 Inspire: Everyone values and takes action for London’s wildlife, and the wider environment.

Goal 2 Influence: Decision-makers and landowners adopt nature positive wildlife policies and practice

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Goal 3 Transform: London’s landscape and infrastructure is better managed for wildlife; nature is in recovery so that London’s natural habitats play a valued role in addressing the ecological and climate emergencies.

Financial review and reserves policy

Incoming resources were £5.6 million, compared to £4.8 million in 2022-2023. Total resources expended were £5.7 million, up from £5.0 million. During the year, the Trust received restricted funding of £1.6 million which was used to deliver numerous projects including youth engagement projects, improvements to the Great North Wood and education at numerous sites across London.

At 31 March 2024 total funds stood at £4.19 million (2023: £4.25 million) and free (unrestricted) reserves continued their improvement to £751k (2023: £628k). Endowment funds increased to £686k (2022: £629k) and restricted funds stood at

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£737k) (2023: £789k). The designated unrestricted capital fund representing the net book value of nature reserves and other tangible fixed assets stood at £2.01 million (2023: £2.20 million).

Reserves are held to ensure the financial sustainability of the Trust and to help manage the financial impact of the risks it faces including those below. LWT reserves policy aims to provide sufficient resources to meet a range of contingencies and has a minimum level of £375k of unrestricted net current assets and a maximum of £500k. Currently reserves are above this range, as such plans are to invest yet further in face-to-face fundraising to ensure the long-term financial security of the Trust and in impact and brand awareness. Trustees regard it as a key priority to maintain reserves within range.

Catalyst Endowment Fund

This fund has arisen following a joint application with the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This joint grant contract provided a grant from NLHF, and along with match funds raised, totals £500,000 for each Trust. This grant is to be held as an endowment fund. The endowment could not be drawn down against until 1 January 2022 and withdrawal of capital will be subject to the conditions within the funding document and the deed of cooperation between the two Wildlife Trusts. London Wildlife Trust’s funds are fully invested with CCLA; as at 31[st] May 2024 London Wildlife Trust’s fund was valued at £671k. None has been drawn down to date and there are currently no plans to do so.

Risks and uncertainties

The Trustees have identified the principal financial risks to the Trust as a reduction in grant funding and the underperformance of unrestricted earned income streams.

The ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis represents a risk to certain unrestricted income streams. It is possible that the cost-of-living crisis may affect unrestricted income from individuals over the next financial year particularly with regard to cash appeals and one-off donations; the Trust has reviewed plans accordingly and has taken steps to diversify income further through ongoing investment in commercial revenue generation, corporate partnerships and grants.

The Trust has a strong track record of securing grants from Lottery distributors, the Landfill Communities Fund, corporations, trusts and foundations. We remain well-placed for ongoing funding applications.

Throughout FY 2023-24 unrestricted income streams from room hire, education, commercial partnerships and events and catering have increased; LWL made a profit due to some high value corporate hires of our Camley Street Site.

As unrestricted net current assets (£751k) are above our reserves policy, we see no requirement for significant changes to staffing or organisational structure. The trustees are monitoring the situation and financial projections closely, and contingency plans have been drawn up to make savings if deemed necessary.

Going Concern

The Trustees have considered the charity's new strategic plan and current income forecasts to September 2025 and beyond. The Trustees, having reviewed the latest cash flow forecasts and the assumptions contained therein, are confident that the organisation will be able to meet its future liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are confident that the charity's strategy for future income generation is viable and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Plans for future periods

London, like the rest of the UK, is one of the most nature depleted places in the world, with increasingly fragmented, isolated and vulnerable remnants of wildlife rich spaces. 41% of our wildlife species have declined in abundance since the early 1970s, and 15% of our species like skylark and linnet are threatened with extinction from much of London. We cannot accept the status quo.

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It is no longer enough to just try and slow down the loss of the natural world or preserve and fence off what remains of our wildlife. We need to bring wildlife back, at scale and at pace. To do this we need to empower more people and more organisations to take notice of wildlife, recover their own lost connections with the natural world and take action for nature. In bringing nature back into our lives and enabling people to define nature in their own unique way, we will realise it’s capacity to mitigate the impacts of a changing climate and help make our city resilient, sustainable, and thriving.

The centres we have built over recent years – e.g. Camley Street Natural Park, Walthamstow Wetlands, Woodberry Wetlands - are important hubs at which we will continue to welcome and inspire millions of visitors, educate tens of thousands of children and adults and encourage all Londoners to join us. Our social media channels will reach millions of Londoners to similarly educate and inspire. And our nature reserves, as well as being havens for nature, will be managed as showcases for what is possible for nature’s recovery even within a major city.

These activities all require us to continue to diversify unrestricted income streams through, for example, ongoing expansion of face to face and digital membership recruitment and individual giving appeals. Already having had some success we have restored our financial reserves to the level above that of our reserves policy and are now already able to better invest resources into the management of our nature reserves and our advocacy for a Wilder London.

Some key projects include:

Goal 1 Inspire: Everyone values and takes action for London’s wildlife, and the wider environment.

Goal 2 Influence: Decision-makers and landowners adopt nature positive wildlife policies and practice.

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Goal 3 Transform: London’s landscape and infrastructure is better managed for wildlife; nature is in recovery so that London’s natural habitats play a valued role in addressing the ecological and climate emergencies.

Enabling priorities:

EP1: Delivering a step change in Membership of the London Wildlife Trust

EP2: Mobilising London’s young people and communities to help us deliver LWTs vision.

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  - We will continue to deliver our _Nature-in-Mind_ programme in partnership with Newham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) until the end of September 2024, enabling children and young people on CAMHS waiting lists to wait well through two new programmes of nature focused wellbeing sessions. We will seek external funding with the aim of continuing the project.

EP4 : Undergoing a digital ‘transformation’ in our marketing and communications to reach many more Londoners.

EP5 : Ensuring our nature reserves demonstrate best practice and act as catalysts for action to enable nature’s recovery in London.

Structure, governance and management

London Wildlife Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and a company limited by guarantee registered at Companies House (England and Wales).

The Trust is a member of The Wildlife Trusts (registered as the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT), charity no: 207238) which acts as an umbrella body carrying out lobbying and public relations on behalf of all Wildlife Trusts. Partners have the use of the Wildlife Trusts logo and benefit from the resources, best practice and specialist knowledge of other Wildlife Trusts. Each individual Wildlife Trust remains entirely independent in terms of governance.

The Board of Trustees of London Wildlife Trust are also the directors for the purposes of company law. The honorary officers of the Trust currently consist of the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, and Senior Independent Trustee. The Board has overall responsibility for the control of The Trust but delegates day-to-day responsibility to the Senior Management Team. The Trustees are guided by the Trust’s articles of association and by the Governance Handbook, which is updated every two years.

There is one Board sub-committee, the Finance Committee (‘FinCom’) which includes the Chair, Treasurer, CEO, and Head of Finance. FinCom reviews risks, income, and expenditure against budgets quarterly, and financial projections, and reports its findings and recommendations to the board.

The Board consists of a maximum of ten elected and two co-opted Trustees (there are currently 9 Trustees) Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for a term of three years; may stand for one further three-year term; and may then be extended for up to two years if required. Trustee vacancies occurring between AGMs can be filled by Board appointments, subject to election at the next AGM.

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Trustees’ report

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Trustees are drawn from the Trust’s various areas of activity and reflect the views of its members. The Board carries out regular skills audits, the outcome of which will guide the recruitment of new Trustees and Co-optees to fill any identified gaps in expertise. Trustee vacancies are advertised publicly, identifying the particular skills needed. If a conflict of interest is declared the Board will consider whether it would prevent the prospective candidate from functioning as an effective Trustee.

Induction of new Trustees covers the Trust’s Strategic Plan, articles of association, governance handbook and Charity Commission guidance for Trustees; they will be provided with relevant information including minutes of recent AGM and Board meetings, statutory accounts, staff structure, and professional indemnity Insurance. New Trustees will meet Senior Management Team (SMT) and other key staff and be given a guided tour of one of the Trust’s principal sites. Further briefings including safeguarding are arranged as necessary. A mentor Trustee may be nominated.

Trustees and the CEO are appraised by the Chair using a 360-feedback model. This process is led and overseen by the Head of People and Organisational Development, with support from the Honorary Secretary.

The SMT currently consists of the Chief Executive Officer, Director of Policy & Research, Director of Learning, Youth and Communities and Director of Visitor Experience. Other staff are divided between the main office and the Trust’s key sites throughout the Greater London area.

Pay and remuneration of the charity’s key management personnel is set by the Trustees and reviewed annually. Pay levels are benchmarked and set with reference to median levels for organisations of this size in the conservation sector in London.

The Trust cooperates with other charities and organisations on specific projects; where appropriate, formal partnership agreements are in place.

London Wildlife Ltd (LWL), a wholly owned subsidiary of London Wildlife Trust, is a company registered at Companies House (England and Wales) number 02401237. At present LWL is used to run cafes and income-generating events. LWL has three directors, currently the CEO and Treasurer and an independent.

Since the Charity Governance Code was launched on 13[th] July 2017, the Trust has utilised the Code as a tool to support the Board to reflect upon its current governance structures and consider the ways in which the Charity and its Trustees currently apply the Charity Governance Code’s seven principles and recommended practice.

Whilst the Charity already applies most of the recommended practices relating to each of the Charity Governance Code’s seven principles, the Charity and its Trustees have considered whether and how to adopt or strengthen further recommended practices over the coming year to further improve the Charity’s governance standards and increase its overall effectiveness as an organisation.

Charity Fundraising

The Trustees have taken account of the provisions of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016. The Trust is registered with the Institute of Fundraising and the Fundraising Regulator; we follow the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and the Charity Commission guidance on charity fundraising; and we subscribe to the Fundraising Preference Service.

London Wildlife Trust engages in various forms of fundraising connected to individual giving. This includes face to face fundraising, postal appeals and digital campaigns. In 2023-24 we continued to work with a consultant (Fran Swaine) to run digital campaigns to raise funds for unrestricted income through our Christmas and Big Give appeals.

In April 2023 we continued our successful face to face membership recruitment campaign which saw the Trust recruit over 1700 new members. There is a strong stewardship programme in place to support the membership recruitment activity and retention of these members. In 2023-24 we received no formal complaints about activities by the charity, or by a person on behalf of the charity, for the purpose of fund-raising (2022-23: none).

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We have a Fundraising and Vulnerable People policy in place. We take care to ensure that vulnerable people and other members of the public are not subject to unreasonable intrusion on their privacy, unreasonably persistent approaches, or undue pressure on a person to give money or other property. The Trust complies with the General Data Protection Act.

Statement of the Board's responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of London Wildlife Trust for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the group and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the members of the Board who were in office on the date of approval of these financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are each aware, that there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware. Each of the members of Board have confirmed that they have each taken all steps that they ought to have taken as members of Board in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that it has been communicated to the auditor.

The Trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with the exemptions available under Companies 2006 for small companies.

The Trustees’ report (which includes the reference and administrative details on page 11) was approved by the Board on 27[th] August 2024 and signed on their behalf:

Rufus Radcliffe - Chair

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Status The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 26th The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 26th
November 1981 and registered as a charity on 18thJanuary 1982.
Governing document The organisation was established under a memorandum of association which established the
objects and powers of the organisation and is governed under its articles of association.
Company number 1600379
Charity number 283895
Registered office and Five Fields
operational address 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London
SW1W 0DH
Ambassadors David Lindo
Alison Steadman
Tom Holland
Board of Trustees The Trustees of London Wildlife Trust are the charity’s trustees under charity law and the
directors of the charitable company.
Rufus Radcliffe (Chair)
Hannah Fox (Honorary Treasurer)
Stephen Snaith (Honorary Secretary)
Dr. John Tweddle
Melissa Glackin resigned 30/09/2023
Amy Mount resigned 30/09/2023
Kapila Perrera
Rachel Starling
Andrew Stephen
Tony Richardson
Shara Samra appointed 30/09/2023
Chief Executive Gordon Scorer resigned 31/12/2023
David Mooney appointed 01/10/2023
Senior Management Mathew Frith
Team Leah McNally
Charlie Sims
Principal bankers HSBC Bank Plc
165 Fleet Street
London EC4A 2DY
Solicitors Farrer & Co DLA Piper UK LLP
66 Lincolns Inn Fields 3 Noble Street
London WC2A 3LH London EC2V 7EE
Auditor Crowe U.K. LLP
R+ Building
2 Blagrave Street
Reading RG1 1AZ

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members and Trustees of London Wildlife Trust

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of London Wildlife Trust (the “charitable company”) and the “group” for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Consolidated statement of financial activities, the Group and Company balance sheets, the Consolidated cash flow statement and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustee's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit

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purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the charitable company and group operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011 together with the Charities SORP (FRS 102). We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items.

In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which might be fundamental to the charitable company’s and the group’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty. We also considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the charitable company and the group for fraud. The laws and regulations we considered in this context for the UK operations were employment legislation, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and taxation legislation.

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members and Trustees of London Wildlife Trust

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be within the timing of recognition of certain income streams and the override of controls by management. Our audit procedures to respond to these risks included enquiries of management, and the Finance Committee about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, sample testing of income received in the year and post year end, sample testing on the posting of journals, reviewing accounting estimates for biases, reviewing regulatory correspondence with the Charity Commission, and reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Janette Joyce

Senior Statutory Auditor

For and on behalf of

Crowe U.K. LLP

Statutory Auditor

Reading

3 September 2024

Crowe U.K. LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
funds
funds
funds
Notes
£’000
£’000
£’000
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
1,386
184
-
Charitable activities
3
902
1,360
-
Other trading activities
1,710
-
-
Investments
4
7
18
-
Other
7
-
-
Total
4,012
1,562
-
Expenditure on:
Raising funds:
Generating Donations, Legacies,
and Grants
1,334
-
-
Other Trading activities
1,322
-
Charitable activities
6
1,209
1,824
-
Total
7
3,865
1,824
-
Net income/(deficit)
147
(262)
-
Net gains/(losses) on investments
-
-
57
Transfer between funds
16
(210)
210
-
Net movement in funds
(63)
(52)
57
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
2,827
789
629
Total funds carried forward
2,764
737
686		 Total
2024
£’000
1,570
2,262
1,710
25
7
5,574
1,334
1,322
3,033
5,689
(115)
57
-
(58)
4,245
4,187		 Total
2023
£’000
1,381
2,413
960
21
13
4,788
1,248
827
2,934
5,009
(221)
(25)
-
(246)
4,491
4,245

The statement of financial activities contains all gains and losses for the year and all activities relate to continuing operations.

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheet

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Notes
Fixed Asset
Tangible assets
11
Investments
12
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Stock
Debtors
13
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Liabilities
Creditors:
Amounts falling due within one year
14
Net current assets
Net assets before long term liabilities
Creditors:
Amounts falling due after more than one
year
15
Total net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted income funds
16
Endowment funds
17
Unrestricted funds:
Designated Capital Funds- Nature reserves
18
Designated Capital Funds- Other
18
General funds
18
Subtotal
Total funds		 Group
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
2,055
2,256
686
629
2,741
2,885
44
34
852
932
1,802
1,083
2,698
2,049
(1,147)
(573)
1,551
1,476
4,292
4,361
(105)
(116)
4,187
4,245
737
789
686
629
1,423
1,418
1985
2,139
28
60
751
628
2,764
2,827
4,187
4,245		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
2044
2,236
686
629
2,730
2,865
-
-
1,314
1,689
927
210
2,241
1,899
(909)
(380)
1,332
1,519
4,062
4,384
(105)
(116)
3,957
4,268
737
789
686
629
1,423
1,418
1,985
2,139
17
39
532
672
2,534
2,850
3,957
4,268		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
2044
2,236
686
629
2,730
2,865
-
-
1,314
1,689
927
210
2,241
1,899
(909)
(380)
1,332
1,519
4,062
4,384
(105)
(116)
3,957
4,268
737
789
686
629
1,423
1,418
1,985
2,139
17
39
532
672
2,534
2,850
3,957
4,268
2,865
-
1,689
210
1,899
(380)
1,519
4,384
(116)
4,268
789
629
1,418
2,139
39
672
2,850
4,268

The net result for the financial year dealt with in the financial statements of the parent company was £(311)k (2023 – (£116)k). The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime. The company has taken exemption from presenting its unconsolidated profit and loss account under section 408 of Companies Act 2006.

These accounts were approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 27 August 2024.

16

London Wildlife Trust (The) Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheet

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Hannah Fox – Honorary Treasurer

Company number 1600379

17

London Wildlife Trust (The) Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities
23
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets
Loan Repayment
Net cash (used in) investing activities
Cash inflow from financing activities:
New financing in the year
Net cash provided by financing activities:
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2023
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2024
24		 £'000
(7)
(10)		 2024
£'000
736
(17)
-
719
1,083
1,802		 £'000
(19)		 2023
£'000
168
(19)
86
- 86
235
848
1,083

18

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

1. Significant accounting policies and legal information

London Wildlife Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales. The Trust’s registered office is Fivefields, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0DH.

1.1 Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland effective 1 January 2019 (The FRS 102 Charities SORP) and the Companies Act 2006.

The Trustees confirm that the Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

1.2 Group Accounts

The Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) and Balance Sheet consolidate the financial statements of the charity and its subsidiary undertaking. The results of the subsidiary is consolidated on a line by line basis. The results and balance sheet of the trading subsidiary are disclosed in note 19.

No separate SOFA or cash flow statement has been presented for the charity alone as permitted by the Companies Act 2006 and the SORP.

1.3 Going concern

In the sections on Going concern and Financial review and reserves policy the report of the Board of Trustees discusses the level of reserves held by the charity and concludes the charity is a going concern. The accounts have, therefore, been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern. The trustees have a reasonable expectation that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

1.4 Fund Accounting

1.4.1 Unrestricted Funds

These funds can be used for any of the charity's purposes.

These funds have been given to the Trust for a particular purpose to be used in accordance with the wishes of the donor.

1.4.3 Endowment funds

These funds have been given to the Trust for a particular purpose to be used in accordance with the wishes of the donor. The capital can generally not be realised.

1.5 Income

Income from donations is accounted for when received. Gift aid is recognised in the financial statements in the year that the connected donation was received. Legacy income is included in the accounts when the amount due can be quantified with reasonable probability and the timing of the receipt is known.

Income in the form of donated services have been included in the SOFA at a reasonable estimate of their value, taking into account the market value of the assets and comments made by the donor.

Grants receivable are accounted for when there is sufficient information to enable the claim to be made or the claim has been made and there is clear indication to suggest the claim will be met. Income under contracts is recognised to the extent that entitlement has been earned through performance of the contract.

Income under contracts for services or grants which have performance conditions or time restrictions attached are deferred until these conditions or restrictions have been met.

19

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

1.6 Volunteer Activity

The Trust receives support from a wide variety of volunteers. We estimate that the value of volunteer time for 20232024 was £254k (2023 - £240k).

1.7 Membership Income

Membership income is taken to the Statement of Financial Activities on receipt.

1.8 Expenditure

Expenditure is allocated to a particular activity when the costs relate directly to that activity. Indirect costs incurred in the administration and support of charitable activities are allocated to the expenditure headings in the SOFA on the basis of the number of employees in each area of work. The average number of employees by function is shown in note 9.

Cost of Raising Funds consists of expenditure relating to membership, appeals, communications requesting funds, applying for grants and other general publicity as part of fundraising together with associated support costs. Costs incurred in the face-to-face membership recruitment campaign consist of staff, recruiters, travel and materials together with support costs.

Administration and Support include the provision of the premises, personnel, information technology and audit fees.

1.8.1 Irrecoverable VAT

The charity is partially exempt. Irrecoverable VAT is allocated to the appropriate cost categories.

1.9 Tangible fixed assets

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The costs of minor additions below £1,000 are not capitalised.

Included in fixed assets are both freehold and leasehold interests in land which are maintained as nature reserves by the Trust. Maintenance and conservation work on nature reserves is expensed through the Statement of Financial Activities as incurred, as part of the Trust’s charitable activities.

Depreciation is not provided on freehold land which is considered to have a useful life of more than fifty years.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life at the following annual rates:

Leasehold buildings and improvements – Over the life of the lease Motor vehicles - 25%

Computer software development costs and equipment - 33%

Equipment, fixtures and fittings - 15%- 33% dependent on expected useful economic life

1.10 Investments

Investments are stated at market value. Unrealised gains and losses arising from revaluation of the investments are recognised in the SOFA.

1.11 Pension Costs

The Trust operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are written off against incoming resources in the year they are payable. The assets of the scheme are held separately from the Trust in independently administered funds.

20

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the SOFA over the period in which the cost is incurred. The Trust has no finance leases.

1.14 Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term deposits.

1.17 Significant estimates and judgements

The following areas are considered to involve the critical judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty when applying the groups accounting policies

21

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

2 Donations and legacies

Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
income
income
income
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Membership income
948
-
-
948
Donations
363
184
-
547
Legacies
75
-
-
75
1,386
184
-
1,570		 2023
£’000
857
493
31
1,381

Included in donations are consultancy services valued at £nil (2023 – £70k) provided pro bono by Ernst & Young and legal services valued at £41k (2023- £41k) provided pro bono by DLA Piper LLP.

2023 comparatives were made up as follows: donations and grants included £117k in restricted income and £376k in unrestricted income; membership income was £857k in unrestricted income and legacies included £31k in unrestricted income.

3 Charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
income income income 2024 2023
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Grants, fees and contracts 902 1,360 - 2,262 2,413

2023 comparatives include £1,472k restricted and £941k unrestricted income.

4 Investment income

vestment income
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
income income income 2024 2023
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Investment income 7 18 - 25 21

5 Government funding

£911k funding from government was received in the year (2023 - £1,858k).

Income from government grants and contracts was made up as follows: Local Authorities £529k (2023 - £932k)

National Lottery Heritage Fund £371k (2023 - £884k) Other government bodies £11k (2023 - £42k)

22

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

6 Charitable activities expenditure

Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
£’000
£’000
£’000
Nature reserve management and
conservation
202
715
-
Visitor engagement
899
1,109
-
Consultancy
108
-
-
1,209
1,824
-		 2024
£’000
917
2,008
108
3,033		 2023
£’000
818
1,982
134
2,934

2023 comparative costs were as follows: nature reserve management and conservation £191k restricted and £627k unrestricted, visitor engagement £867k restricted and £1,115k unrestricted and consultancy costs £134k unrestricted.

7 Total expenditure

Direct
Other
Support &
staff costs
direct costs
governance
£’000
£’000
£’000
Expenditure on raising funds
- Membership and fundraising
454
637
243
Trading company costs
615
707
-
Nature reserve management and
conservation
298
456
163
Visitor engagement
872
605
531
Consultancy
18
80
10
2,257
2,485
947		 2024
£’000
1,334
1,322
917
2,008
108
5,689		 2023
£’000
1,248
827
818
1,982
134
5,009
2024 2023
£’000 £’000
Net income is stated
after charging:
Auditor’s remuneration - audit 27 25
- other services - -
Depreciation 208 215
Amounts payable under operating leases 110 78

23

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

8 Analysis of support costs

IT
Finance
Human resources
Premises
Administration & office
Governance		 Staff
costs
£’000
18
148
71
-
138
375		 Other
costs
£’000
56
252
21
141
50
52
572		 2024
Total
£’000
74
400
92
141
50
190
947

Comparative year ended 31 March 2023

IT
Finance
Human resources
Premises
Administration & office
Governance		 Staff
costs
£’000
17
132
66
-
117
332		 Other
costs
£’000
60
242
18
117
43
41
521		 2023
Total
£’000
77
374
84
117
43
158
853

24

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

9 Staff costs

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Other pension costs
Employees and volunteers
The average number of employees (FTE), analysed by function was:
Raising funds
Trading company
Nature reserve management and
Conservation
Visitor engagement
Management and administration		 2024
£’000
2,382
189
61
2,632
No.
11
23
8
25
7
74		 2023
£’000
1,960
169
49
2,178
No.
11
16
6
22
6
61

The average number of employees during the year including sessional and part-time individuals was 101 (2023 – 91).

We rely on volunteers to help in all aspects of our work particularly for practical conservation work, administration and fundraising.

Board’s and employees’ emoluments

Members of the Board did not receive any remuneration or benefits in kind during the period. There were no claims by Board Members travelling on Trust business (2023 – nil). The number of employees whose salaries amounted to over £60,000 were as follows:

2024 2023
No. No.
£60,000 to £70,000 3 3
£70,000 to £80,000 1 -
£100,000 to £110,000 - 1

The key management personnel in the year comprised of the SMT. There were five employees in the SMT (2023 – five) including the Chief Executive. Total remuneration (including employer NI and Employee Pension) of key management personnel in the year was £369k (2023 - £378k).

The amount paid in respect of Notice and Statutory Redundancy Pay in the year was £nil (2023: £2k).

25

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

10 Pension arrangements

The Trust operates a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Scheme open to all employees. Contributions to the scheme are charged to the accounts as they fall due. Total amounts paid during the year were £61k (2023 - £49k).

11 Tangible assets

Group

Freehold Leasehold
Land Buildings &
Improvements
£’000
£’000

Cost
1 April 2023
38
3,265
Additions
-
-
Transfers
-
Disposals
-
-
At 31 March 2024
38
3,265
Depreciation
1 April 2023
-
1,107
Charge for the year
-
170
Disposals
-
-
At 31 March 2024
-
1,277
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
38
1,988
At 31 March 2023
38
2,158		 Equipment

£’000
315
7
(5)
317
262
32
(5)
289
28
53		 Motor
Vehicles
£’000
84
-
-
-
84
77
6
-
83
1
7		 Total
£’000
3,702
7
-
(5)
3,704
1,446
208
(5)
1,649
2,055
2,256

26

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

11 Tangible assets continued

Charity
Freehold Leasehold
Land Buildings &
Improvements
£’000
£’000

Cost
1 April 2023
38
3,265
Additions
-
-
Transfers
-
Disposals
-
-
At 31 March 2024
38
3,265
Depreciation
1 April 2023
-
1,107
Charge for the year
-
170
Disposals
-
-
At 31 March 2023
-
1,277
Net book value
At 31 March 2023
38
1,988
At 31 March 2023
38
2,158		 Equipment

£’000
265
2
-
267
232
18
-
250
17
33		 Motor
Vehicles
£’000
84
-
-
-
84
77
6
-
83
1
7		 Total
£’000
3,652
2
-
-
3,654
1,416
194
-
1,610
2,044
2,236

12 Investments

The charity holds 100% of the issued share capital of London Wildlife Limited. Details are shown in Note 19 of these accounts. The investment is included at cost £100 (2023 - £100). The Trust also holds an Endowment, this investment is managed by CCLA and held in Equity- 73%, Property/Other Assets-20%, Fixed interest-1% and Cash-6%.

Market value
At 1 April 2023
Additions
Increase/ (decrease) in value of investments
At 31 March 2024		 2024
£’000
629
-
57
686		 2023
£’000
654
-
(25)
629

27

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

13 Debtors

Trade debtors
Amounts due from subsidiary companies
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income		 Group
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
509
266
-
-
12
5
331
661
852
932		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
455
253
530
779
8
6
321
651
1,314
1,689		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
455
253
530
779
8
6
321
651
1,314
1,689
1,689

14 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

Trade creditors
Other creditors
Tax and social security costs
Accruals and deferred income
Current Portion of Long-Term Loan		 Group
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
441
179
42
41
208
46
444
296
12
11
1,147
573		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
401
138
42
41
207
46
247
144
12
11
909
380		 Charity
2024
2023
£’000
£’000
401
138
42
41
207
46
247
144
12
11
909
380
380

Deferred income relates to monies received in advance of services provided.

Movements on deferred income




Balance as at 31 March 2023
Received in year
Released in year
Balance as at 31 March 2024		 Total
2024
£’000
178
290
(144)
324		 Total
2023
£’000
88
139
(49)
178

15 Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year



Bank Loan
HLF social investment loan		 2024
£’000
20
85
105		 2023
£’000
30
86
116

28

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

15 Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year continued

The Loans are repayable as follows:



Within one year
Between one and two years
Between three and five years
Over five years		 2024
£’000
12
65
40
-
117		 2023
£’000
11
34
82
-
127

The HSBC Loan is unsecured government backed Bounce Back Loan and is £31k as at 31 March 2024(2023: £40k). It will be fully repaid in 2027 and interest rate is 2.5%.

The HLF social investment loan is an interest free unsecured loan and is £86k as at 31 March 2024(2023: £87k). It will be fully repaid in 2028.

16 Restricted Income funds

These funds have been received for specific projects. These projects may arise out of the Trust’s ongoing activities, or the Trust may be asked to carry out a specific task. Either way, at some stage in the project, grants and donations will have been received specific to that project. Therefore, once a project is commenced any funds allocated to it are restricted to that fund. It is anticipated that these funds will be used over the coming months and years as the expenditure for which these funds were raised is incurred. There are therefore many small funds and for the purposes of statutory reporting these have been grouped together under three main headings.

Balance
1 April 2023
£’000
Nature reserve management and
conservation
304
Visitor engagement
485
789		 Balance
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
848
(715)
25
462
714
(1,109)
185
275
1,562
(1,824)
210
737		 Balance
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
848
(715)
25
462
714
(1,109)
185
275
1,562
(1,824)
210
737
737

Comparative year ended 31 March 2023

Balance
1 April 2022
£’000
Nature reserve management and
conservation
309
Visitor engagement
588
897		 Balance
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2023
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
598
(627)
24
304
1,009
(1,115)
3
485
1,607
(1,742)
27
789		 Balance
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2023
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
598
(627)
24
304
1,009
(1,115)
3
485
1,607
(1,742)
27
789
789

29

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

16 Restricted Income funds continued

Nature reserves and conservation restricted funds

This includes the following activities during the year: surveying and restoring chalk grassland and glow-worm habitat at Saltbox Hill, Hutchinson’s Bank, Chapel Bank and others; management of Gunnersbury Triangle and hiring welfare facilities; management activity at five Hillingdon reserves and Braeburn Park; restoring the reedbed at Spencer Road Wetland; completing the repair of a section of the boardwalk at Denham Lock Wood and; investment in path works at Sydenham Hill Wood & Dulwich Wood.

Visitor engagement restricted funds

This includes the following activities during the year: full conservation volunteering programme, family learning programme and outdoor education programme at Woodberry Wetlands; outdoor education conservation volunteering programme and work to complete landscape works around the new visitor and learning centre at Camley Street Natural Park; visitor engagement activities, outdoor education programme, conservation volunteering programme and family learning programme at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening, visitor engagement activities, outdoor education programme and young people’s engagement programme at Crane Park Island; the final phase of conservation volunteering, contractor-led infrastructure works, interpretation and access improvement works in the Great North Wood; the transfer and set up of back of house infrastructure, capital works, conservation, surveying and visitor engagement volunteering programme, family learning programmes and outdoor education programme at Walthamstow Wetlands; and the Keeping it Wild pan-London young people’s engagement programme.

Transfer of funds

Transfers out of restricted funds have been made where a capital project has been substantively completed and there are no further restrictions specified by funders as to the future use of the asset. Transfers into the funds are made when the project has been completed and the shortfall on funding is made up from the charity’s general funds.

17 Endowment funds

In accordance with the funding conditions of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Catalyst Fund has been accounted for as a separate endowment fund. The funding was given as an endowment with the income to be applied to support the nature reserves of the charity. The endowment is now available, but any withdrawal must be in line with the terms and conditions of the funding agreement.

Group and charity

Balance
1 April 2023
£’000
Nature reserve fund
629
Year ended 31 March 2023
Balance
1 April 2022
£’000
Nature reserve fund
654		 Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
transfers
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
-
-
57
686
Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
transfers
2023
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
-
-
(25)
629

30

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

18 Unrestricted funds

Balance
1 April 2023
£’000
General funds – charity
672
General funds – non charitable
trading company
(44)
Subtotal
628
Designated Capital Fund- Nature
Reserves
2,139
Designated Fund- Other
60
Total unrestricted funds
2,827		 Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
2,437
(2,367)
(210)
532
1,710
(1,456)
9
219
4,147
(3,823)
(201)
751
-
(154)
1,985
-
(23)
(9)
28
4,147
(4,000)
(210)
2,764		 Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2024
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
2,437
(2,367)
(210)
532
1,710
(1,456)
9
219
4,147
(3,823)
(201)
751
-
(154)
1,985
-
(23)
(9)
28
4,147
(4,000)
(210)
2,764
751
1,985
28
2,764

Comparative: year ended 31 March 2023

Balance
1 April 2022
£’000
General funds – charity
667
General funds – non charitable
trading company
(106)
Subtotal
561
Designated Capital Fund- Nature
Reserves
2,293
Designated Fund- Other
86
Total unrestricted funds
2,940		 Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2023
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
2,299
(2,267)
(27)
672
960
(906)
8
(44)
3,259
(3,173)
(19)
628
-
(154)
2,139
-
(18)
(8)
60
3,259
(3,345)
(27)
2,827		 Balance
Gains/(losses) &
31 March
Income Expenditure
Transfers
2023
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
2,299
(2,267)
(27)
672
960
(906)
8
(44)
3,259
(3,173)
(19)
628
-
(154)
2,139
-
(18)
(8)
60
3,259
(3,345)
(27)
2,827
628
2,139
60
2,827

General Funds- charity

These funds are available for activities that meet the charitable objectives of the Trust.

Designated Capital Fund- Nature Reserves

These funds represent the Net Book Value of tangible fixed assets relating to leases and leasehold improvements on our reserves and visitor centres.

Designated Fund -Other

These represent the Net Book Value of tangible fixed assets used in the delivery of our charitable activities, such as vehicles and equipment.

31

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

19 Trading company - London Wildlife Limited

London Wildlife Trust owns 100% of the issued share capital of London Wildlife Limited (registered number 02401237). During the year London Wildlife Limited generated income from cafés, retail, ticketed events and private hire events.

Profit and Loss Account Year ended 31 March 2024

Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Administrative expenses
Trading Profit/(loss)
Charitable donation
Operating Profit/ (loss) on ordinary activities before taxation
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
Profit/(Loss) on ordinary activities after taxation
Reserves brought forward
(Deficit) on reserves carried forward		 2024
£’000
1,711
(1,291)
420
(166)
254
(231)
-
-
23
(23)
-		 2023
£’000
960
(811)
149
(95)
54
-
-
-
-
(77)
(23)

Balance sheet 31 March 2024

alance sheet
1 March 2024
Tangible assets
Current assets
Debtors
Stock
Cash at bank
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amount due to parent company
Other creditors and accruals
Net current (liabilities)
Total net (liabilities)		 2024
£’000
11
67
44
875
986
40
530
197
767
219
230		 2023
£’000
21
23
34
872
929
41
779
153
973
(44)
(23)

32

London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

20 Analysis of net assets between funds at 31 March 2024

Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Net current assets
Total net assets
omparative at 31 March 2023
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Net current assets
Total net assets		 Endowment
Funds
£’000
-
686
-
686
Endowment
Funds
£’000
-
629
-
629		 Restricted
Funds
£’000
41
-
696
737
Restricted
Funds
£’000
57
-
732
789		 Designated
Funds

£’000

2,013
-
-
2,013
Designated
Funds

£’000

2,199
-
-
2,199		 Unrestricted
Funds
£’000

-
-
751
751
Unrestricted
Funds
£’000

-
-
628
628		 Total
£’000
2,054
686
1,447
4,187
Total
£’000
2,256
629
1,360
4,245

Comparative at 31 March 2023

21 Members guarantee

The liability of each member is limited to £1.

22 Commitments under operating leases

At 31 March 2024 the total of future minimum lease payments under operating leases for each of the following periods was:

Land and buildings Land and buildings Other
2024 2023 2024 2023
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Not later than one year 141 38 30 29
Later than one year and not later than five 219 - 35 62
years
Later than 5 years - - - -

Capital commitments at 31 March 2024 were £nil (2023- £nil)

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

23 Reconciliation of net income to net cash inflow from operating activities

Net (expenditure)/ income for the reporting period (as
per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Decrease / (increase) in debtors
(Decrease) in creditors < 1Yr
Net cash inflow from operating activity
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Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash in hand		 2024
£'000
(115)
208
-
71
572
736
2024
£'000
1,802
1,802		 2023
£'000
(221)
215
-
238
(65)
167
2023
£'000
1,083
1,083

25 Related parties

£17k of donations were made by London Wildlife Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of London Wildlife Trust) to the Trust in the year ended 31 March 2024 (2023 - £Nil). The amount owed by London Wildlife Limited to the Trust at 31 March 2024 was £531k (2023 – £779k).

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

Funders

London Wildlife Trust receives grants and donations from a range of generous funders, for which we are very grateful. The list below is not exhaustive, but we would like to thank the following:

Arts Council England Assembly London Bad Star Studio Banister Charitable Trust Beddington Community Benefit Fund British Airways Bupa Foundation Camden Giving HS2 Camden Fund Cargill City Bridge Foundation Company, Place Crane Valley Partnership David Family Foundation David Uri Memorial Trust DLA Piper Garfield Weston Foundation Great Portland Estates Greater London Authority Groundwork Grundon (Landfill Communities Fund) Heathrow Airport Limited Heathrow Community Trust Hiscox Insurance Hogan Lovells Hotel Café Royal Index Ventures Inflexion Foundation John Horseman Trust John Lyon’s Charity Joseph Strong Frazer Trust Kusuma Trust Land Trust London Borough of Camden London Borough of Hillingdon London Borough of Richmond upon Thames London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Waltham Forest National Highways National Lottery Heritage Fund Notting Hill Genesis Pavilion Works Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery Port of London Authority Richer Sounds Foundation Rosemary Constance Reeve Angel Charitable Trust Somers Town Big Local Swire Charitable Trust Thames Water The Big Give Trust

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London Wildlife Trust (The) Notes to the accounts

For the year ended 31st March 2024

The Dulwich Estate The Dulwich Society The Green Well UK Power Networks Veolia Environmental Trust (Landfill Tax Credit) Vine House Farm Westminster Foundation

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