# SOUTH WEST ENVIRONMENTAL PARKS LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 300923
- **Other names:** THE PAIGNTON ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS, NEWQUAY ZOO, PAIGNTON ZOO, PAIGNTON ZOO ENVIRONMENTAL PARK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 3, 1964
- **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=300923


## Contact

- **Address:** PAIGNTON ZOO, TOTNES ROAD, PAIGNTON, DEVON
- **Postcode:** TQ4 7EU
- **Phone:** 01803697500
- **Website:** www.paigntonzoo.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1 TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL WORLD.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY.3.3 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS, PLANTS AND HABITATS IN BOTH PROTECTED AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

**Activities:** The charity's activities are to advance scientific knowledge of plants, animals and the natural world; to advance education on the conservation of the physical and natural world and the promotion of biodiversity; to promote the conservation of the physical and the natural environment and the maintenance of the physical and natural environment and the maintenance of biological diversity.

**Area of benefit:** DEVON




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall
- Devon
- Torbay



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £10898304 | £19197355 | £-3063182 | 201 |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £8259806 | £10896409 | £5235869 | 227 |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £9197757 | £9306848 | £7872472 | 215 |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £8596624 | £8039739 | £7981563 | 186 |
| Oct. 31, 2020 | £9105417 | £11891212 | £7600286 | 299 |



## Trustees

- **Stephen Ellis Kings** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Prof. Richard Preziosi — appointed Sept. 28, 2022