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Description

Managing nature reserves, protecting rare and threatened species, monitoring plans and developments, standing up for wildlife conservation, working with landowners, local business and government for the benefit of wildlife and promoting sustainable living.

Also known as

  • The Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation
  • Somerset Wildlife Trust
  • Somerset Wildlife Trust

CCEW Charity number

238372

Company number

00818162

Registered

Postcode

TA1 5AW

Website

somersetwildlife.org

Domain

somersetwildlife.org

Latest income

£5,436,163 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Locations

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Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-238372 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 238372 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Somerset Wildlife Trust (this record)

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Last updated 2024-04-23

Somerset Wildlife Trust

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Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Environment conservation and animal welfare advocacy G12

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Environment EN » Wildlife EN104
  • Facilities FA » Green space FA104

Theme (CCEW)

  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • Local

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1964-12-03 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 860,873 845,017
2005-03-31 971,674 997,563
2006-03-31 1,580,875 1,447,246
2007-03-31 1,829,765 1,634,983
2008-03-31 1,472,181 2,009,389
2009-03-31 1,760,206 1,353,292
2010-03-31 3,169,713 1,847,348
2011-03-31 1,772,045 1,779,823
2012-03-31 1,978,519 2,068,968
2013-03-31 2,216,633 2,348,932
2014-03-31 2,003,845 2,305,793
2015-03-31 2,897,207 2,665,821
2016-03-31 2,762,888 2,817,817
2017-03-31 2,841,308 2,952,027
2018-03-31 2,380,355 2,319,413
2019-03-31 2,968,206 2,341,455
2020-03-31 2,751,482 3,045,842
2021-03-31 3,822,619 2,544,822
2022-03-31 6,071,111 3,350,532
2023-03-31 5,436,163 4,611,928
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 84 69
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 1
Volunteers 420 300
Trustees 12
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1.8 2.9
Legacies 0.3 0.6
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 2.0 3.5
Income from charitable activities 2.7 1.9
Income from other trading activities 0.6 0.6
Income from investments 0.1 0.0
Other income - -
Total 5.4 6.1
Expenditure
Investment management 0.0 0.0
Other spending on raising funds 1.2 1.1
Spending on raising funds 1.2 1.1
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 3.4 2.3
Charitable activities 3.4 2.3
Other spending - -
Total 4.6 3.4
Net income / (expenditure) 0.8 2.7

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 6.0 5.5
Investment assets 0.8 0.9
6.8 6.5
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 2.8 3.1
Other current assets 1.6 1.1
4.4 4.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (0.6) (0.6)
Net current assets 3.8 3.6
Total assets less current liabilities 10.6 10.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.1) (0.3)
Net assets 10.5 9.8
Funds
Endowment funds 3.1 2.9
Restricted funds 1.7 1.4
Unrestricted funds 5.7 5.5
10.5 9.8

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 49,408 58,212
Government contracts as % of total income 0.9% 1.0%
Number of government contracts 4 5
Government grants
Income from government grants 1,298,567 783,850
Government grants as % of total income 23.9% 12.9%
Number of government grants 44 49

Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

Grants received

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Received 51 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
National Lottery Grants for Heritage: £10,000 to £250,000
£249,971 Grant to Somerset Wildlife Trust
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
NCF: Nature for Climate Peatland Scheme Rounds 1, 2 and 3
£117,656 NCPGS Restoration Grant 2022 Somerset WT
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment
£200,000 Major Grants award
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
£67,554 CCC 029-1870-Continuing the Vision for the Bristol Channel and Severn
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside Stewardship
£8,174 Countryside Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
RPA Countryside Stewardship
£22,201 RPA Simplified Countryside Stewardship
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environmental Stewardship
£62,946 Environmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
RPA Countryside Stewardship
£12,991 RPA Simplified Countryside Stewardship
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
RPA Countryside Stewardship
£1,000 RPA Simplified Countryside Stewardship
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
RPA RD Measure 19
£20,390 ALB - Rural Payments Agency - State Aid Funded (RD Measure 19) SA

Data source

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Somerset Wildlife Trust

GB-CHC-238372

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