SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£482K
+66.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
-4.3% vs 2024
Employees
93
+6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£467K
-310.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST 1994-07-25 → present
- SOMERSET TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED(THE) 1964-09-02 → 1994-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,905,000 | £5,348,000 | |
| Operating profit | £222,000 | -£467,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £222,000 | -£467,000 | |
| Net profit | £222,000 | -£467,000 | |
| Cash | £290,000 | £482,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,259,000 | £9,874,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,736,000 | £10,269,000 | |
| Equity | £10,736,000 | £10,269,000 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 93 | |
| Wages | £2,363,000 | £2,696,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | -8.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | -8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | -4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 8.73x | 10.28x | |
| Interest cover | 31.71x | -31.13x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In concluding that 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.”
Group structure
- SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
- SWT (Sales) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Wilder Somerset 2030 launched in 2021”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 89 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Matthew James | Director | 2017-02-22 | May 1985 | British |
| BRIGGS, Barnaby Daniel | Director | 2025-11-15 | Apr 1964 | British |
| COULTHARD, Amy Rebecca | Director | 2022-11-22 | May 1977 | British |
| FATTORINI, Charles Sebastian | Director | 2025-11-15 | Jul 1962 | British |
| MCBRIDE, Stuart Ashley Royden | Director | 2021-01-19 | Nov 1969 | British |
| PURDEY, Holly Meredith Brewer | Director | 2021-01-19 | Sep 1987 | British |
| ROGERS, Stephen | Director | 2023-08-01 | Sep 1951 | British |
| SCARLETT, Richard David | Director | 2022-11-22 | Sep 1987 | British |
| SKINNER, Daniel James Christopher, Dr | Director | 2022-11-22 | Jan 1984 | British |
| STEER, Mark Daniel | Director | 2019-06-10 | Aug 1979 | British |
| TAYLOR, Rupert Charles Uttermare | Director | 2023-11-18 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWRAN, John Malcolm | Secretary | 2002-11-23 | 2003-07-15 |
| CORNS, Robert George | Secretary | 2003-07-15 | 2003-12-02 |
| HARDING, Radley William | Secretary | 1996-01-14 | 2000-04-11 |
| LAWY, Helen | Secretary | 2013-11-12 | 2014-07-09 |
| LEES, Norman William Frank | Secretary | 2010-12-01 | 2013-11-12 |
| LEES, Norman William Frank | Secretary | 2003-12-02 | 2009-12-02 |
| MARTIN, Roger John Adam | Secretary | 1994-06-22 | 1995-06-30 |
| NEWSON, Derek Walter | Secretary | — | 1994-06-26 |
| STAINTON, Patricia Anne | Secretary | 2009-12-02 | 2010-12-01 |
| WARMINGTON, Jane Elisabeth Beresford | Secretary | 2000-04-11 | 2002-11-23 |
| WILSON, Clive Francis | Secretary | 1995-06-30 | 1996-01-14 |
| ALLEN, Ruth | Director | 2002-11-23 | 2005-10-01 |
| ATKIN, Richard Charles | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2023-08-01 |
| BAILEY, David John | Director | — | 1998-10-15 |
| BAKER, Margaret Ann | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2000-10-21 |
| BARRITT, Wendy, Doctor | Director | 1997-06-27 | 1999-10-15 |
| BASTABLE, David John | Director | — | 2000-10-21 |
| BEACHAM, Robin Paul | Director | 2017-02-22 | 2017-10-21 |
| BENDALL, Roger Bruce | Director | 1996-06-29 | 1999-10-15 |
| BENNETT, Linda Daphne | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2000-04-11 |
| BEST, Henry Nicholas | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2001-10-27 |
| BICKERSTETH, John Monier, The Right Rev | Director | — | 1996-06-29 |
| BILLINGHURST, Christine Margaret | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| BIRKETT, John | Director | — | 1996-06-29 |
| BOWRAN, John Malcolm | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2003-07-15 |
| BOWRAN, John Malcolm | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2000-10-21 |
| BROWN, John Denis | Director | 1992-05-16 | 1993-05-14 |
| BROWN, Kenneth | Director | — | 2002-11-23 |
| BROWN, Valerie Kathleen, Professor | Director | 2017-10-21 | 2021-01-19 |
| BRUNT, Geoffrey Albert Kenyon | Director | — | 2000-04-11 |
| BULL, Richard John | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2000-10-21 |
| BURNELL, David William | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2000-10-21 |
| CARTER, Michael James Frederick | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2001-02-18 |
| CHEESMAN, Dudley Wallis | Director | 2002-11-23 | 2008-10-18 |
| CHERFAS, Jeremy Jon | Director | 1993-05-14 | 2000-10-21 |
| CLARE, John Nicholas | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| CLARK, Malcolm Ivan Dare | Director | 1996-06-29 | 2000-10-21 |
| CLARK, Ralph Brabant | Director | — | 2000-10-21 |
| COMER, Jonathan Ben | Director | 1993-05-14 | 1995-06-30 |
| CORNELL, Valerie | Director | 1993-05-14 | 1996-06-29 |
| CORNS, Robert George | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2017-08-11 |
| COX, Adrian Roy | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2014-06-16 |
| CRAIG, James | Director | — | 1997-01-14 |
| CRAM, Leonard Arnold | Director | — | 1992-02-04 |
| DAVIES, Ian Stuart | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2008-01-24 |
| DEAN, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2003-10-25 | 2011-10-15 |
| DENTON-COX, Richard Alan | Director | 2007-10-06 | 2017-10-21 |
| GARLAND, Mary | Director | — | 1993-05-14 |
| GASS, Elizabeth Petriam Acland Hood, Lady | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2000-10-21 |
| GIBSON, Ian Edward | Director | 2001-10-27 | 2005-05-10 |
| GILES, John Michael Langton, Dr | Director | 1992-05-16 | 1993-05-14 |
| GREEN, Edward Allen | Director | 2021-01-19 | 2024-11-09 |
| HARDING, Radley William | Director | 1993-05-14 | 2000-04-11 |
| HARRIES, Dawn Gloria | Director | — | 1994-06-25 |
| HARRISON, Lorna | Director | 2021-01-19 | 2022-08-12 |
| HICKS, Simon | Director | 2017-02-22 | 2022-11-05 |
| HILL-COTTINGHAM, Muriel Patricia | Director | 1999-08-03 | 2004-11-06 |
| HOLMS, Philip James | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2024-11-09 |
| HOPKINS, Kelvin John | Director | 1994-06-25 | 1996-06-29 |
| HOSKING, Julian | Director | 2008-10-18 | 2016-01-20 |
| INGRAM, Maurice Vyvyan | Director | 1996-06-29 | 2000-10-21 |
| ISLES-BUCK, Emma | Director | 2014-08-06 | 2015-11-21 |
| JAY, Antony Rupert, Sir | Director | — | 2000-10-21 |
| JAY, Rosalind Ann | Director | — | 1997-06-27 |
| KEGGIN, Peter John | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2012-10-13 |
| KEYLOCK, John George | Director | — | 1996-06-29 |
| KIDNER, Elizabeth Ann | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| LACHELIN, Thomas Pierre Hilbery | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| LAVER, Sybil Audrey | Director | — | 2004-11-06 |
| LAWY, Helen | Director | 2011-10-15 | 2021-11-06 |
| LEES, Norman William Frank | Director | 2002-11-23 | 2016-11-19 |
| LITTLER, Andrew | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1997-10-31 |
| MITCHELL, Graeme Brown | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2023-11-18 |
| MORRIS, Thomas William | Director | 1993-05-14 | 1999-10-15 |
| MUMME, Carl Ernest | Director | — | 1994-06-25 |
| NASON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2022-11-05 |
| NEAL, Ernest Gordon, Dr | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| NEWMAN, Stephen Richard | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2019-11-09 |
| NEWSON, Derek Walter | Director | — | 1994-06-25 |
| OGDEN, Mark Alister | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2006-10-14 |
| PAPWORTH, Henry Simon | Director | 1993-05-14 | 2002-11-23 |
| PENSTON, John Ashley | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| POW, Rebecca Faye | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| PRUDDEN, Hugh Cyril | Director | — | 1997-01-14 |
| RENDELL, Frederick Roy | Director | — | 1992-05-16 |
| RIPPON, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2001-12-05 |
| RIPPON OF HEXHAM, The Rt Hon The Lord | Director | — | 1997-04-04 |
| RIX, Graham Middleton | Director | 1992-05-16 | 2000-10-21 |
| RIX, Graham Middleton | Director | 1992-05-16 | 1993-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 298 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+9%
£4,905,000 £5,348,000
-
Cash
+66.2%
£290,000 £482,000
-
Net assets
-4.3%
£10,736,000 £10,269,000
-
Employees
+6.9%
87 93
-
Operating profit
-310.4%
£222,000 -£467,000
-
Profit before tax
-310.4%
£222,000 -£467,000
-
Wages
+14.1%
£2,363,000 £2,696,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers