DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST

1. DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST 1988-06-07 → present
2. DURHAM COUNTY CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED 1971-07-30 → 1988-06-07

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Robson Laidler Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' 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 group's and the parent 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.”

Group structure

1. DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
   1. Durham Wildlife Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of ecological consultancy services

Significant events

• “In September 2024 Satley Glebe was secured on lease from Durham Diocese, adding 10ha of grassland and woodland to the Trust's landscape scale nature restoration work.”
• “The Trust completed the purchase of 4ha of land immediately adjoining Town Kelloe Bank SSSI in November 2024 to better protect rare habitats and species.”
• “The Trust completed the acquisition of 16ha of land in February 2025 at Rainton Meadows, funded by Biffa Award and private donations.”
• “Statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) became a legal requirement for most new developments in February 2024, enabling the Trust to explore new methods of nature restoration funding.”
• “Discover Brightwater project formally closed in March 2025, having secured £4.7m of funding and delivered a wide range of heritage projects.”
• “Membership in 24/25 grew by 1% on the previous year, with recruitment 7% higher and retention rate at 93%.”
• “Volunteering increased in 24-25, with 376 volunteers giving 28,485 hours, a 17.5% increase in active volunteers and 5.5% increase in volunteer time.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -18.6%

  £5,266,186 → £4,285,760

• Cash

  +61.5%

  £1,258,261 → £2,031,932

• Net assets

  +9.3%

  £10,155,315 → £11,103,043

• Employees

  +10.3%

  39 → 43

• Profit before tax

  -68.3%

  £2,994,289 → £947,728

• Wages

  +14.3%

  £890,163 → £1,017,674

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