AVON WILDLIFE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
51
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £16,901 | -£568,262 | |
| Cash | £2,204,675 | £1,850,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Net assets | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Equity | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 51 | |
| Wages | £1,459,947 | £1,716,285 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 4.05x | 3.63x |
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
- Burnside Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees and management have a reasonable expectation that the Trust will be continuing to operate for at least 12 months after the signing of these accounts and remains a going concern. The accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AVON WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
- Folly Farm Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Acquisition of Ebdon Farm, a 44-hectare former dairy farm in North Somerset.”
- “Launch of the Intergenerational Action for Nature and Climate project, an ambitious three-year project working with young people.”
- “Somer Valley Nextdoor Nature project concluded in March 2025.”
- “Launch of the Beaver Advisory Service, consisting of a team of experts, including a new Beaver Field Officer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, Lara Frances Michelle | Director | 2022-11-10 | May 1971 | British |
| FAIRLEY, Ross | Director | 2019-11-13 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HILLS, Karen | Director | 2023-11-08 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HUTCHISON, Sumita | Director | 2023-11-08 | Oct 1975 | British |
| JEFFS, Kathryn Morag | Director | 2025-11-15 | Nov 1972 | British |
| LYNE, Martin John | Director | 2022-11-10 | Oct 1963 | British |
| NICHOLSON, John Zac | Director | 2018-03-05 | Feb 1974 | British |
| ROSE, Judith Sara | Director | 2025-11-15 | Jun 1959 | British |
| RUTTER, Nathan Chares | Director | 2018-11-14 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLARD, Cecile Georgina Mary | Secretary | 1992-09-30 | 2017-11-09 |
| MCWATTERS, Richard Alfred Hugh | Secretary | — | 1992-09-30 |
| ALDHOUSE, Edward Justin | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2005-10-16 |
| ASGARIAN, Pedram Hamed | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2024-09-13 |
| BARTLETT, Madeleine Clara Elizabeth | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-11-13 |
| BEESTON, Emma Louise | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2020-05-20 |
| BELSHAW, Alison Jane | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-01-19 |
| BLAND, Richard Lawrence | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2007-11-27 |
| BORD, Andrew John Grove | Director | 2010-09-26 | 2014-09-23 |
| BOSWALL, Jefferey Hugh Richard | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| BRASHER, Martin Lindsay | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2019-11-13 |
| BROOME, Anna Theresa | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2001-10-01 |
| BROWN, Anthony Roger Ernest | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2016-09-29 |
| BURGESS, Rebecca Jayne | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2024-11-06 |
| CASHMORE, Kate (Catherine Julia) | Director | 1992-09-30 | 1995-03-13 |
| CHAMBERS, Ian Robert | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2001-10-11 |
| COWLING, Victor William | Director | — | 1997-10-09 |
| CURLING, Christopher John | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-11-10 |
| DAWES, Andrew John | Director | 2008-11-23 | 2009-10-01 |
| DILLON, Justin Simon, Professor | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2017-11-09 |
| DORN, Alan Robert | Director | — | 2017-03-06 |
| DYKE, Keith Edward | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-10-08 |
| DYSON, Richard Henry | Director | 1994-10-18 | 2008-11-20 |
| ELGOOD, Anthony Bernard | Director | 2009-04-19 | 2014-12-31 |
| ELLINGHAM, Richard John | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-02-23 |
| FINN, Katharine Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2023-11-08 |
| FINNIE, Anne Denise, Dr | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2003-04-20 |
| FOX, Lorna Rachel Elisabeth | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| FRANCIS, Carolyn | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| FREED, Lesley Ann | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2016-09-29 |
| GAMMON, John Roland | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2002-05-24 |
| GILLARD, Cecile Georgina Mary | Director | — | 2017-11-09 |
| GOODMAN, Robert Stephens | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2020-11-30 |
| GREGORY, Arthur James | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1998-10-08 |
| HALL, Helen | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2011-09-25 |
| HARRIS, Michael James | Director | 2018-03-05 | 2019-04-24 |
| HENDERSON, Maria | Director | — | 1994-10-18 |
| HIGGINS, Rupert Johnstone | Director | — | 2003-10-16 |
| HOGG, Dominic Francis, Dr | Director | 2021-09-14 | 2026-01-05 |
| HUGGINS, Dilys | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher John | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Eileen | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| KIDMAN COX, Rosamund Ann | Director | 2004-10-17 | 2016-09-29 |
| LAWRENCE, Dawn Sharon | Director | 1995-10-17 | 2001-10-11 |
| LEAHY, Kate Elizabeth | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2025-11-15 |
| MAYLED, Brian | Director | — | 2009-11-29 |
| MCKENZIE, Gail | Director | 2007-11-25 | 2011-09-25 |
| MCWATTERS, Richard Alfred Hugh | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| MEMMOTT, Jane, Professor | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2019-11-13 |
| MEREDITH, Alexander Guy | Director | 1992-09-30 | 1996-10-03 |
| MICKLEWRIGHT, Steven David | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1996-10-03 |
| MITCHELL, Christopher Neville | Director | — | 2005-10-16 |
| MORRISON, Nigel | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2019-11-13 |
| MOULIN, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-10-03 |
| MULLIGAN, Kevin John | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2007-06-18 |
| NICHOLLS, Stephen Philip | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2017-11-09 |
| PITT, Sarah Louise | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2011-09-25 |
| QUINNEY, Frederick George Thomas | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1997-10-09 |
| RELPH, David Charles John | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2023-11-08 |
| SHELLARD, Dudley Edmund Spencer | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2009-11-29 |
| SHEPHERD, Malcolm | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2022-11-10 |
| SMITH, Justin Holger | Director | 2005-10-16 | 2006-10-01 |
| STEER, Mark Daniel | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2025-11-15 |
| SYMES, Roger George | Director | 2004-10-17 | 2005-10-16 |
| TAYLOR, Keith | Director | 2011-09-25 | 2014-09-23 |
| THRELFALL, Michael John | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1999-10-07 |
| WARD, Diane | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2008-01-01 |
| WATKINS, David Albert Mercer | Director | — | 2005-10-16 |
| WYATT, Roger William | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2007-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 282 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-16.1%
£2,204,675 £1,850,806
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£8,959,202 £8,390,940
-
Employees
+6.3%
48 51
-
Wages
+17.6%
£1,459,947 £1,716,285
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