BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION

1. BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION 2003-12-05 → present
2. THE BRITISH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED 1987-12-17 → 2003-12-05

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

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members of Council's (i.e. 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 and charitable parent 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. BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION · parent
   1. Butterfly Conservation Trading Limited 100% · England · to conduct trading activities in support of Butterfly Conservation's charitable activities

Significant events

• “In 2024 Big Butterfly Count results revealed the lowest numbers on record and we declared a national 'Butterfly Emergency'”
• “A national 'Butterfly Emergency' was declared, highlighting the hugely concerning decline in numbers.”
• “A campaign was launched to bring about an end to the use of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides on crops.”
• “In January 2025 the Government announced it would not be authorising the emergency use of neonicotinoids for that year.”
• “Launch of our first Youth Panel, comprising ten young people aged between 16 and 25 to help connect and engage with a new generation of supporters and volunteers.”
• “Attended the Restore Nature Now demonstration in London in June 2024, marching alongside colleagues, supporters, volunteers and other likeminded organisations to call on the government to take action to Restore Nature Now.”
• “Produced a Manifesto for Butterflies and Moths, asking the next UK Government to take important action to halt and reverse the decline in species.”
• “A compulsory redundancy process in early 2025 resulted in Butterfly Conservation being around 25% smaller in terms of staff numbers on 1st April 2025 compared to twelve months earlier.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  -20%

  £105,000 → £84,000

• Cash

  -37.4%

  £969,000 → £607,000

• Net assets

  -7.5%

  £12,826,000 → £11,868,000

• Employees

  +2.8%

  106 → 109

• Wages

  +12.4%

  £3,374,000 → £3,791,000

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