WILDWOOD TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£447K
+79.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+7.9% vs 2024
Employees
97
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,451,410 | £3,824,488 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£14,172 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£531,441 | £145,714 | |
| Cash | £248,235 | £446,531 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,042,016 | £2,168,407 | |
| Net assets | £1,839,466 | £1,985,180 | |
| Equity | £1,839,466 | £1,985,180 | |
| Average employees | 99 | 97 | |
| Wages | £1,881,536 | £2,050,773 |
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 | — | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | -15.4% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.84x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- WILDWOOD TRUST · parent
- Wildwood Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Red-billed Chough: Successful completion of the second year of releases in Kent. The birds have integrated into the growing flock, with more than ten now flying wild in Kent's skies for the first time in over 200 years. This year also saw the first attempt at wild nesting from two birds released in the initial year.”
- “Blean Bison: The herd continues to thrive, with two further calves born this year.”
- “White-clawed Crayfish: Completion of the new breeding facility in Devon, with successful breeding achieved for release into newly established ark sites. The Devon ark site was completed this year, with introductions planned for next year.”
- “Pine Marten: The South East Pine Marten Restoration Project progressed well, with feasibility and potential release sites under active exploration.”
- “European Wildcat: Eleven wildcat kittens were bred in our new facility created as part of the Welsh Wildcat Project, delivered in partnership with Durrell Conservation Trust and the Vincent Wildlife Trust.”
- “Invertebrate Recovery Centre: Planning commenced for a new Native Species Invertebrate Recovery Centre at Wildwood Devon.”
- “Hazel Dormice: Four dormice released through the national reintroduction programme this year were bred in our parks.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Andrew Donovan Lyle | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | — | Irish,South African |
| BLACK, Simon Andrew, Dr | Director | 2018-01-10 | May 1968 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Richard Alun, Professor | Director | 2002-03-20 | Jun 1957 | British |
| MARCHANT, Glenda Anne | Director | 2026-03-31 | Jan 1961 | British |
| MURRAY, Thomas Jonathan | Director | 2019-09-19 | Mar 1962 | British |
| PRICE, Andrew Donovan Lyle | Director | 2002-11-01 | Feb 1965 | Irish,South African |
| WEST, Alastair Kenneth | Director | 2017-09-27 | Sep 1963 | British |
| WHIFFEN, Lisa | Director | 2026-03-31 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANES, David John | Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2002-12-01 |
| BUTCHER, David | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-01-16 |
| KNIGHT, Philip John | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2006-10-31 |
| MALLION, Paul John | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-01-16 |
| NICOLL, Paul James | Director | 2006-10-08 | 2020-06-24 |
| PRITCHARD, Shirley Linda | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2017-01-27 |
| SMITH, Peter Simon | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2002-05-24 |
| WADE, Laura Marie | Director | 2002-05-26 | 2005-12-10 |
| WATSON, Richard | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2004-12-14 |
| WEST, Kenneth Henry | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2017-01-11 |
| WEST, Kenneth Henry | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2005-03-15 |
| WHIFFEN, Lisa | Director | 2009-01-25 | 2018-05-14 |
| WHITFIELD, Paul Sebastian | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2016-09-14 |
| WORGER, John | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2025-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+10.8%
£3,451,410 £3,824,488
-
Cash
+79.9%
£248,235 £446,531
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£1,839,466 £1,985,180
-
Employees
-2%
99 97
-
Wages
+9%
£1,881,536 £2,050,773
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