THE DAVID SHEPHERD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£740K
+6.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-21.9% vs 2024
Employees
18
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£509K
-161.5% vs 2024
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 | £274,748 | £332,768 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £827,533 | -£509,006 | |
| Net profit | £872,803 | -£503,897 | |
| Cash | £692,669 | £740,163 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,305,107 | £1,801,210 | |
| Net assets | £2,305,107 | £1,801,210 | |
| Equity | £2,305,107 | £1,801,210 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 18 | |
| Wages | £518,239 | £545,396 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 317.7% | -151.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.1% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 16.74x | 5.92x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern and that the charity will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- THE DAVID SHEPHERD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION · parent
- DSWF Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2024 we now look forward to the next 40 years.”
- “The Wildlife Ball at The Dorchester in November 2024 raised £122,120 in tickets, auction income and donations (2024 - £27,000 from a smaller event at Arundel Castle);”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROADWAY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-01 | — | — |
| BIRRELL, Rodney Peter Donald | Director | 2018-11-08 | Nov 1952 | Canadian |
| BROWN, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2018-11-08 | Mar 1967 | British |
| COWDRAY, Christopher Charles Blanchard | Director | 2007-06-06 | Nov 1955 | Zimbabwean |
| LUCK, Fiona Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-23 | Sep 1957 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Melanie Avril | Director | 2012-12-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLNE, Nigel Lawrence | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2022-09-29 |
| GIBLIN, Peter | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-04-19 |
| GOWER, David Ivon | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-04-19 |
| KEEN, Nigel John | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2018-11-08 |
| NORRIS, Bruce William | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2018-08-15 |
| PIENAAR, Andries Daniel Faber | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2021-06-18 |
| POWLESS, Richard Andrew | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2014-06-07 |
| ROUNTREE, Jamie Alexander Francis | Director | 2016-02-03 | 2017-08-23 |
| SHEPHERD, Avril Shirley | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2015-08-18 |
| WOODS, Zoe Helen | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2025-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+21.1%
£274,748 £332,768
-
Cash
+6.9%
£692,669 £740,163
-
Net assets
-21.9%
£2,305,107 £1,801,210
-
Employees
+5.9%
17 18
-
Profit before tax
-161.5%
£827,533 -£509,006
-
Wages
+5.2%
£518,239 £545,396
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