ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST

1. ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST 2011-10-28 → present
2. ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED 1988-10-05 → 2011-10-28
3. ULSTER TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED 1978-04-19 → 1988-10-05

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

Auditor

DNT Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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 charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “2024/25 was a challenging year for the Charity with the passing of our CEO, Jennifer Fulton in early May 2024, following a short illness.”
• “We were delighted to welcome Dawn Miskelly as our new CEO in November 2024.”
• “A remarkable discovery was made at our Bog Meadows Nature Reserve when a local schoolboy from West Belfast discovered the first-ever water stick insect recorded in Northern Ireland.”
• “Strangford farmer David Sandford celebrated six consecutive years of giving barn owls a home, as a pair returned to his wildlife-friendly farm in spring to raise their young.”
• “We were delighted to almost double the size of our Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve, in Bangor, thanks to a land transfer from Radius Housing to Ards and North Down Borough Council.”
• “We mapped hundreds of hectares of Fermanagh's flower-rich grasslands to ensure vital protection through the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS).”
• “We are delighted to have found a new breeding site for the endangered marsh fritillary butterfly near Black Bog Special Area of Conservation in the South Sperrins.”
• “Five young people from Greater Belfast became the first to receive our new AQA Level 2 Certificate in Facilitating Nature-Based Activities for Wellbeing.”
• “Over 30 local contractors and restoration practitioners gained vital hands-on training in peatland restoration techniques to support this critical work.”
• “We launched our annual fundraising appeal 'Nests and Nooks' to raise vital funds to help safeguard iconic species like barn owls, hedgehogs and red squirrels.”
• “We launched our annual programme of online winter talks, bringing the wonders of Northern Ireland's wildlife and wild places straight to people's homes.”
• “We hosted our inaugural 'Blue Horizons' marine science conference at W5, which brought together 170 attendees over two days of insightful talks and discussions.”
• “Native oysters made a return to Carrickfergus as part of efforts to restore Belfast Lough's small but endangered population.”
• “A major development this year was the purchase of Fedian, our newest nature reserve in Co. Fermanagh. This stunning 91-acre site is home to exceptional species-rich grassland and ancient woodland and will now be safeguarded for the future.”
• “This year, we carried out our most ambitious restoration project to date at Garry Bog Special Area of Conservation (SAC), near Ballymoney. More than 3,000 dams were installed across the site, restoring 100 hectares of precious peatland.”
• “Our native oyster restoration efforts continued to gain momentum with the successful launch of our fourth oyster nursery in Carrickfergus. Each nursery acts as a mini marine ecosystem, and to date, over 180 additional species have been recorded thriving within them.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +15.1%

  £3,255,687,000 → £3,747,246,000

• Cash

  -41%

  £2,180,777,000 → £1,285,691,000

• Net assets

  +1.1%

  £3,897,895,000 → £3,940,877,000

• Employees

  +18.9%

  37 → 44

• Profit before tax

  -94%

  £715,914,000 → £43,148,000

• Wages

  +22.2%

  £1,220,458 → £1,491,096

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