THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
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Cash
£478k
+37.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.6m
+11.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
-18.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£582k
-7.8% first positive since 2024
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £224,052 | £2,962,235 | £2,840,818 | -4.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£186,407 | £630,754 | £581,831 | -7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£173,624 | £630,754 | £581,831 | -7.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £581,831 | — | |
| Cash | £245,184 | £346,601 | £477,728 | +37.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,248,576 | £5,012,065 | £5,593,896 | +11.6% | |
| Net assets | £4,248,576 | £5,012,065 | £5,593,896 | +11.6% | |
| Equity | £4,248,576 | £5,012,065 | £5,593,896 | +11.6% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 53 | 43 | -18.9% | |
| Wages | £706,918 | £1,040,948 | £920,968 | -11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -83.2% | 21.3% | 20.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 20.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | 12.6% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.10x | 2.75x | 4.92x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED 2014-10-24 → present
- THE HEREFORDSHIRE NATURE TRUST LIMITED 1988-06-28 → 2014-10-24
- HEREFORDSHIRE AND RADNORSHIRE NATURE TRUST LIMITED(THE) 1962-12-12 → 1988-06-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Herefordshire Wildlife Enterprises Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 91 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATON, Deborah | Director | 2020-10-15 | Sep 1958 | British |
| BHARIER, Jake | Director | 2020-10-15 | Oct 1950 | British |
| BOYES, Richard Hugh Orme | Director | 2025-09-03 | Feb 1959 | British |
| CANNINGS, Robert James | Director | 2025-10-18 | Jun 1964 | British |
| DAWSON, Michael | Director | 2022-10-06 | Jun 1956 | British |
| DOWLING, Jacob | Director | 2022-10-06 | Apr 1991 | British |
| HADAWAY, Becca | Director | 2021-10-15 | Mar 1996 | British |
| HOLLAND, Vivien Anne | Director | 2025-10-18 | Dec 1966 | British |
| TEMPLE, Helen Jane, Dr | Director | 2026-09-02 | May 1977 | British |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHAY, Rosemary Elizabeth | Secretary | 2002-11-13 | 2011-10-27 |
| BARNES, Neil Hamilton | Secretary | 1998-08-05 | 2002-11-13 |
| BARTON, Eric John, Dr | Secretary | 1996-06-08 | 1998-08-05 |
| FORBES, Charlotte Angela | Secretary | 2020-10-15 | 2020-12-01 |
| PAKENHAM, Mark Edmund | Secretary | 2015-02-25 | 2020-10-15 |
| WADSWORTH, Robert Nelstrop | Secretary | 1992-07-22 | 1995-06-03 |
| YOUNG, Frances Elizabeth Manning | Secretary | — | 1992-07-22 |
| ALLEN, John Norman | Director | 1996-06-08 | 1998-06-06 |
| ASHTON, Samuel Rupert | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2013-10-12 |
| ATHAY, Rosemary Elizabeth | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2011-10-27 |
| BARNES, Neil Hamilton | Director | 1996-06-08 | 2003-10-14 |
| BARTON, Eric John, Dr | Director | 1992-06-06 | 2001-09-29 |
| BECK, John Roger | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2019-10-17 |
| BELLAMY, Gertrude Faith | Director | 1998-06-06 | 2003-10-14 |
| BIDDLECOMBE, Kim Denis | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2011-02-22 |
| BISHOP, Dennis Charles | Director | 1997-06-07 | 1997-09-04 |
| BODDINGTON, David Gamgee, Dr | Director | 1994-06-04 | 2000-07-01 |
| BRIAN, Anne Dorothea, Doctor | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2004-10-28 |
| BRIAN, Anne Dorothea, Doctor | Director | — | 1999-06-05 |
| BULLOUGH, William Arthur, Dr | Director | 2014-10-11 | 2022-10-06 |
| BURGE, Felicity Susan | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2003-10-14 |
| BUTTRISS, Natalie | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2018-10-17 |
| CAUNT, Ann Elizabeth, Doctor | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| CLARKE, Marie Elaine | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2019-10-17 |
| COLE, Joseph Geoffrey | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2024-10-07 |
| CRYER, Richard | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2025-03-08 |
| DAVIES, Thomas | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2011-10-27 |
| DYER, William Benjamin | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| ELLIS SEABROOK, Jane | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2026-01-31 |
| FORD, Peter James | Director | 2014-10-11 | 2022-10-06 |
| FORREST, Allan | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2003-06-19 |
| GARLAND, Susannah | Director | 2010-10-09 | 2018-10-17 |
| GARNER, Peter Graham | Director | 2014-10-11 | 2022-10-06 |
| GARNER, Peter Graham | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2005-01-05 |
| GRIFFITHS, Cynthia Betty | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2003-10-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Morgan Ceidrych | Director | — | 1994-09-27 |
| HALES, Martin Craig | Director | 1997-06-07 | 1997-11-12 |
| HALES, Martin Craig | Director | 1992-06-06 | 1996-06-04 |
| HARDING, Beryl | Director | — | 2000-07-01 |
| HARDY, Jim | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2025-06-16 |
| HARPER, Michael Withington, Doctor | Director | 2001-09-29 | 2003-07-01 |
| HARPER, Michael Withington, Doctor | Director | — | 2000-07-01 |
| HARRIS, Christopher John Edward | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2014-10-11 |
| HART, Ian Brett | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| HURRELL, Brian Peter Robert | Director | 2012-10-20 | 2022-10-06 |
| KEELING, John, Surgeon Rear Admiral | Director | — | 1998-06-06 |
| KING, Phyllis Joan | Director | 2001-09-29 | 2003-10-14 |
| LANGFORD, Donald Paul, Doctor | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| LEAT, David John | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| LLOYD, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2010-04-14 |
| LOVELACE, David Charles | Director | — | 1992-06-06 |
| MARSDEN, James Hugh | Director | 2014-10-11 | 2017-04-04 |
| MASON, Hugo | Director | 2013-10-12 | 2015-10-17 |
| MCCARTHY, Benjamin John Russell | Director | 2024-10-24 | 2026-09-01 |
| MCLEAN, Alison Mary | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2026-04-01 |
| MCMASTER, Stuart | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2022-05-25 |
| MORRIS JONES, Marcus Hugh | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-10-26 |
| NEWBOULD, Susan | Director | 2006-10-26 | 2009-10-16 |
| NOCK, Lilian Hazel | Director | — | 1999-06-05 |
| NORMAN, Anthony James | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2017-04-04 |
| OVERSTALL, Elizabeth Ann Stewart | Director | 2012-10-20 | 2021-10-15 |
| PAYNE, Philip Reid, Professor | Director | 1995-06-03 | 1998-03-03 |
| PHILLIPS, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1993-06-05 | 1996-06-04 |
| POLLITT, Michael | Director | 2007-10-27 | 2012-10-20 |
| POLLITT, Michael | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-10-26 |
| REDWOOD, Barbara | Director | — | 2000-07-01 |
| ROBERTS, Graham John | Director | — | 1999-06-05 |
| ROSS, John Hugh, Doctor | Director | — | 2001-09-29 |
| SHELDRAKE, Cyril William | Director | — | 2000-07-01 |
| SMITH, Leslie James | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2012-10-20 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2021-10-15 |
| SPENCE, Sheila | Director | 2013-10-12 | 2017-05-11 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Jamie | Director | 2002-10-19 | 2005-10-21 |
| THOMSON, Peter | Director | 1994-06-04 | 2005-02-05 |
| THOMSON, Peter | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| TOWNSEND, Michael John | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2019-10-18 |
| TOWNSEND, Michael John | Director | 2002-10-19 | 2003-10-14 |
| UNDERHILL, Robert | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2014-12-09 |
| VOYSEY, John Conway | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2002-10-19 |
| WADSWORTH, Robert Nelstrop | Director | — | 1995-06-03 |
| WATKINS, James Harold | Director | — | 1998-09-27 |
| WATTS, John Frederick Watson | Director | 2005-01-05 | 2006-03-22 |
| WEBB, Judith | Director | 2010-10-09 | 2014-01-22 |
| WELLS, Robert Geoffrey | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2000-07-01 |
| WELLS, Robert Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| WILKINSON, Geoffrey Delves | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2001-09-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Matt Adam Williams | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2025-06-04 |
| WINCE, Walter Hugh Dowling, Doctor | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| WINSER, Betty Maud | Director | 1995-06-03 | 2015-10-17 |
| WISE, Richard, Prof | Director | 2002-10-19 | 2010-07-07 |
| WYNNE-JONES, Jean | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-26 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.