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wildfowl and wetlands trust

The charity supports children and young people and the general public. Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Gloucester and operates in England And Wales, Bulgaria, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

WWT works to save wetlands for wildlife and for people by inspiring people to connect with and value wetlands and their wildlife, by demonstrating and promoting the importance and benefits of wetlands, by countering threats to wetlands and their wildlife, by creating and restoring wetlands and protecting key wetland sites and by savings threatened wetlands species.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£31,490,728
Latest Expenditure
£30,387,830

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 68.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 71.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 30.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £12,432,058
Charitable Activities £13,757,469
Other Trading £4,965,121
Investments £287,091
Other Income £48,989

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £21,578,747
Raising Funds £8,809,083
Governance £317,000
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£31,490,728£30,387,830£21,578,747£42,383,452£0574 / 972
2023£26,079,000£28,732,000£21,178,000£41,205,000£1,036,000558 / 881
2022£27,010,000£24,029,000£17,311,000£44,555,000£4,223,000485 / 944
2021£20,872,000£20,375,000£15,887,000£41,328,000£2,210,000497 / 999
2020£25,696,000£26,853,000£20,670,000£38,570,000£918,000655 / 1016

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers