SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST
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Cash
£1.6m
-11.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9m
+7.9% vs 2025
Employees
128
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£661k
+189.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
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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 | £6,762,184 | £6,408,078 | £7,466,316 | +16.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£907,530 | £536,707 | +159.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£127,593 | -£737,034 | £661,239 | +189.7% | |
| Net profit | -£127,593 | -£737,034 | £661,239 | +189.7% | |
| Cash | £1,777,704 | £1,834,180 | £1,626,919 | -11.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,976,510 | £9,109,618 | £9,620,577 | +5.6% | |
| Net assets | £9,108,137 | £8,371,103 | £9,032,342 | +7.9% | |
| Equity | £9,108,137 | £8,371,103 | £9,032,342 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | 119 | 121 | 128 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £3,207,152 | £3,430,813 | £3,529,713 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £506,296 | £509,665 | — | — |
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 | — | -14.2% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | -11.5% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -10.0% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.5% | 14.0% | 12.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.43x | 7.17x | 7.21x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST 2008-12-09 → present
- SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD 2008-12-02 → 2008-12-09
- SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED(THE) 1986-09-30 → 2008-12-02
- SURREY TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION LIMITED(THE) 1976-12-31 → 1986-09-30
- SURREY NATURALISTS' TRUST LIMITED (THE) 1959-12-22 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have considered the appropriateness of the going concern assumption in the preparation of the financial statements based on forecasts and believe that SWT has sufficient reserves to remain a going concern for at least 12 months after the signing of these Accounts.”
Group structure
- SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
- SWT Ecology Services Limited 100%
- SWT Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Trust made a commitment for the re-build of the wall at Bay Pond of £60,000 and external refurbishment of Pirbright offices of £10,898.”
- “The Trust's forward-thinking approach received national attention in early 2026 with the opening of the UK's first lowland heathland wildlife bridge on the interchange of the M25 and A3 at Junction 10 at Wisley.”
- “The Natterjack project, backed by Chessington Conservation Fund and the Hamamelis Trust and delivered in partnership with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC), aims to bring Natterjack Toads back to Surrey's heathlands.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLASSPOOL, Sarah Margaret | Secretary | 2023-03-06 | — | — |
| CHICKEN, Abigail | Director | 2021-09-28 | Mar 1982 | British |
| HUMPHREYS, Simon John | Director | 2024-11-16 | Jul 1960 | British |
| LOVELACE, Caroline Louise | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jun 1960 | British |
| PEARCE, Matthew William | Director | 2024-11-16 | Jul 1978 | British |
| POWELL, Nina Clare | Director | 2024-11-16 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SELLERS, Amy Joanne | Director | 2024-11-16 | Aug 1998 | British |
| SINCLAIR, James Walter | Director | 2025-03-24 | Apr 1982 | British |
| SUTTON, Peter Bernard | Director | 2019-11-04 | Jun 1952 | British |
| SWARBRICK, Angela | Director | 2018-01-29 | Jan 1965 | British |
| URQUHART, Peter Douglas | Director | 2022-09-12 | Feb 1977 | Australian |
| WALLACE, Adam Edward | Director | 2022-11-12 | Sep 1967 | British |
| WHYMAN, Pamela Jean | Director | 2018-01-29 | Sep 1948 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Christopher Brian | Secretary | — | 1993-12-02 |
| KNAPP, David Stewart | Secretary | 1997-07-14 | 2011-07-01 |
| PINNER, Leslie Alan | Secretary | 2011-07-01 | 2012-11-16 |
| ROOKE, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-11-17 | 2015-11-30 |
| SHIPLEY, Christopher Conway | Secretary | 1993-12-01 | 1997-07-14 |
| WILD, Roger | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | 2023-03-05 |
| ADLER, Mary Diana | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2017-11-11 |
| BACON, Gerard Dominic Andrew | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2022-11-12 |
| BACON, Gerard Dominic Andrew | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2017-11-11 |
| BAXTER, Nick | Director | 2015-11-14 | 2024-11-16 |
| BEATTIE, Andrew David | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2024-11-16 |
| BEATTIE, Andrew David | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2017-11-11 |
| BICHARD, Geoffrey Newman | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2002-11-06 |
| BICHARD, Geoffrey Newman | Director | 1997-05-19 | 1997-07-14 |
| BRAY, Handa | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2009-11-30 |
| CARSLAW, Michael John Howie | Director | — | 1996-09-23 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Anthony Harold Lewis, Dr | Director | 1997-04-28 | 1997-10-29 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Anthony Harold Lewis, Dr | Director | — | 1996-10-12 |
| COLLINS, Paul Gordon Thomas | Director | — | 2012-11-17 |
| COWEY, Keith | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2006-11-24 |
| CURTIS, Adam | Director | 2008-11-08 | 2017-11-11 |
| DAVIES, Adrian Philip | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| DAVIS, Anthony Michel | Director | — | 1997-07-14 |
| DAWSON, Michael Stewart | Director | — | 1997-10-29 |
| DENNIS, Bryan | Director | 2008-11-08 | 2011-11-12 |
| EDWARDS, John William | Director | — | 2015-11-14 |
| GASKELL, Jason Paul | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2024-03-21 |
| HAWKER, Heather Dorice | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2016-11-12 |
| HOBROUGH, John Edward, Dr | Director | — | 2003-11-12 |
| HOWARD, Christine Jane | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2025-11-01 |
| HOWARD, Christine Jane | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2017-11-11 |
| JEFFCOATE, Stephen Lindsay, Dr | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2007-11-10 |
| KING, Mike Neil | Director | — | 1994-03-29 |
| KRAUSE, Paul John, Dr | Director | — | 2004-11-10 |
| MILLS, Katharine Ann | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2016-11-12 |
| MORGAN, Sally Ann | Director | — | 2003-11-12 |
| MUIR, Gillie | Director | 2004-09-13 | 2016-11-12 |
| NORRIS-JONES, David Colin | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2009-01-01 |
| OAKLEY, Alan | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2016-11-12 |
| PONTIN, Austin John, Dr | Director | — | 2000-11-08 |
| PRITCHARD, Ronald John | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2017-11-11 |
| ROOKE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2007-11-10 | 2017-11-11 |
| SCOTT, Shirley Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-11 | 2017-11-11 |
| SCOTT, Shirley Elizabeth | Director | 2012-11-17 | 2017-11-11 |
| SLATER, Mark | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2018-06-05 |
| SMITH, Ian | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2021-02-20 |
| SMITH, John Colin | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-11-07 |
| SMITH, John Colin | Director | 1994-03-30 | 1995-08-29 |
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 2016-11-12 | 2025-11-01 |
| SNARE, Robert Thomas Frederick | Director | 2003-07-14 | 2005-12-05 |
| SPOONER, Anne Elizabeth | Director | — | 1997-02-10 |
| STANTON, Matthew Scott | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2019-11-09 |
| STANTON, Matthew Scott | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2017-11-11 |
| STARKEY, David Edward Ward | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2015-11-14 |
| STOVOLD, Ray Robert Angus Jack | Director | 2007-11-10 | 2010-11-13 |
| STRIBLEY, Frederick Trevor | Director | 1996-10-12 | 2005-12-05 |
| TILLER, John Alexander | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2006-11-18 |
| TODD, Stephanie Josephine | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2024-11-16 |
| TURNER, Mark Mcdougall | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2025-08-01 |
| VANDERVELL, Nicholas Charles Patrick | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2004-11-10 |
| VINCENT, Gordon William | Director | 2014-11-16 | 2020-11-14 |
| WEBB, Barbara Constance Linzee | Director | 1997-04-28 | 1997-10-29 |
| WEBB, Barbara Constance Linzee | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| WHYMAN, Pamela Jean | Director | 1996-10-12 | 2015-11-14 |
| WILD, Roger | Director | 2016-11-12 | 2016-11-12 |
| WILKINSON, Christopher | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2019-11-09 |
| WINGFIELD, Meryl | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2019-11-09 |
| WYCHERLEY, Julia Trea Margaret | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.