AVON WILDLIFE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
51
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £16,901 | -£568,262 | |
| Cash | £2,204,675 | £1,850,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Net assets | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Equity | £8,959,202 | £8,390,940 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 51 | |
| Wages | £1,459,947 | £1,716,285 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-16.1%
£2,204,675 £1,850,806
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£8,959,202 £8,390,940
-
Employees
+6.3%
48 51
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Wages
+17.6%
£1,459,947 £1,716,285
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 4.05x | 3.63x |
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
- Burnside Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees and management have a reasonable expectation that the Trust will be continuing to operate for at least 12 months after the signing of these accounts and remains a going concern. The accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AVON WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
- Folly Farm Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Acquisition of Ebdon Farm, a 44-hectare former dairy farm in North Somerset.”
- “Launch of the Intergenerational Action for Nature and Climate project, an ambitious three-year project working with young people.”
- “Somer Valley Nextdoor Nature project concluded in March 2025.”
- “Launch of the Beaver Advisory Service, consisting of a team of experts, including a new Beaver Field Officer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, Lara Frances Michelle | Director | 2022-11-10 | May 1971 | British |
| FAIRLEY, Ross | Director | 2019-11-13 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HILLS, Karen | Director | 2023-11-08 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HUTCHISON, Sumita | Director | 2023-11-08 | Oct 1975 | British |
| JEFFS, Kathryn Morag | Director | 2025-11-15 | Nov 1972 | British |
| LYNE, Martin John | Director | 2022-11-10 | Oct 1963 | British |
| NICHOLSON, John Zac | Director | 2018-03-05 | Feb 1974 | British |
| ROSE, Judith Sara | Director | 2025-11-15 | Jun 1959 | British |
| RUTTER, Nathan Chares | Director | 2018-11-14 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLARD, Cecile Georgina Mary | Secretary | 1992-09-30 | 2017-11-09 |
| MCWATTERS, Richard Alfred Hugh | Secretary | — | 1992-09-30 |
| ALDHOUSE, Edward Justin | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2005-10-16 |
| ASGARIAN, Pedram Hamed | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2024-09-13 |
| BARTLETT, Madeleine Clara Elizabeth | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-11-13 |
| BEESTON, Emma Louise | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2020-05-20 |
| BELSHAW, Alison Jane | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-01-19 |
| BLAND, Richard Lawrence | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2007-11-27 |
| BORD, Andrew John Grove | Director | 2010-09-26 | 2014-09-23 |
| BOSWALL, Jefferey Hugh Richard | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| BRASHER, Martin Lindsay | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2019-11-13 |
| BROOME, Anna Theresa | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2001-10-01 |
| BROWN, Anthony Roger Ernest | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2016-09-29 |
| BURGESS, Rebecca Jayne | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2024-11-06 |
| CASHMORE, Kate (Catherine Julia) | Director | 1992-09-30 | 1995-03-13 |
| CHAMBERS, Ian Robert | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2001-10-11 |
| COWLING, Victor William | Director | — | 1997-10-09 |
| CURLING, Christopher John | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-11-10 |
| DAWES, Andrew John | Director | 2008-11-23 | 2009-10-01 |
| DILLON, Justin Simon, Professor | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2017-11-09 |
| DORN, Alan Robert | Director | — | 2017-03-06 |
| DYKE, Keith Edward | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-10-08 |
| DYSON, Richard Henry | Director | 1994-10-18 | 2008-11-20 |
| ELGOOD, Anthony Bernard | Director | 2009-04-19 | 2014-12-31 |
| ELLINGHAM, Richard John | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-02-23 |
| FINN, Katharine Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2023-11-08 |
| FINNIE, Anne Denise, Dr | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2003-04-20 |
| FOX, Lorna Rachel Elisabeth | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| FRANCIS, Carolyn | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| FREED, Lesley Ann | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2016-09-29 |
| GAMMON, John Roland | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2002-05-24 |
| GILLARD, Cecile Georgina Mary | Director | — | 2017-11-09 |
| GOODMAN, Robert Stephens | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2020-11-30 |
| GREGORY, Arthur James | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1998-10-08 |
| HALL, Helen | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2011-09-25 |
| HARRIS, Michael James | Director | 2018-03-05 | 2019-04-24 |
| HENDERSON, Maria | Director | — | 1994-10-18 |
| HIGGINS, Rupert Johnstone | Director | — | 2003-10-16 |
| HOGG, Dominic Francis, Dr | Director | 2021-09-14 | 2026-01-05 |
| HUGGINS, Dilys | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher John | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Eileen | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| KIDMAN COX, Rosamund Ann | Director | 2004-10-17 | 2016-09-29 |
| LAWRENCE, Dawn Sharon | Director | 1995-10-17 | 2001-10-11 |
| LEAHY, Kate Elizabeth | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2025-11-15 |
| MAYLED, Brian | Director | — | 2009-11-29 |
| MCKENZIE, Gail | Director | 2007-11-25 | 2011-09-25 |
| MCWATTERS, Richard Alfred Hugh | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| MEMMOTT, Jane, Professor | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2019-11-13 |
| MEREDITH, Alexander Guy | Director | 1992-09-30 | 1996-10-03 |
| MICKLEWRIGHT, Steven David | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1996-10-03 |
| MITCHELL, Christopher Neville | Director | — | 2005-10-16 |
| MORRISON, Nigel | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2019-11-13 |
| MOULIN, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-10-03 |
| MULLIGAN, Kevin John | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2007-06-18 |
| NICHOLLS, Stephen Philip | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2017-11-09 |
| PITT, Sarah Louise | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2011-09-25 |
| QUINNEY, Frederick George Thomas | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1997-10-09 |
| RELPH, David Charles John | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2023-11-08 |
| SHELLARD, Dudley Edmund Spencer | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2009-11-29 |
| SHEPHERD, Malcolm | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2022-11-10 |
| SMITH, Justin Holger | Director | 2005-10-16 | 2006-10-01 |
| STEER, Mark Daniel | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2025-11-15 |
| SYMES, Roger George | Director | 2004-10-17 | 2005-10-16 |
| TAYLOR, Keith | Director | 2011-09-25 | 2014-09-23 |
| THRELFALL, Michael John | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1999-10-07 |
| WARD, Diane | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2008-01-01 |
| WATKINS, David Albert Mercer | Director | — | 2005-10-16 |
| WYATT, Roger William | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2007-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 282 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.