KENT WILDLIFE TRUST

Active
Company number 00633098Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1959

Key figures

£17,429,000
Net assets 2024

† KENT WILDLIFE TRUST filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 91040

Where the company stands among the 518 active companies whose first SIC code is 91040 (Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities).

Turnover£8,357,000
Higher than 83% · median £139,902 among 49 that publish turnover
Net assets£17,429,000
Higher than 96% · median £12,828
Company age67.3 years
Older than 97% · median 7.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NORTH OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (THE)£65.7m
  2. THE OKAPI FUND FOR NATURE CONSERVATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO£64.7m
  3. WILD LIFE GROUP LIMITED£36.8m
  4. SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST£34.8m
  5. GRANT LEISURE GROUP LIMITED£23.9m
  6. PAULTONS PARK LIMITED£21.2m
  7. CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED£19m
  8. KENT WILDLIFE TRUST£17.4m
  9. WINGHAM WILDLIFE PARK (2008) LIMITED£9.6m
  10. FAIR ISLE BIRD OBSERVATORY TRUST (THE)£9.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 518. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: KENT WILDLIFE TRUST

What kind of company is it?

KENT WILDLIFE TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 00633098. It was incorporated on 21 Jul 1959. Its status is active. The registered office is in Maidstone (ME14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities (91040).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £8,357,000. Net assets were £17,429,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 518 active companies whose first SIC code is 91040: By turnover it ranks higher than 83% of the 49 that publish turnover (median £139,902). By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £12,828). It is older than 97% of them (median age 7.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £330.4k. Its most frequent buyer is Defra Network eTendering Portal (3 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of 31 central government grants worth £2m, from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 239992) with a latest reported income of £9m.

Who runs and controls the company?

3 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 20 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2024
2024 †
Turnover8,357,000
Total assets—
Total liabilities992,000
Net assets / total equity17,429,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

5 contracts

KENT WILDLIFE TRUST is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2018. Their combined published value is £330.4k.

Contracts per year
Main buyers3
Defra Network eTendering Portal
3 contracts · £145.6k
Ashford Borough Council
1 contract · £150k
Natural England
1 contract · £34.9k
Contracts
  1. Benfleet and Southend Marshes SPA Ornithological Surveys and Intertidal Survey, and Biotope Mapping‡Natural England · £34,865
  2. Conningbrook Lakes Country Park - Management of nature conservation areasAshford Borough Council · £150,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  3. 336 - Kent Wildlife Trust‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £108,322
  4. project_24128 - Action C1 - Undertake a Programme of Work to Prevent the Introduction of IAS The South East‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £20,380
  5. project_24128 - Action C1 - Undertake a Programme of Work to Prevent the Introduction of IAS The South East‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £16,850

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

31 grants

KENT WILDLIFE TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 31 central government grants since 2020, together worth £2m.

Grants
  1. PGW 1071-CF2438Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £6,570 · Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025
  2. PGW 1071-CF2521Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £6,631 · Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025
  3. PGW 1071-CF2522Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £33,759 · Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025
  4. LR1016055_C4Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £110,549 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
  5. LR1016055_C5Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £70,954 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
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  1. LR1016055_CLAIM6Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £56,978 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
  2. GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £52,978
  3. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £450,055
  4. GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £10,913
  5. GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £22,829
  6. GCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £72,935
  7. CCC 041-CF2194Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £72,448 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  8. LR1016055-C1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £43,372 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
  9. LR1016055_C2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £69,337 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
  10. LR1016055-Claim 3Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £78,787 · Landscape Recovery Project Development Phase - Water Quality Projects
  11. THP-21/22-RICKARDS-012 THP-2223-RICKARDS-37Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £3,120 · Future Farming - Tree Health Pilot
  12. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £140,929
  13. RPA BPS DOMESTICDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £92,865
  14. RPA Simplified Countryside StewardshipDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £91,082 · RPA Countryside Stewardship
  15. Environmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £28,549 · Environmental Stewardship
  16. Countryside Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £44,556 · Countryside Stewardship
  17. CCC 017-1966-Climate Resilient CoastsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £20,178 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  18. NEIRF1133CLAIM3 KENT WILDLIFE TRUSTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,157 · Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) 2021-2026
  19. NEIRF1133CLAIM4 KENT WILDLIFE TRUSTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,400 · Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) 2021-2026
  20. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPS - NSA P1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £114,514 · RPA BPS Domestic
  21. M04 - Investments in physical assets Exchq funded NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £10,389
  22. NEIRF1133CLAIM1 - Wilder Carbon StandardDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £39,242 · Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) 2021-2026
  23. NEIRF1133CLAIM2 - Wilder Carbon StandardDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £49,200 · Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) 2021-2026
  24. WEIF5801-20/21 - RotherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £15,000 · Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) 2020-2022
  25. M10 - Agri-environment- Climate ExchqDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,073
  26. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £132,821

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 239992
Registered with the Charity Commission
9 Mar 1965
Income, year to 31 Dec 2025
£9m
Spending
£8m

Environmental, Conservation and Education

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £8.4m, net assets £17.4m
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.