CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

Active
Company number 00724133Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1962

Key figures

£18,953,525
Net assets 2024/25

† CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED 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.

Like most small UK companies, CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

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).

Net assets£18,953,525
Higher than 97% · median £12,828
Total assets£20,187,486
Higher than 97% · median £47,210
Cash£689,097
Higher than 86% · median £36,946
Company age64.5 years
Older than 99% · 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: CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 00724133. It was incorporated on 16 May 1962. Its status is active. The registered office is in Kendal (LA8). 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 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £18,953,525. Cash at bank and in hand was £689,097. Total assets were £20,187,486 and total liabilities £41,587,769.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 518 active companies whose first SIC code is 91040: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £12,828). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £47,210). By cash it ranks higher than 86% of them (median £36,946). It is older than 99% of them (median age 7.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2024. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1m. It is recorded as the recipient of 32 central government grants worth £2.7m, mainly from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 218711) with a latest reported income of £13.8m.

Who runs and controls the company?

1 of 1 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 8 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25
2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand689,097
Total assets20,187,486
Total liabilities41,587,769
Net assets / total equity18,953,525

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

3 contracts

CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2024. Their combined published value is £1m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers3
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
1 contract · £850k
Cumberland Council
1 contract · £99.7k
The Crown Estate
1 contract · £65k
Contracts
  1. Land Assessment ProjectCumberland Council · £99,730 · runs until Mar 2027
  2. Peatland Requirements (Cumbria)UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED · £850,000 · runs until Mar 2030
  3. Marine Futures North West Internship Programme - Project ManagementThe Crown Estate · £65,000

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. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

32 grants

CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 32 central government grants since 2020, together worth £2.7m.

Funders
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
25 grants · £2.3m
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
5 grants · £436.4k
Department for Transport
1 grant · £19.8k
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
1 grant · £18k
Grants
  1. CCC 051-CF2514Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £38,520 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  2. CCC 051-CF2515Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £13,614 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  3. EWCO 256 21_22 Staveley LinkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £20,300 · England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
  4. GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £55,318
  5. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £395,074
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  1. GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £94,370
  2. GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £103,878
  3. GCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £92,340
  4. CCC 038-CF2193Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £30,603 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  5. CCC 038-CF2168Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £23,597 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  6. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £257,113
  7. GCA DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXISTINGDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £220,779
  8. EWF BiodiversityDepartment for Transport · £19,800 · Environment and Wellbeing Fund Biodiversity
  9. RPA BPS DOMESTICDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £86,260
  10. Environmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £94,370 · Environmental Stewardship
  11. RPA Simplified Countryside StewardshipDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £4,005 · RPA Countryside Stewardship
  12. Countryside Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £43,924 · Countryside Stewardship
  13. CCC 015-1871-Morecambe Bay Seascape ProjectDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £7,182 · Championing Coastal Coordination (3cs) Initiative 2022-25
  14. GRCF2021 - Blue Recovery in the Irish SeaDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £89,950 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  15. GRCF2021 - Blue Recovery in the Irish SeaDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £71,960 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  16. GRCF2021 - Blue Recovery in the Irish SeaDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £17,990 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  17. PEA0019-CF1512 - Shap Fells extended into 21/22Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £101,826 · Peatland restoration Projects - CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS (PEATLAND RESTORATION) FOR 2020-2022
  18. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPS - NSA P1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £118,976 · RPA BPS Domestic
  19. M04 - Investments in physical assets Exchq funded NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £83,196
  20. M15 - Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation Exchq funded NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,147
  21. PEA0019-CF1150 - Shap FellsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £198,174 · Peatland restoration Projects - CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS (PEATLAND RESTORATION) FOR 2020-2022
  22. GRCF2020 Cumbria Peatland RestorationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £124,750 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  23. GRCF2020 Cumbria Peatland RestorationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £124,750 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  24. GRCF2020 Cumbria Peatland RestorationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,950 · Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
  25. M10 - Agri-environment- Climate ExchqDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £890
  26. PGW0593-CF1134 - Cumbria Peatland restorationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £30,000 · Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2020-2022
  27. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £135,973

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. 218711
Registered with the Charity Commission
4 Jun 1963
Income, year to 31 Mar 2025
£13.8m
Spending
£6.4m

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation solely devoted to the conservation of the wildlife and wild places of Cumbria. The Trust stands up for wildlife, creates wildlife havens, and seeks to raise environmental awareness.

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

2 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £19m
  2. 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.