The Welsh Kite Trust/Ymddiriedolaeth Barcudiaid Cymru
What it does
The monitoring of the Red Kite population in Wales including the organisation of watchers who carry out the field work involved in locating the pairs of nesting Red Kites in the breeding season, arranging to ring and tag the young in each nest and producing a breeding report showing the the total breeding pairs and the number of young Red Kites fledged.
Its charitable purposes
PROMOTE THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS OF PREY AND IN PARTICULAR THE WELSH RED KITE AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY ACTIVITY INCLUDING RESEARCH WHICH WILL ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION REGARDING SUCH BIRDS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Who it helps
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £2,488 and spent £816.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £2,488 | £816 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2024 | £4,757 | £5,131 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2023 | £5,363 | £2,375 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2022 | £4,176 | £1,689 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2021 | £4,577 | £2,438 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 46%, from £4,577 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £2,488 in the year to 31 August 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 33% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Tony CrossChair
- John Francis Roberts
- Leo Neil Smith
- Paddy Jenks
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | 30 June 2026 | Received 9 June 2026, 21 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2024 | 30 June 2025 | Received 19 May 2025, 42 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2023 | 30 June 2024 | Received 25 October 2024, 117 days late | Not required |
| 31 August 2022 | 30 June 2023 | Received 6 June 2023, 24 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Received 26 May 2022, 35 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1058210
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 24 September 1996
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 30 AUGUST 1996
- Website
- welshkitetrust.wales
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.