Gwent Wildlife Trust Ltd

Gwent Wildlife Trust has a vision of an environment rich in wildlife for everyone. We work to rebuild biodiversity and engage people with their environment. We manage land, campaign for wildlife, provide advice and promote enjoyment and appreciation of wildlife.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Blaenau Gwent
• Caerphilly
• Monmouthshire
• Newport City
• Torfaen

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,335,483 and spent £1,541,578.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 45%, from £921,738 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £1,335,483 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 115% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

The National Lottery Heritage Fund gave £340,628 in the year to 31 March 2025, 26% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £44,823 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

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In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 9 funders who gave £625,751 between them. £536,384 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 27 grants to this charity since 1996, worth at least £2,498,527.

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Public bodies' published spending shows 21 payments to this charity worth £225,721 between 10 February 2021 and 30 April 2026.

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Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 27 March 2025, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Place Scrutiny Committee

  Public Open Forum

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• 27 March 2025, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Place Scrutiny Committee

  Bats and Habitats Regulations Appraisals - To discuss the protection of horseshoe bats and related HRA, particularly regarding proposed new housing

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• 23 January 2025, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of County Council

  Submitted by Jonty Pearce to County Councillor Paul Griffiths, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning and Economy

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• 11 January 2023, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Planning Committee

  Application DM/2020/00762 - Full planning application for the change of use of the visitor centre at Llandegfedd, to allow the building to be used for meetings, functions and events and to extend the opening hours approved under planning permission DC/2012/00442. Visitor Centre, Llandegfedd Visitor Centre, Croes-gweddyn Road, Coed-y-Paen, Monmouthshire and Application DM/2020/00763 - Full planning application for the change of use of the water sports facility at Llandegfedd to allow the building to be used for meetings, functions and events and to extend the opening hours approved under planning permission DC/2012/00317. Water Sports Centre, Llandegfedd Visitor Centre, Croes-gweddyn Road, Coed-y-Paen, Monmouthshire

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• 7 November 2022, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Wye Valley National Landscape Joint Advisory Committee

  AONB Unit and Partner progress reports and updates

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• 8 June 2022, Monmouthshire

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Planning Committee

  Application DM/2019/00184 - Proposed Log Pod and composting toilet on stone base for tourism purposes, existing off street car parking and turning area to be surfaced in rolled stone, translocation of hedgerow to improve visibility to existing access. Old Park Cottage, Gethley Road, Parkhouse, Trellech

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 23 June 2026

  Named in a registered interest of Jayne Bryant, Member of the Senedd

  Category: Voluntary record of Members’ other interests.

  Information relevant to entry: Member - Gwent Wildlife Trust.

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• 4 February 2026

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …ect, which provides funding for the vital work of that project to continue. But we've also match-funded the development work needed for the Gwent Wildlife Trust to take forward a community asset transfer of Welsh Government-owned farmland on the Gwent levels. Why is this important? Because this is a…

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• 4 February 2026

  Named by Peredur Owen Griffiths in the Senedd

  …ed. In principle, I strongly support renewable energy and it's an important component of combating the climate crisis, but, as Mike Webb of Gwent Wildlife Trust has said, you can't destroy the environment to save the environment. I echo the calls to issue formal clarification and guidance over SSSI…

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• 23 June 2025

  Named by Dr Caer Smyth in the Senedd

  …would suggest in a very narrow way that it didn't inform the decision, but in the wider view I would argue that it did, because it gave the Gwent Wildlife Trust and the other environmental objectors and objectors to that scheme a platform from which to make these arguments and design their case. So,…

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• 11 June 2025

  Named by Peredur Owen Griffiths in the Senedd

  …ls. For one of the affected SSSIs, as much as 43 per cent of its total area could fall within development boundaries if all were built. The Gwent Wildlife Trust is gravely concerned about the potential damage of these developments, and they are right to be concerned. The evidence from one solar powe…

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• 7 May 2025

  Named by John Griffiths in the Senedd

  …ent species, including the water vole, which I am pleased to champion here in the Senedd. And through the work of organisations such as the Gwent Wildlife Trust, they've been successfully reintroduced back into sites such as Magor Marsh nature reserve, and have then spread outwards from that particu…

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• 26 March 2025

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …'re doing, and also others across your region? The litter picking that's been done recently by the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust, the Gwent Wildlife Trust, partnerships in Caerphilly and so on, and, indeed, much of this is supported by the work of Keep Wales Tidy very often, and the hubs they…

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• 20 February 2025

  Named in a written question from Rhys ab Owen

  Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning.

  …re developments on the Gwent Levels in order to appropriately safeguard the environment for future generations, in line with calls from the Gwent Wildlife Trust? Planning Policy Wales is clear that development on Sites of Special Scientific Interest is generally unacceptable as a matter of principle…

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• 17 July 2024

  Named by John Griffiths in the Senedd

  …ith those areas, we can encourage volunteering, we can improve biodiversity and access. In my constituency of Newport East, we recently saw Gwent Wildlife Trust open up Bridewell common, an area of land that they've improved and worked on for nature and public access. We're lucky that we have the Gw…

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• 8 May 2024

  Named by Alun Davies in the Senedd

  …prey centre, I met representatives of Eagle Reintroduction Wales, which is Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust working in partnership with Gwent Wildlife Trust to restore this magnificent lost species to the skies, coastlines, estuaries, wetlands, rivers and lakes of Wales. I hope that Members will…

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• 18 March 2024

  Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd

  …that. Are there any further comments? No. There's been a suggestion to write back to Welsh Government Ministers with the questions posed by Gwent Wildlife Trust and also from members of the committee to seek further evidence, and bring this for consideration again perhaps when we can discuss the opt…

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• 30 January 2024

  Named by John Griffiths in the Senedd

  …t levels, for example, which I represent part of? There, we have a real focus on these issues, very good buy-in from organisations like the Gwent Wildlife Trust and a huge number of volunteers working day in, day out. And, of course, we have iconic species like the water vole, which I'm very pleased…

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• 17 January 2024

  Named by Delyth Jewell in the Senedd

  And we could also learn from wildlife trusts in Wales, including the Gwent Wildlife Trust, which has also inspired me. There are so many groups and projects for young people to participate in, and this can give young people enormous strength. And strength is what is needed: strength, assurance, conf…

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• 14 June 2022

  Named by Julie James in the Senedd

  …all partners to come together. The Gwent levels partnership is supported by the Welsh Government, but it's also supported by the RSPB, the Gwent Wildlife Trust, NRW, and a number of other partners. What we're looking to see is how we can get that sustainable model to work in a number of different a…

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11 trustees run the charity.

• Marc LeppardChairAppointed 15 September 2021
• Clare Louise SkidmoreAppointed 15 December 2025
• David ReesAppointed 18 September 2019
• Dr Mary BarkhamAppointed 25 March 2024
• Jonathan Marten Henry StephensAppointed 4 December 2017
• Matthew Charles LewisAppointed 15 December 2025
• Mavis Mckenzie CecilAppointed 25 March 2024
• Richard Hugh HowellAppointed 21 September 2022
• Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-GaleaAppointed 15 December 2025
• Tim RathboneAppointed 25 March 2024
• Tom Abbey SmithAppointed 25 March 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

242619

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

17 June 1965

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 JUL 1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 MAY 1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 APR 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 APR 1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 SEP 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 OCT 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 SEP 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 JAN 2026

Company number

00812535This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.gwentwildlife.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Torfaen

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Torfaen Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Torfaen's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Fynwy Torfaen