Common questions about The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire a good charity? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire scores 96 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 83% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire as a registered charity (charity number 1000412). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1000412&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's charity number? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's charity number is 1000412. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's charity rating? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire scores 96 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 83% of The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 17% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 17% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire receive? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire reported £14m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-03). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire based? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's registered contact address is in Cambridge (CB23 6DH). It tells the regulator it operates in Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Luton, Peterborough City, Bedford, with a focus on animals.
How much is The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's money come from? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire reported £14m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £9.6m (68%), donations and legacies £4.2m (30%), investments £162k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £629k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire? +
The register records The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's trustees paid? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire: Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust; The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire and Peterborough; The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough.
When was The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire registered as a charity? +
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire was entered on the register on 28 September 1990. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02534145).
How does CharityCompare score The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.