Common questions about The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD a good charity? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD scores 89 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD as a registered charity (charity number 513615). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=513615&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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's charity number? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's charity number is 513615. 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's charity rating? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD scores 89 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD. 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD'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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 4% 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD. The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD receive? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD reported £1.2m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-11-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD based? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's registered contact address is in Birmingham (B18 7EP). It tells the regulator it operates in Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, with a focus on animals.
How much is The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's money come from? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD reported £1.2m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £716k (61%), donations and legacies £413k (35%), other income £33k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD? +
The register records The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD 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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD's trustees paid? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD'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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD: West Midlands Urban Wildlife Trust Limited.
When was The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD registered as a charity? +
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD was entered on the register on 11 March 1983. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01650938).
How does CharityCompare score The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country LTD'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 Birmingham and the Black Country LTD'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.