| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Report of the Directors | 2 |
| Balance Sheet | 4 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 5 |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| 1 High Street |
| Thatcham |
| Berks |
| RG19 3JG |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| We were able to donate £15,000 during the year to our two main wolf conservation projects bringing the total amount donated since 2006 to a staggering £465,000. This was made possible through a kind former wolf trust supporter leaving us a large legacy and other small donations which we appreciate . |
| We gave £7,500 to the Ethiopian Wolf Project thus making our total donations to them to £109,600. Claudio Sillero writes that the funds are used in the continuing capturing and vaccinating the beautiful wolves against the ever - present threat of disease. The recent deployment of satellite collars in some of the peripheral packs in the Senetti area has enabled them to better monitor the wolves. From observing their movements to even locating previously unrecorded dens, these tools are valuable additions to their work. The vital campaign to vaccinate the wolves for rabies and CDV would not be possible without the support of the UKWCT. Vital work in the continual fight against their extinction. Camera traps are a valuable tool for conservation, allowing them to monitor this important species ever-more closely and safeguard the newborn puppies, from threats such as stray dogs and also observing the social dynamics of the pack. |
| The second project we gave £7,500 to was Josip Kusak for his important work in Croatia. This brings the total given to £88,921 and he really appreciates these funds. Last year he helped organise a series successful platforms of organisations interested in achieving long term conservation of the wolf through sustainable management of its population and provide support to the livestock sector and hunting ground managers regarding incentive and use of space. Dalmatia is an area (project covering 13,000 Km) with a high level of livestock depredation and attacks on hunting dogs by wolves. Livestock management associated with cattle is less careful and allows a higher proximity to animals and predation risk. Illegal dumping of carcasses attract Wolves and stray dogs increase the risk of hybridization and possible wolf habituation to human presence. Focusing on solutions to avoid conflicts using accelerometer data from tracking collars (which the UKWCT donations provide ) camera traps and field based foraging experiments they hope to understand how context affects the direction and strength of ecological interactions. Understandably these processes should not only inform the outcomes of management decisions, but how context may be manipulated in order to achieve the management goals of the co existence of wolves and livestock . |
| Back at Butlers Farm, we still have 5 wolves. All now rising 14 are doing well. The Arctics Pukak and Sikko live in the top enclosure and spend large amounts of the day in the area near the fence hoping for food when people arrive! They no longer go for weekend walks as Pukak is very arthritic and is on medication to make him move better . |
| The three Beenham wolves Nuka, Tala and Tundra are still appreciative of their weekend walks in the fields round my house, just to experience different smells, which they continue to enjoying sniffing and rolling in. They move between the middle and bottom enclosures and volunteers are able to go in with them to give them attention which they love . |
| We are still lucky that so many volunteers continue to come and help with the various tasks involved in their care mostly at weekends. In summer months there is a great deal of grass cutting and clearing of the enclosures needed and their is always maintenance and of course feeding! I thank them all for doing this and also in the weekdays my longstanding volunteers of Pat Melton , Wendy Brooker , Nikki and Peter come to feed and help out. I am immensely grateful to all of them for their continued commitment and to Stephen Walker who keeps the accounts in order. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of this report. |
| DONATIONS |
| All donations paid during the year were of a charitable nature. |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 4 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 5 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| RESERVES |
| Other reserves |
| Income and expenditure account |
| The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
| (a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
| (b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| The U.k. Wolf Conservation Trust is a private 'not for profit' company limited by guarantee without a share capital registered in England & Wales that is forbidden by its Memorandum & Articles of Association from paying a dividend. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page. |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Freehold property | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL). |
| THE U.K. WOLF CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03686061) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Improvements | Fixtures |
| Freehold | to | Plant and | and |
| property | property | machinery | fittings | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| Costs falling under the heading Land and Buildings relate to the capital cost of making alterations and improvements to the buildings and facilities occupied by the Trust. |
| 5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| 6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 7. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| The directors consider that the terms of the licence under which the Trust occupies its premises contain an implied obligation to return the property to its original condition at the expiry of the licence exercisable at the option of the Palmer Family Trust, and that this creates a contingent liability that may arise in approximately three years' time that is not likely to exceed £90,000. |
| 8. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The Trust occupies its premises rent free pursuant to a Licence Agreement with one of its directors,Teresa Palmer, as a trustee of a Palmer Family Trust. |