Dorset Wildlife Trust

Active00688439 Private company limited by guarantee

What Dorset Wildlife Trust say about themselves

“Stand together with our 28,000 members, staff, volunteers and supporters and become a member - help bring back nature in Dorset.”

— from dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Incorporated
30 March 1961 (65 years)
Previously known as
Dorset Trust for Nature Conservation Limited(the) (until 14 December 2017)
Dorset Naturalists' Trust Limited(the) (until 25 November 1985)
Industry
Environmental consulting activities (74901)
Other education n.e.c. (85590)
Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities (91040)
Directors
Akshay Jayant Sanghrajka
Lisa Kerry Upchurch
Richard Hulf
Accounts type
Group
Region
South West
Address
Brooklands Farm
Forston
Nr.Dorchester
DT2 7AA

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
17 August 2027
Last conf. stmt
3 August 2026

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
1
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 15 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Johnson, Crystal
Secretary · Appointed 2 March 2026
Sanghrajka, Akshay Jayant
Director · Appointed 1 December 2025
British
Born November 1985
Upchurch, Lisa Kerry
Director · Appointed 1 December 2025
British
Born March 1971 (55)
Hulf, Richard
Director · Appointed 2 December 2024
British
Born August 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 2 December 2024
Also at Andy & Jane Littler Consultancy Ltd. · more companies
British
Born November 1954
Director · Appointed 2 December 2024
Also at Footprint Ecology Trustees Limited, The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited
British
Born June 1960 (66)
Director · Appointed 4 December 2023
British
Born January 1960 (66)
Henley-Lock, Leo Julian
Director · Appointed 4 December 2023
British
Born May 1987 (39)
Director · Appointed 4 December 2023
British
Born March 1963 (63)
Director · Appointed 5 December 2022
Also at Holme Nurseries Limited · more companies
British
Born December 1966 (59)
Stobart, John Allan
Director · Appointed 5 December 2022
British
Born November 1968
Director · Appointed 3 August 2017
Also at Saled Limited, The Diocese of Salisbury Educational Trust · more companies
British
Born May 1966 (60)
White, James Robert
Director · Appointed 7 November 2006
British
Born July 1948 (78)
Director · Appointed 6 October 2003
Also at DWT Services Ltd
British
Born February 1947 (79)
Director · Appointed 17 October 1997
Also at DWT Services Ltd, Dorset Ecology Limited
British
Born April 1946 (80)
Officer history (76 former)
1 June 2026
Resigned Cole, Roger as Director
2 March 2026
Resigned Patterson, Susan Elizabeth as Secretary
2 March 2026
Appointed Johnson, Crystal as Secretary
1 December 2025
Appointed Sanghrajka, Akshay Jayant as Director
1 December 2025
Appointed Upchurch, Lisa Kerry as Director
1 December 2025
2 December 2024
Resigned Gaye, John Douglas as Director
2 December 2024
Appointed Hulf, Richard as Director
2 December 2024
Appointed Littler, Andrew as Director
2 December 2024
Appointed Sterling, Philip Howard as Director
2 December 2024
Resigned Reynolds, Isla Mary as Director
19 June 2024
Resigned Ninnim, Alison Gail as Director
4 December 2023
Appointed Sherlock, Lisbet as Director
4 December 2023
Resigned Webb, Nigel Rodney, Professor as Director
4 December 2023
Appointed Alexander, Ian as Director
4 December 2023
Appointed Henley-Lock, Leo Julian as Director
27 October 2023
Resigned Derrick, Kelvyn Garth as Director
5 December 2022
Appointed Ninnim, Alison Gail as Director
5 December 2022
Appointed Stobart, John Allan as Director
5 December 2022
Appointed Goldsack, Simon Robert Brian as Director
5 December 2022
Resigned Bates, Henry Gerald Anthony as Director
5 December 2022
Resigned Thomas, Jeremy Ambler as Director
5 December 2022
Resigned Simmons, Alick George as Director
2 March 2020
Appointed Cole, Roger as Director
2 December 2019
Resigned Raymond, John Roland as Director
4 March 2019
Appointed Reynolds, Isla Mary as Director
8 December 2017
Resigned Welch, Barry Neville as Director
8 December 2017
Resigned Gunner, Peter John as Director
3 August 2017
Appointed Pugh, Giles Adrian as Director
13 January 2017
Resigned Palmer, Timothy John as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Simmons, Alick George as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Welton, Sarah Ann Hatten as Director
24 June 2016
24 June 2016
Appointed Thomas, Jeremy Ambler as Director
27 November 2015
Resigned Mcdavid, John as Director
3 November 2014
Appointed Patterson, Susan Elizabeth as Secretary
29 August 2014
Resigned Bunce, Leslie Robert as Director
29 August 2014
Resigned Bunce, Leslie Robert as Secretary
14 September 2012
Resigned Dampney, Trelawney Theo as Director
7 November 2011
Appointed Derrick, Kelvyn Garth as Director
19 January 2011
Resigned Sterling, Philip Howard as Director
3 November 2008
Appointed Palmer, Timothy John as Director
12 September 2008
Appointed Gunner, Peter John as Director
12 September 2008
Resigned Thomas, Antony Robert as Director
12 September 2008
Resigned Hill, Andrew Richard as Director
14 September 2007
Appointed Raymond, John Roland as Director
14 September 2007
Resigned Sweeney, Terence Michael as Director
7 November 2006
Resigned Crewe, Jonathan Douglas as Director
7 November 2006
Appointed White, James Robert as Director
7 November 2006
Resigned Savage, Betty as Director
2 November 2006
Appointed Sterling, Philip Howard as Director
27 October 2005
Appointed Welch, Barry Neville as Director
25 October 2005
Resigned Elton, Deborah Jane as Director
31 May 2005
Resigned Fairbairn, Felicity Christian as Director
27 October 2004
Resigned Swindall, Alan as Director
27 October 2004
Appointed Hill, Andrew Richard as Director
27 October 2004
Appointed Elton, Deborah Jane as Director
27 October 2004
Resigned Brotherton, Helen Alice Jane as Director
21 June 2004
Appointed Fairbairn, Felicity Christian as Director
1 March 2004
Resigned Young, Iain Douglas as Director
6 October 2003
Appointed Bunce, Leslie Robert as Director
6 October 2003
Appointed Bunce, Leslie Robert as Secretary
6 October 2003
Appointed Wheatcroft, Anne Vivienne as Director
6 October 2003
Resigned Young, Iain Douglas as Secretary
4 August 2003
Resigned Pearman, David Anthony as Director
10 June 2002
Appointed Thomas, Antony Robert as Director
26 October 2001
Resigned Chandler, Michael Renan as Director
26 October 2001
Resigned Hawley, Anne Doreen as Director
8 October 2001
Appointed Dampney, Trelawney Theo as Director
6 April 2001
Resigned White, Howard Russell as Director
4 December 2000
Resigned Day, Anthony Clifford William, Ba as Director
4 December 2000
Resigned Haskins, Lesley Erica as Director
24 October 2000
Resigned Mellis, Jill Rosemary as Director
3 August 2000
Appointed Young, Iain Douglas as Secretary
3 August 2000
Resigned Shewring, Joan as Director
3 August 2000
Resigned Shewring, Joan as Secretary
3 July 2000
Appointed Young, Iain Douglas as Director
10 January 2000
Resigned Collins, Brian Arthur as Director
10 January 2000
Appointed White, Howard Russell as Director
30 July 1999
Resigned Mahon, Andrew as Director
15 March 1999
Resigned Elton, Deborah Jane as Director
15 March 1999
Resigned Biss, Martin John as Director
15 March 1999
Resigned Martin, Margaret Mary as Director
15 March 1999
Resigned Young, Douglas James as Director
19 February 1999
Resigned Dickinson, John Prescott as Director
19 February 1999
Resigned Mansel, John Clavell, Major (Retired) as Director
19 February 1999
Resigned Hughes, Angela Winifred as Director
19 February 1999
Resigned Walton, Arthur St George as Director
19 February 1999
Resigned Weld, Wilfrid Joseph as Director
14 December 1998
Resigned Keats, Elizabeth Maureen as Director
23 October 1998
Resigned Mills, Mary Patricia as Director
23 October 1998
Resigned Pirie, Martin as Director
23 October 1998
Resigned Dowding, Bernard Arthur George as Director
23 October 1998
Resigned Norman, Thomas, Dr as Director
23 October 1998
Resigned Bunce, Leslie Robert as Director
17 October 1997
Appointed Davies, Josephine Ruby as Director
17 October 1997
Resigned Hyde, Charles Geoffrey as Director
17 October 1997
Appointed Gaye, John Douglas as Director
17 October 1997
Appointed Mcdavid, John as Director
28 January 1997
Resigned Leney, Roger Anthony as Director
19 July 1996
Resigned Hooker, Timothy as Director
19 July 1996
Appointed Dowding, Bernard Arthur George as Director
19 July 1996
Appointed Day, Anthony Clifford William, Ba as Director
19 July 1996
Resigned Humphreys, George William as Director
1 July 1996
Appointed Collins, Brian Arthur as Director
1 February 1996
Resigned Read, George Fitzgerald as Director
21 July 1995
Appointed Elton, Deborah Jane as Director
21 July 1995
Appointed Crewe, Jonathan Douglas as Director
21 July 1995
Appointed Welton, Sarah Ann Hatten as Director
21 July 1995
Resigned Auld, Martin Henry Denham as Director
21 July 1995
Appointed Mills, Mary Patricia as Director
21 July 1995
Resigned Gaudin, Ann as Director
21 July 1995
Resigned Pickess, Bryan Percival as Director
21 July 1995
Resigned Spring, Nigel Patrick as Director
22 July 1994
Appointed Hawley, Anne Doreen as Director
22 July 1994
Appointed Auld, Martin Henry Denham as Director
22 July 1994
Appointed Mellis, Jill Rosemary as Director
15 July 1994
Resigned Elton, Deborah Jane as Director
1 July 1994
Resigned Peers, Roger Neville Russ as Director
15 March 1994
Resigned Ames, William Joseph Campbell as Director
1 September 1993
Resigned Crompton, Judith Patricia as Director
24 July 1993
Appointed Mahon, Andrew as Director
23 July 1993
Appointed Martin, Margaret Mary as Director
23 July 1993
Appointed Hooker, Timothy as Director
19 April 1993
Appointed Mansel, John Clavell, Major (Retired) as Director
19 April 1993
Appointed Weld, Wilfrid Joseph as Director
19 April 1993
Resigned Walls, Robin Michael as Director
28 March 1993
Resigned Harthan, George Derek as Director
1 February 1993
Resigned Haskins, Warren as Director
24 July 1992
Appointed Hughes, Angela Winifred as Director
24 July 1992
Appointed Gaudin, Ann as Director
24 July 1992
Resigned Tennent, John Richard as Director
24 July 1992
Resigned Pearse, Arthur Wingate as Director
24 July 1992
Appointed Leney, Roger Anthony as Director
24 July 1992
Appointed Pearman, David Anthony as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 3

Companies where Dorset Wildlife Trust is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Status not confirmed

Filings 257

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
5 August 2026Confirmation statement with no updates3 August 2026
1 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
11 March 2026Termination of appointment of a secretary
11 March 2026Appointment of a secretary
10 December 2025Appointment of a director
Show all 257 filings

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