WILD THINGS! ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN ACTION

Company number SC251691 ·

Active

Executive summary

Wild Things! is a well-established Scottish charity with a 21-year operating history, demonstrating genuine growth in service delivery and a consistent (if modest) surplus. However, the limited by guarantee structure provides negligible capital backing, reserves sit below the board's own target, and the organisation faces a transition period following the conclusion of its flagship funded project. Any credit facility should be conditional on appropriate security or covenants, sized conservatively against unrestricted income, and structured to accommodate the seasonal and project-based nature of the charity's cash flows. The thin operating margin of 3.6% leaves limited headroom for debt service without demonstrated income growth.

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
2003-06-24
Employees
10 (2025 accounts · was 11 in 2024)
Registered office
The Findhorn Village Centre, The Old School, Church Place, Forres, Moray, IV36 3YR
Postcode
IV36 3YR
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-11-30
Next due by
2027-08-31
Financial year end
30 November

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-24
Next due by
2027-07-08
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified

Officers 7 current · 33 resigned

Ben STARKIE Director
Appointed 2025-05-13
Appointed 2025-05-13
Appointed 2025-05-13
Appointed 2020-01-24
Appointed 2020-01-13

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Registered charity

Wild Things! Environmental Education in Action — charity number SC034873 (Scottish Charity Register)

Registered 2003-06-24 Income £280,295

Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
"WILD THINGS!" NATURE AWARENESS PROJECT2010-01-28
"WILD THINGS!" NATURE APPRECIATION PROJECT2003-06-26

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
66 THE PARK, FINDHORN, MORAY, IV36 3TZ2004-08-19

Among its peers

3rd largest employer

of 21 similar companies in IV, with 10 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

The class of 2003

42%

of the 723 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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