The National Trust has confirmed that 6% of its members of staff will have taken redundancy, around 500 full-time roles, following a review.
In July, the conservation charity revealed plans to cut its workforce in an effort to save £26m from its annual wage bill.
The conservation charity said it was making the cuts due to increasing costs outpacing its yearly growth in donations and visitors to its sites across the country.
It then reported a £56.5m rise in its annual costs in its accounts for the year to February 2025, outpacing its income growth of £41.6m.
Now, the charity has said it has been able to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies following its consultation with staff earlier this year.
“As a result of cutting our pay reduction target by £2m we have also been able to add some roles back into our proposed structure,” a spokesperson said.
“Of the 6% reduction in headcount we were expecting to make, 4% has come via voluntary redundancy, meaning 2% will now be subject to compulsory redundancy.
“This is a total reduction of around 500 full-time posts.
“We are grateful to all our staff and volunteers for the kindness and resilience they have shown throughout this process, and we thank our trade union, Prospect, for the skilled and diligent support they have shown for our people.
“The savings will help the trust be successful in a very challenging financial climate, and start to deliver our new strategy goals of restoring nature, ending unequal access to nature and cultural heritage, and inspiring millions more people to support our cause.
“We still have some work to do, but we aim to have new structures and ways of working in place for early 2026.”
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