Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 16

AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE GROUPS OF THE UK

Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK (ARG UK) is committed to the conservation of native amphibians and reptiles and their natural environment by supporting the development of a network of independent volunteer amphibian and reptile groups (ARGs)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/01/23	£34	£79	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,000
31/01/22	£65	£72	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,000
31/01/21	£99	£44	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,000
31/01/20	£54	£47	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,000
31/01/19	£58	£56	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,000
31/01/18	£38	£29	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/17	£52	£26	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://www.arguk.org/

info@arguk.org

01865872162

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Animal sanctuaries and shelters

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4,000 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£100,000
Ministry of Justice	£33,710
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS: Innovation Grant Programme
£26,539	01/04/2022	To connect prisoners and their families with the natural world.
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS Innovation Awards
£7,171	01/09/2021	Connecting prisoners and their families with the natural world
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK
£15,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000	01/05/2020	Catalysing Community Action for Conservation: Working with diverse communities to cherish and protect our native amphibians and reptiles
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK
£100,000	16/12/2019	Dragons in the Hills - Connecting communities with nature to conserve amphibians and reptiles.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK
£60,000	11/12/2017 24	Towards salaries of a national co-ordinator and a Pembrokeshire outreach co-ordinator to improve the quality of volunteer-led work on reptiles and amphibians.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

ALICE PAWLIK Appointed: 2019

CHRIS MONK (Chair) Appointed: 2016

DR JOHN BAKER Appointed: 2016

DR SAMANTHA KELLY Appointed: 2019

ERIK PATERSON Appointed: 2022

FRANK SYRATT Appointed: 2021

JEANETTE HALL Appointed: 2022

NIGEL HAND Appointed: 2016

STEVEN JOHN LANGHAM Appointed: 2017

SUZANNE COLLINSON Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2016, number: 1165504

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

82 GIDLEY WAY
HORSPATH
OXFORD
OX33 1TG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF NATIVE AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE GROUPS (ARGS) INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BRITISH ISLES.(2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE RELEVANT TO SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PERTINENT TO NATIVE AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE POPULATIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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