Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Poor Liquidity: -1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Bioregional Development Group helps to advance education for the public benefit, in particular concerning the practice of sustainable living including the conduct of community life and economic activity and to promote the preservation, conservation and restoration of the natural resources, animal and plant life, and habitats of the world.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23		£1,898	£1,856	£42	£0	£218	£218	1.4	29
31/03/22		£1,761	£1,851	£-90	£100	£176	£176	1.1	30
31/03/21		£1,738	£1,829	£-91	£190	£266	£262	1.7	29
31/03/20		£1,704	£1,952	£-248	£167	£357	£357	2.2	29
31/03/19		£1,580	£1,655	£-75	£0	£569	£569	4.1	29
31/03/18		£1,445	£1,455	£-10	£0	£644	£629	5.2	28
31/03/17		£1,299	£1,316	£-18	£0	£654	£650	5.9	25
31/03/16		£1,354	£1,446	£-92	£0	£671	£671	5.6	26
31/03/15		£1,439	£1,439	£0	£17	£770	£763	6.4	26
31/03/14		£1,921	£1,882	£39	£13	£839	£825	5.3	28
31/03/13		£1,959	£2,173	£-214	£15	£801	£775	4.3	30
31/03/12		£1,792	£1,985	£-193	£14	£1,015	£839	5.1	30
31/03/11		£2,194	£1,914	£280	£21	£1,208	£922	5.8	34
31/03/10	*	£1,818	£1,625	£193	£29	£928	£863	6.4	31
31/03/09		£1,854	£1,833	£20	£56	£735	£725	4.7	36
31/03/08		£1,554	£1,558	£-4	£25	£715	£683	5.3	38
31/03/07	*	£1,383	£1,354	£29	£21	£719	£719	6.4	34
31/03/06		£1,279	£1,137	£142	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£1,190	£1,014	£176	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£1,086	£982	£104	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 73%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 30 years

www.bioregional.com

info@bioregional.com

02084044880

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Australia, Canada, France, Kenya, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

29 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mark Leonard Trust - Fundraising Manager and a Strategic Advisor
£45,000	11/07/2017	Towards the costs of a new fund raising manager and a strategic advisor for new One Planet Communities.
Dulverton Trust - Good Woods
£30,000	22/10/2014	Good Woods
Nesta - AC20030
£45,000	10/04/2014	Open Data Challenge Series programme grant to BioRegional Development Group Grant Ref AC20030
National Lottery Community Fund - Better access for people with disabilities at BedZED visitor centre
£10,000	06/05/2010 12	A project in Wallington, Surrey to improve facilities and disabled access to the group's visitor centre. The project will introduce interactive learning elements to the facility and the DVD will ....more A project in Wallington, Surrey to improve facilities and disabled access to the group's visitor centre. The project will introduce interactive learning elements to the facility and the DVD will include a virtual tour to ensure that people with disabilities are not excluded from the experience.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-61

JENNIFER RUTH HINDLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor

JOHANN BENJAMIN VAN DYKE RODRIGUEZ Appointed: 2021

MUNISH BALBIR DATTA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

ROBERT HUGH SAUVEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Engineer

DR SARAH KEMMITT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Prudential Regulations Manager

JOANNA CLAIRE WALTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Communications

JONATHAN GRIFFIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Publishing Consultant

SARAH LOUISE REDSHAW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Hr

THERSA ZOE ARDEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Associate Director, Other trusteeship: 38 DEGREES TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/10/1994, number: 1041486
Registered at Companies House on 04/10/1994, number: 02973226

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

20 returns made; AR10: 17 days late, AR07: 2 days late,

Main office

Sustainable Workspaces
County Hall
London
SE1 7PB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING INCLUDING THE CONDUCT OF COMMUNITY LIFE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND HABITATS OF THE WORLD

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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