Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM 

Education and TrainingEnvironment, conservation and heritage
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£362£338£24n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/22£266£262£4n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/21£302£273£29n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£245£245£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£263£289£-25n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£403£389£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£420£410£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£371£426£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£492£422£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£400£391£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£265£307£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£360£356£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£274£295£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£281£378£-97£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£284£234£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£181£153£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£248£247£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£144£148£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£179£122£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£37£72£-35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.ukotcf.org

mpienkowski@ukotcf.org

07778841233

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Anguilla, Antarctica, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie And Oeno Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands, Turks And Caicos Islands,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 100 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/09/2022
Supporting local communities in the UK’s Overseas Territories (UKOTs) & Crown Dependencies (CDs) to protect their globally important biodiversity
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DPLUS155: Securing Montserrats threatened endemic species and natural capital through community-action
£73,541 16/12/2021
Adopt a Home for Wildlife (already successfully piloted) enables Montserratians to undertake informeddecisions and actions on land they manage, via training and advice to 100 individuals, so ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/12/2020
Safeguarding biodiversity in the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/10/1996, number: 1058483
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/1996, number: 03216892
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; all on time
Main office

Helen Rolfe & Co
Icknield Court
Back Street
Wendover
Aylesbury
HP22 6EB

Objectives

[1] THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, THEIR NATURAL HABITANTS AND THE NEED FOR SUCH CONSERVATION PARTICULARLY IN THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH). [2] THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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