Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST LTD 

Works to conserve wild bird of prey and their habitats and to encourage people to enjoy and understand these special birds. It carries out its objectives through creative conservation, practical research and imaginative education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 27 years

https://hawkandowltrust.org/

enquiries@hawkandowltrust.org.uk

01328850590

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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£629£616£12£45£2,807£56711.130135
31/03/22£1,239£833£406£41£2,794£5417.827135
31/03/21£770£601£169£41£2,388£3587.118140
31/03/20£1,207£541£666£70£2,182£3187.116150
31/03/19£836£675£161£68£1,573£279516150
31/03/18£679£635£43£63£1,412£2985.6140
31/03/17£614£547£67£91£1,370£3738.2140
31/03/16*£599£586£14£120£1,303£1823.7150
31/03/15£676£686£-10£138£1,289£2354.1120
31/03/14£491£481£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£522£489£33£127£1,286£3037.490
31/03/12£530£479£52£128£1,274£2947.4120
31/03/11£460£482£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£405£411£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£390£435£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08?*£995£506£489£127£1,296£2816.7100
31/12/06£723£855£-131£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£452£283£169£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£265£253£12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 11.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 30 employees
  • 135 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hawk & Owl Trust
£112,781 16/02/2023
Project Hoot!
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000 01/12/2022
To conserve wild birds of prey and their habitats
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000 15/12/2021
To conserve wild birds of prey and their habitats
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hawk and Owl Trust
£859,700 07/12/2017
Wensum Connections for People and Wildlife
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hawk and Owl Trust
£86,700 12/01/2017
Norfolk Urban Peregrine Project (NUPP)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hawk and Owl Trust
£73,200 23/09/2015
Heritage Hands (Volunteering to Save our Heritage)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-71
  • DAVID MISSEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DON EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Education Trust Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/10/1996, number: 1058565
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/09/1996, number: 03254207
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
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; AR16: 24 days late, AR08: 4 days late,
Main office

TURF MOOR ROAD
SCULTHORPE
FAKENHAM
NORFOLK
NR21 9GN

Objectives

TO CONSERVE WILD BIRDS OF PREY (RAPTORS) AND THEIR HABITANTS THROUGH CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND ANY OTHER MEANS AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY ACTIVITY WHICH WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION REGARDING RAPTORS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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