Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 15
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY

Wild flowers, plants and fungi are the life support for all our wildlife and their colour and character light up our landscapes. But without our help, this priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost. From the open spaces of our nature reserves to the corridors of government, we work nationally and internationally to raise their profile, celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,510£4,962£548£694£8,745£3,1677.7581,561
31/03/22£4,477£4,312£164£451£8,390£3,2939.2541,954
31/03/21£4,127£3,096£1,031£168£8,031£3,06811.9521,057
31/03/20£3,495£3,151£345£199£6,584£2,3729501,018
31/03/19£3,555£2,446£1,109£166£6,438£2,03110451,000
31/03/18£2,938£2,535£402£77£5,218£1,0655410
31/03/17£3,250£3,263£-12£97£4,894£7832.9440
31/03/16£2,806£3,060£-254£74£4,732£6422.5410
31/03/15£2,975£2,824£151£159£5,122£8583.6360
31/03/14£2,472£2,170£302£327£4,909£9095360
31/03/13£1,906£2,202£-296£444£4,523£8084.4370
31/03/12?£2,819£2,603£216£410£4,557£9384.3350
31/12/10*£3,219£1,926£1,293£256£4,333£7184.5330
31/12/09*£1,702£1,692£9£201£2,859£4082.9290
31/12/08*£1,841£1,444£398£195£2,783£5134.3280
31/12/07£1,725£1,517£208£162£2,385£2181.7300
30/12/06?*£1,421£1,504£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05*£1,421£1,504£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04*£1,634£1,455£179n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.plantlife.org.uk

enquiries@plantlife.org.uk

01722342738

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£1,332,190
Esmee Fairbairn£878,544
DCMS£283,225
John Ellerman Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - Funding for a dedicated specialist Rainforest Advisor role for 3 years as part of our Temperate Rainforest Advisor Network.
£100,000 28/09/2023
Funding for a dedicated specialist Rainforest Advisor role for 3 years as part of our Temperate Rainforest Advisor Network.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International - the wild plant conservation charity
£10,000 30/08/2023
Equality Diversity and Inclusion – Plantlife Organisational Resilience Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£60,000 18/07/2023
Towards core costs to protect the excellent work of TWmT to date and enhance future delivery of key aspects of it through its ‘assimilation’ into Plantlife
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£280,185 05/07/2023
Towards core costs to bring about systemic change in the way grasslands are valued, legislated for and managed across the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£463,359 25/04/2023
Towards project costs towards securing a ban on peat in horticulture across the UK by 2024
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International - the wild plant conservation charity
£1,000,000 27/02/2023
#NNF2 Grassland Networks Wales
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£15,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£97,890 19/11/2021
#Digital8: Vibrant Volunteering Virtually Everywhere
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 04/01/2021
to support specified work
DCMS - GRCF2020: Meadow Makers
£178,175 25/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental ....more
DCMS - GRCF2020: Saving Englands lowland Junipers: Revitalising Populations in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire
£105,050 11/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£60,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International
£224,300 28/11/2019
Cairngorms Rare Plants and Wild Connections
National Lottery Community Fund - Green Links Bridgend
£247,500 29/11/2018
48
Project Summary :_x000D_ Plantlife International will empower local people, building confidence and capacity, create new partnerships and connect with existing activities programmes to enable more people to get involved and take ownership of local ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£750,000 26/04/2018
60
Towards core costs enabling Plantlife to embed their work in the conservation strategies of partner organisations and national agencies to ensure stronger futures for UK wild plants.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International
£55,700 08/11/2017
Greena Moor: Restoring and re-connecting rare Culm grassland habitat in an ancient Cornish landscape
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International
£503,500 14/03/2017
Building Resilience in South West Woodlands
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International
£45,400 24/11/2014
Secrets of the Celtic rainforest: a journey of discovery and conservation
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards an element of the “We’re in the Wild: Young Wardens Award”
£2,500 31/07/2014
Towards an element of the “We’re in the Wild: Young Wardens Award” in Merseyside and West Lancashire.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Plantlife - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity
£332,487 24/06/2014
Towards Important Plant Areas (IPA) a project to further Plantlife's partnership-working, increase the profile, understanding and awareness of lower order plants, reverse plant declines in South West England and implement IPAs more widely across the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Plantlife International
£62,000 04/09/2013
Make the Small Things Count: Learning about and conserving lower plants across the South West
National Lottery Community Fund - We're in the Wild
£144,920 17/01/2013
36
This new project aims to increase opportunities for children and young people (CYP), specifically targeting those from disadvantaged communities to access and explore local natural spaces. This will increase health and wellbeing, contribute to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-69
  • ANTHONY JOHN PAYNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: It Manager
  • DAVID LLEWELYN DANIELS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • DR JILL KOWAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Researcher
  • DR JULIA SUZANNA KNIGHTS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • HIEN VI LUONG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Banker
  • JAMES JANSEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • PHILIP WILSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • PROF SALLIE BAILEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • SALLY LOUISE THOMAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • TIMOTHY WILLIAM JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Non-Exec Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/1996, number: 1059559
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/02/1996, number: 03166339
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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; AR10: 6 days late, AR09: 9 days late, AR08: 4 days late, AR06: 45 days late, AR05: 183 days late, AR04: 67 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MRS R P ALLENS CHARITABLE TRUST on 02/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE FRANCIS WILDLIFE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION on 18/11/2022
Main office

BREWERY HOUSE
36 MILFORD STREET
SALISBURY
SP1 2AP

Objectives

1). TO PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND THEIR HABITATS. 2). TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC SO AS TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF PLANTS, AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF PLANTS AND THE NEED FOR PLANT CONSERVATION. 3). TO PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PLACES OF BOTANICAL INTEREST FOR THE CULTIVATION AND PRESERVATION OF PLANTS. 4). TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND UNDERTAKE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND THEIR USES PROVIDED THAT ALL THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED. 5). TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE AFORESAID OBJECTS AS THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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