Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

RUISLIP WOODS TRUST 

Ruislip Woods Trust acts to advance the education of the public in the history, ecology, management and economy, of the site of special scientific interest in Hillingdon known as Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve, and to promote the conservation, protection, and enhancement of Ruislip Woods for the benefit of the public.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

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 recently

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
31/12/22£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£4£13£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£24£26£-2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£21£3£18n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/18£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£4£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£5£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£6£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£5£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£4£7£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£7£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£10£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£6£2£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3£6£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk

secretary@ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk

07903529024

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1997, number: 1060719
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 132 days late,
Main office

22 Aldridge Avenue
RUISLIP
HA4 9JU

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMY OF THE SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (SSSI), OR SUCH SUCCESSOR DESIGNATION, WHICH EMBRACES BAYHURST WOOD, COPSE WOOD, MAD BESS WOOD, PARK WOOD, POORS' FIELD, THE RUISLIP LOCAL NATURE RESERVE, THE NORTHERN FINGER, GRUB GROUND AND TARLETON'S LAKE AND SURROUNDING LAND IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON, KNOWN LOCALLY AS RUISLIP WOODS; AND TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE SAID AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HILLINGDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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