Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME

To support indigenous and tribal forest peoples to promote their collective and individual rights, secure their lands and manage thier natural resources to build their capacity to carry out actions for the long-term relief of poverty and to educate policy makers and civil society about their concerns and aspirations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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
31/12/23£8,237£6,899£1,338£61£5,762£3,1465.5631
31/12/22£5,448£4,598£850£53£4,424£1,1783.1524
31/12/21£5,283£3,776£1,507£64£3,574£9743.1497
31/12/20£4,375£4,167£208£58£2,067£9232.7426
31/12/19£4,442£4,189£253£52£1,859£8942.6472
31/12/18£3,836£4,524£-687£26£1,606£5671.5340
31/12/17£5,372£5,543£-171£26£2,293£6841.5280
31/12/16£4,871£4,040£831£30£2,464£6662270
31/12/15£4,099£3,758£341£0£1,633£6382250
31/12/14£3,800£3,717£83£211£1,265£6562.1210
31/12/13£3,203£3,088£115£124£1,182£6212.4180
31/12/12£3,261£3,061£200£168£1,067£5342.1150
31/12/11£2,500£2,180£320£86£866£4432.4170
31/12/10£1,592£1,786£-194£81£543£2691.8130
31/12/09£1,533£1,465£68£140£736£1571.3120
31/12/08£1,292£807£485£36£668£1301.980
31/12/07£332£441£-109n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£421£347£74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£292£301£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£369£435£-66n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 15.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.forestpeoples.org

info@forestpeoples.org

01608652893

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation advocacy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Antigua And Barbuda, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Suriname, Thailand, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
ARCADIA£1,380,000
CHK Foundation£115,000
J J Charitable Trust£40,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - To continue its Kichwa radio programmes in San Martin, Peru
£12,000 10/10/2023
To continue its Kichwa radio programmes in San Martin, Peru
J J Charitable Trust - To provide emergency support for 12 months for forest communities in the Peruvian Amazon
£28,500 10/10/2023
To provide emergency support for 12 months for forest communities in the Peruvian Amazon
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£25,000 12/10/2022
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£25,000 04/02/2022
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
ARCADIA - Support for the Environmental Governance Programme
£1,380,000 31/07/2021
To support the Forest Peoples Programme’s (FPP) environmental governance programme and its efforts to protect terrestrial biodiversity.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£50,000 22/10/2020
to further the charitable objects
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£15,000 16/12/2019
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000 17/09/2015
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To provide a flexibility in how and where FPP can respond to emerging crises and calls for support from local indigenous groups.
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000 31/08/2015
To provide a flexibility in how and where FPP can respond to emerging crises and calls for support from local indigenous groups.
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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: 37-75
  • CAROL KALAFATIC Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Inter-Disciplinary Scholar
  • DR MICHEL PIMBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Research Centre
  • LUCY ERICKSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Strategic Communications At Environmental
  • MARIA JOSEE ARTIST Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Community Development Specialist
  • PATRICIA BORRAZ FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2023
  • PETER KITELO CHONGEYWO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • REV SEAMUS FINN, Occupation: Director
  • RICHARD WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • ROBELIZA HALIP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Management Team Leader
  • SARAH ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2000, number: 1082158
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/1999, number: 03868836
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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

1c Fosseway Business Centre
Stratford Road
Moreton in Marsh
GL56 9NQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL PEOPLES AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO DEPEND ON FORESTS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS BY ENABLING THEM TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROTECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF ITS RESOURCES, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THESE COMMUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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