Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE OWLS TRUST 

Rehabilitation of wild, injured birds of prey. Education within schools and other organizations to promote matters concerned with the environment in relation to how this impacts on birds of prey, in particular owls. Involvement with other zoos worldwide to facilitate breeding and conservation programmes for some of the world's most endangered owls.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 23 years

www.theowlstrust.org

info@theowlstrust.org

01492870719

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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
30/09/23£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/09/22£45£39£6n/an/an/an/an/a14
30/09/21£23£17£6n/an/an/an/an/a14
30/09/20£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/a9
30/09/19£21£19£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/09/18£19£22£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£20£16£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£18£13£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£6£26£-20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£54£31£23£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£9£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£10£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£9£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£8£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£8£8£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Dominican Republic, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2001, number: 1085403
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 18 days late,
Main office

THE OWLS TRUST
Bodafon Farm Park
Bodafon Road
LLANDUDNO
LL30 3BB

Objectives

1.TO RESCUE AND GIVE SANCTUARY TO UN-WANTED AND SICK TROPICAL BIRDS AND BIRDS OF PREY2.TO USE THESES BIRDS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND ADULT GROUPS IN THEIR ENVIROMENT AND HABITAT CONSERVATION3TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT AND THEIR PROTECTION FROM EXTINCTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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