Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP 

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of Great Bustards
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 completely 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

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£182£164£18n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£159£146£13n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/21£121£90£31n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£98£112£-14n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£132£133£-1n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£140£128£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£130£124£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£105£136£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£127£123£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£162£132£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£118£152£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£87£127£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£287£215£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£135£155£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£151£142£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£116£123£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£119£114£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£139£132£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£105£101£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£50£50£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.greatbustard.org

wbustard@aol.com

07879693774

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Russia, Spain, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/06/2021
Great Bustard Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2002, number: 1092515
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR06: 29 days late, AR05: 11 days late, AR04: 37 days late,
Main office

1 DOWN BARN CLOSE
WINTERBOURNE GUNNER
SALISBURY
SP4 6JP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SPECIES OF BIRDS KNOWN AS GREAT BUSTARDS (OTIS TARDA)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SARATOV IN RUSSIA AND SALISBURY PLAIN IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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