Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

BEES ABROAD 

We promote the craft of locally appropriate beekeeping in the developing world to enable our project participants to generate income to enhance their livelihoods, alleviate poverty and improve their quality of life. We promote methods of beekeeping which support the environment, improve crop pollination and only use locally sourced materials.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/12/22£183£155£29n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/21£116£118£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/20£94£108£-15n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/19£110£120£-10n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£123£95£28£0£0£0n/a040
31/12/17£88£114£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£113£95£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£149£130£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£132£132£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£82£56£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£33£44£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£38£36£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£63£48£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£52£53£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£62£55£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£29£24£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£20£25£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.beesabroad.org.uk

info@beesabroad.org.uk

07942815753

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2005, number: 1108464
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/01/2005, number: 05333054
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR09: 14 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF FOLKESTONE BENEVOLENT FUND on 04/09/2023
Main office

Bees Abroad
The Keepers
Symn Lane
WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
Gloucestershire
GL12 7BD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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