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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
    • Mainly male board: -1
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION 

    MAKING GRANTS TO CONSERVATIONISTS AND ORGANISATIONS, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
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    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
    • The Board is predominantly male
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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
    05/04/23£3,633£3,769£-136£0£117,665£117,665374.650
    05/04/22£4,526£3,631£895£0£122,494£122,494404.950
    05/04/21£3,316£4,068£-751£0£113,360£113,360334.450
    05/04/20£3,674£3,888£-214£0£100,964£100,964311.650
    05/04/19£4,705£3,990£715£0£110,119£110,119331.250
    05/04/18£4,293£4,474£-180£0£105,580£105,580283.250
    05/04/17£4,895£4,624£271£0£108,326£108,326281.150
    05/04/16£4,565£4,675£-111£0£101,827£101,827261.450
    05/04/15£3,575£4,362£-787£72£103,013£103,013283.450
    05/04/14£3,656£4,374£-718£69£100,013£100,013274.450
    05/04/13£68,984£2,216£66,768£62£100,263£100,263542.950
    05/04/12£6,537£2,319£4,218£42£31,621£31,621163.730
    05/04/11£2,023£2,297£-274£28£25,775£25,775134.730
    05/04/10£1,978£2,133£-155£30£25,188£25,188141.730
    05/04/09£1,847£1,804£43£30£23,911£23,911159.120
    05/04/08£28,127£1,456£26,670£22£26,141£-43-0.420
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    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 0%
    Liabilities/Income: 8%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 374.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.1
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 17 years

    www.rufford.org

    02074368604

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    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • Animals
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    Where it operates
    • Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, ....more
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 5 employees

    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 15/12/2006, number: 1117270
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    16 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION
    6TH FLOOR
    250 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
    LONDON

    Objectives

    TO:1. PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PREDOMINANTLY IN COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THOSE DENOTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AS ADVANCED ECONOMIES THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF FAUNA AND FLORA AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;2. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF FAUNA AND FLORA AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING RESEARCH INTO THE SAME AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THOSE DENOTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AS ADVANCED ECONOMIES

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