Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

JOHN STRUTT CENTRE FOR PARROT CONSERVATION 

The Charity own and manage a collection of free -flying parrots and macaws located at Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria. The collection provides opportunities for the field study of parrots which enhances knowledge of the physiology and behaviour of the birds and assists in the development of conservation techniques and policies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/22£35£37£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£27£31£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£47£34£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£26£34£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£32£32£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£31£32£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£35£34£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£31£30£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£30£30£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£29£32£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£25£29£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£25£24£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

01969623109

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Development of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
£981,599 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10017105

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/05/2009, number: 1129450
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/2008, number: 06756389
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

JOHN G HILLS CHARTERED SURVEYORS
ESTATE OFFICE
MARKET PLACE
LEYBURN
DL8 5EW

Objectives

(I) THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF SPECIES OF BIRDS AND INPARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THEFOREGOING MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF PSITTACIFORMES (PARROTSOF ALL KINDS) AND ESPECIALLY THOSE SPECIES FROM TIME TO TIMEPLACED IN THE CATEGORIES CRITICALLY ENDANGERED,ENDANGERED,VULNERABLE,CONSERVATION DEPENDENT, NEARTHREATENED AND DATA DEFICIENT BY THE SPECIES SURVIVALCOMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OFNATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES (IUCN);(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING ALLASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF BIRDS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUTPREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE ECOLOGY,PHYSIOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR AND CONSERVATION OF MEMBERS OF THEORDER OF PSITTACIFORMES (PARROTS OF ALL KINDS)

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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