Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

FREE THE BEARS UK

Free the Bears works to end the exploitation of threatened bear species and supports the protection of bears in the wild. We work with governments and nongovernmental partners to strengthen wildlife law enforcement, improve environmental awareness and promote sustainable livelihoods for communities that previously relied on the exploitation of bears.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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?	*	£297	£283	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£369	£117	£252	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£58	£58	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£97	£100	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18		£68	£87	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£194	£191	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£89	£101	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£31	£28	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£25	£20	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£58	£57	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12	*	£31	£23	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11	*	£19	£8	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.freethebears.org

matt@freethebears.org

020 8938 3624

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - IWT110 Combating illegal trade of bears and diversifying livelihoods in Laos
£90,634	01/07/2022	Providing support to projects around the world that are tackling the illegal wildlife trade

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR CLAUDIA HARTLEY Appointed: 2020

MARY JULIA HUTTON

MATTHEW PETER HUNT Appointed: 2010

SARAH JANE MORAN Appointed: 2014

JON CRACKNELL (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,

GILES JASON CLARK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Tv Presenter, Other trusteeship: THE GORILLA ORGANIZATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2010, number: 1135682

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR22: 13 days late, AR13: 13 days late, AR12: 163 days late, AR11: 50 days late,

Main office

628 High Road
South Benfleet
Essex
SS7 5SU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR BEARS, BY PROVIDINGAPPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEEDOF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILLUSAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERALAND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS.

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