Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 9

INTERNATIONAL POLE AND LINE FOUNDATION

To help develop sustainable and equitable pole-and-line fisheries and to increase the market share of sustainably and equitably caught pole and line tuna.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £85,764 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£1,292	£1,030	£263	£0	£291	£-86	-1	9	0
31/12/21	£865	£1,168	£-303	£0	£28	£-194	-2	8	1
31/12/20	£1,588	£1,018	£570	£0	£330	£-319	-3.8	8	1
31/12/19	£1,114	£1,232	£-118	£0	£-239	£-388	-3.8	9	0
31/12/18	£1,746	£1,810	£-64	£0	£-121	£-524	-3.5	9	0
31/12/17	£1,181	£1,005	£175	£0	£-58	£-437	-5.2	8	0
31/12/16	£699	£1,008	£-310	£0	£-233	£-249	-3	5	0
31/12/15	£429	£664	£-235	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£600	£376	£224	£7	£312	£252	8	4	0
31/12/13	£327	£257	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£84	£97	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 31%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -30%
Reserves/Spending: -1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 13 years

http://www.ipnlf.org

info@ipnlf.org

01865 297200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International education & child welfare

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Indonesia, Maldives, Netherlands, South Africa,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to INTERNATIONAL POLE AND LINE FOUNDATION
£60,000	29/05/2024 18	Towards project costs comprehensively assessing the social and environmental sustainabilty of the UK’s newly established rod and reel bluefin tuna fishery and developing a roadmap for sustainable ....more Towards project costs comprehensively assessing the social and environmental sustainabilty of the UK’s newly established rod and reel bluefin tuna fishery and developing a roadmap for sustainable developmement
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DARNV002 Innovation of Bait Fisheries for Live-bait Conservation
£70,592	01/04/2022	The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-69

DR YINJI LI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Associate Professor, Tokai University

JOHN RICHARD BURTON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

MIALY ZANAH RANN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Researcher And Teaching Assistant

MOHAMED RASHEED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Managing Director, Silver Sands Pvt Ltd

MUHAMMAD ZULFICAR MOCHTAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Advisor, Tlff Sustainable Fisheries

RAHIM HOOSEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

SUSAN IMENDE- UNGADI Appointed: 2021

URS BAUMGARTNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate And Founder Of Ekolibruim

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/2012, number: 1145586
Registered at Companies House on 27/09/2011, number: 07788763

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O Winckworth Sherwood LLP
2 Chawley Park
Cumnor Hill
OXFORD
United Kingdom
OX2 9GG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES (PARTICULARLY COASTAL COMMUNITIES) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY CONSERVING MARINE FISH POPULATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND AND BY PROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES, AND ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF GLOBAL FISH STOCKS AND THE HEALTH OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS GENERALLY.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO THE COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MALDIVES