Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

REWILDING BRITAIN

Rewilding Britain's vision is to see rewilding flourishing across Britain, reconnecting us with the natural world, sustaining communities and tackling the species extinction crisis and climate emergency. Rewilding Britain champions rewilding and shares its expertise, it influences policy and legislation, it helps get locally-led initiatives off the ground and it connects people and organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23£1,235£1,590£-355£195£1,703£1,46911.1160
31/03/22£1,802£841£961£98£2,058£1,70924.4110
31/03/21£765£636£129£57£1,097£55110.462
31/03/20£1,028£510£518£37£968£2405.670
31/03/19£558£266£292£25£450£1938.732
31/03/18£204£184£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£234£176£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£213£132£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 11.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years

www.rewildingbritain.org.uk

info@rewildingbritain.org.uk

07494681392

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£251,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£150,000
John Ellerman Foundation£80,000
Gower Street£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rewilding Britain
£20,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Rewilding Britain_Light Touch Themes_2022
£10,000 22/11/2022
To unrestricted core support to Rewilding Britain's role as a champion and catalyst for rewilding's central place in nature's recovery over 30% of Britain?s land and sea by 2030.
Gower Street - Rewilding Network
£25,000 25/01/2022
Match Funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rewilding Britain
£200,000 19/01/2022
36
Towards unrestricted core costs for Rewilding Britain to inspire, enhance, expand and connect a network of nature-positive land and marine projects.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£75,000 30/07/2021
24
Core Costs
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£80,000 29/07/2021
24
Core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£75,000 03/07/2020
24
Core Costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rewilding Britain
£31,000 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 21/06/2018
24
Rewilding Britain - Core Costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rewilding Britain
£186,000 19/06/2018
36
Towards demonstrating a model for rewilding for the benefit of nature while also providing new opportunities for communities to flourish.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding
£90,000 28/09/2017
36
Towards the core costs associated with four new pilot rewilding projects in England, Scotland and Wales.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rewilding Britain
£96,000 01/04/2015
36
Towards the costs of the director to lead the organisation to engage people on the conservation benefits of rewilding and to take practical action to commence rewilding in certain locations.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID THOMAS TUDOR Appointed: 2021
  • ELAINE GILLIGAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Charity Manager
  • FRANCIS POWELL SMITH Appointed: 2021
  • GEORGE LEVVY Appointed: 2018
  • HARRY BARTON Appointed: 2023
  • NICK WILKINSON Appointed: 2023
  • PRIYANKA KHANDELWA Appointed: 2023
  • RACHEL CLAIRE EVATT Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/11/2014, number: 1159373
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KINGSHILL TRUST on 10/01/2022
Main office

c/o TC Group
The Courtyard
Shoreham Road
Upper Beeding
STEYNING
West Sus

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN BRITAIN BY PROMOTING THE RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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