Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 10

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 12

UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is an independent, not-for-profit research institute carrying out excellent environmental science with impact. Our 500 scientists work to understand the environment, how it sustains life, and the human impact on it. We provide the data and insights that governments, businesses and researchers need to create a productive, resilient and healthy environment.

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Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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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
31/12/22	£53,073	£53,360	£-287	£1,167	£19,454	£12,173	2.7	583	67
31/12/21	£56,674	£48,287	£8,387	£1,156	£19,741	£13,457	3.3	560	62
31/12/20	£62,076	£50,722	£11,354	£1,233	£11,354	£8,024	1.9	537	62

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 63%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years

https://www.ceh.ac.uk

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

01491692371

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Niger, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Saint Helena, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Ukraine, United ....more

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

583 employees
67 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£185,303
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£176,200
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£94,918

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology
£94,918	30/08/2023	#FIRNS Advancing the UK Saltmarsh Code in Scotland
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DPLUS175 Enhancing monitoring and prevention of invasive non-native species across UKOTs
£60,526	01/07/2022	Projects that aim to protect the unique biodiversity and improve resilience to climate change within the UK Overseas Territories
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - DISTENDER: DevelopIng STratEgies by integrating mitigatioN, aDaptation and participation to climate changE Risks
£31,293	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10038752
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - quantiAGREMI: On farm quantification of ammonia and greenhouse gasemissions from livestock production
£347	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10061534
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Making every seed count - Creating multifunctional regional seed mixtures for permanent grassland A strategy for maintaining genetic diversity in commercially produced seed
£3,596	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10032857
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - PARC - European Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals
£4,131	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10048471
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BioAgora - Bio Knowledge Agora: Developing the Science Service for European Research and Biodiversity Policymaking
£8,211	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10039146
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - STARS4Water - Supporting STakeholders for Adaptive, Resilient and Sustainable Water Management
£23,957	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10040360
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BIONEXT - The Biodiversity Nexus: transformative change for sustainability
£27,747	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10039588
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BioDT - Biodiversity Digital Twin for Advanced Modelling, Simulation and Prediction Capabilities
£50,818	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10039292
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - AI4SoilHealth : Accelerating collection and use of soil health information using AI technology to support the Soil Deal for Europe and EU Soil Observatory
£17,014	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10053484
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ETERNAL: Boosting the reduction of the environmental impact of pharmaceutical products throughout their entire life cycle
£18,190	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10039220
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: DPLUS088 Addressing drivers of ecological change in Lake Akrotiri SBA, Cyprus
£115,674	01/04/2020	The project focuses on monitoring and understanding drivers of change in the Akrotiri wetlands, Cyprus. We will use remote sensing, on-the-ground measurements of water quality and vegetation, and ....more The project focuses on monitoring and understanding drivers of change in the Akrotiri wetlands, Cyprus. We will use remote sensing, on-the-ground measurements of water quality and vegetation, and assess community interactions between native and non-native species including mosquitoes. We will establish baselines and procedures for evaluating the health of this highly-valued wetland. All tasks will be underpinned by capacity-building and public engagement, ultimately providing long-term species and environmental data as an evidence-base for the SBAs and wider Cyprus.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-70

DR STUART ANTHONY WAINWRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

EWEN JAMES CAMERON OF DILLINGTON (Chair) Appointed: 2018

LYNETTE CLAIRE EASTMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Board Advisory And Consultancy

PROFESSOR SIR HUGH CHARLES JONATHAN GODFRAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Professor

LINDA ANNE NAYLOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

WILLIAM JAMES HYDE GALGEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: General Manager, Market Research

ALEXANDER BENET PAUL HORNBY NORTHCOTE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of Corporate Social Responsibility, Other trusteeship: THE GREEN ALLIANCE TRUST,

ALEXIA WAI-CHUN TYE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director & Centre Director Of Foundation, Other trusteeship: FAIRSHARE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION,

NEIL GRANT SCRAGG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: BEECHWOOD PARK SCHOOL LIMITED,

PROFESSOR IAIN MILES MACGREGOR GILLESPIE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Other trusteeship: UNIVERSITIES UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/10/2019, number: 1185618
Registered at Companies House on 17/04/2018, number: 11314957

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
MACLEAN BUILDING
CROWMARSH GIFFORD
WALLINGFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX10 8BB

Objectives

3.1 THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE SCIENCE, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH:3.1.1.1 CARRYING OUT PURE AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS (NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY) INCLUDING THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND3.1.1.2 DELIVERING SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE IN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS (NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY), INCLUDING THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE.3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH, THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, THE TRAINING OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS OF THE FUTURE, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS.3.1.3 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:3.1.3.1 PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND3.1.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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