Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

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Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Supporting bees and beekeepers in the developing world: to alleviate poverty, develop sustainable livelihoods, and maintain biodiversity. This is a new CIO structure for the charity Bees for Development previously registered as The Troy Trust ( 1078803) where the charity's past accounts and annual reports can be found.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Established: 2 years

www.beesfordevelopment.org

info@beesfordevelopment.org

01600714848

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
52 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Bees for Development
£15,000	23/09/2022	Bee The Voice Ghana: Beekeeping to empower vulnerable women
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 29-021 More bees: Supporting agrobiodiversity and livelihoods in Amhara, Ethiopia
£132,824	01/06/2022	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

GLADSTONE SOLOMON Appointed: 2024

LOIC FOSSIEZ Appointed: 2024

OLE HERTZ Appointed: 2024

SUSAN BROWN MED MBA Appointed: 2022

CATHERINE MARGARET COOPER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE TROY TRUST,

MICHAEL KREFTA Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE TROY TRUST,

PAUL BERNARD SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE TROY TRUST,

SUZANNE SHAW Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE TROY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2022, number: 1198116

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 Agincourt Street
Monmouth
NP25 3DZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES USING HABITAT RESTORATION AND THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING; AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE AND CRAFT OF SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING AND THE ROLE OF BEES IN MAINTAINING BIODIVERSITY.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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