Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST 

Leading the conservation agenda for SussexWildlife biodiversity monitoring and recordingPromoting achievement of biodiversity targets by othersDelivering progress towards biodiversity targets ourselvesEnhancing the desire in people for a healthy, wildlife rich environment Building support, membership and funding to enable the Trust to excel
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 62 years

www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

enquiries@sussexwt.org.uk

01273492630

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Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23£5,393£5,711£-318£1,386£13,568£8,83618.6109873
31/03/22£5,336£5,510£-174£1,637£13,887£9,34420.3102694
31/03/21£7,062£4,366£2,696£1,001£14,061£8,85424.388627
31/03/20£5,533£4,627£906£1,353£11,364£7,13318.584450
31/03/19£5,679£3,981£1,698£1,218£10,458£4,45913.476400
31/03/18£3,737£3,469£268£1,029£8,760£4,83016.7580
31/03/17£4,523£3,278£1,244£832£8,492£4,91718630
31/03/16£4,644£3,058£1,586£732£7,248£3,62214.2610
31/03/15£3,463£3,102£360£726£5,662£2,58010660
31/03/14£3,236£3,038£198£753£5,302£2,2789660
31/03/13£3,055£2,926£129£650£5,104£2,0948.6630
31/03/12£2,974£3,212£-238£754£4,975£1,9447.3670
31/03/11£2,968£2,828£140£674£5,213£2,2909.7640
31/03/10£3,057£2,666£391£630£5,073£2,1859.8500
31/03/09£2,993£2,696£297£665£4,682£1,8988.4460
31/03/08£2,544£2,315£229£654£4,385£1,6478.5390
31/03/07£2,518£2,072£446£661£4,156£1,7019.9380
31/03/06*£1,781£1,850£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,916£1,553£363£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,444£1,392£52£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 28.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 18.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 109 employees
  • 873 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,

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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£110,941
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£47,300
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£47,300 28/07/2020
COVID19: Sussex Wildlife Trust
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - M10 - Agri-environment- Climate Exchq
£2,755 01/04/2020
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£90,000 27/12/2019
Rye Harbour Discovery project
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Wildlife Garden - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
£10,000 09/05/2019
12
This project will part fund the development of a community wildlife garden at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The Garden will be a relaxing, welcoming, inclusive and an easily accessible public space and ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - State Aid Funded (Measure 10)
£29,501 01/04/2019
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EAFRD - RD Measure 10 EXQ funded
£78,685 01/04/2019
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£587,600 21/11/2018
Sussex by the Sea
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£6,956 19/11/2018
We want to turn Deneway into our first community nature reserve. Money will be spent on creating a pond, an outdoor shelter and tools.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£635,300 05/09/2018
Discover Rye Harbour
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EAFRD - RD Measure 10
£29,368 01/04/2018
This measure covers Agri-environment-organic farming support.Payments are based on income foregone and, where relevant, additional costs resulting from converting to an organic farming system. There ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nature and Wellbeing in Sussex
£9,076 07/03/2018
12
The project aims to run more nature based health and wellbeing sessions for people with mental health issues.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£97,500 19/09/2017
Seaford Community Wildlife Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust
£55,600 24/06/2013
Wild About Worthing
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-73
  • SARAH BONNOT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Business Partner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/06/1962, number: 207005
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/1961, number: 00698851
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST
WOODS MILL
SHOREHAM ROAD
HENFIELD
BN5 9SD

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND THE PUBLIC:TO CONSERVE, RESTORE AND ENHANCE THE WILDLIFE OF SUSSEX INCLUDING THAT IN ITS COASTAL WATERS. IN PARTICULAR, TO CONSERVE SPECIES AND THE HABITATS AND LANDSCAPES IN WHICH THEY OCCUR, INCLUDING THE RESTORATION, CREATION AND INTERCONNECTION OF SUCH HABITATS;TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT, UNDERSTANDING OF, CONNECTION TO, AND ACTION IN SUPPORT OF, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS BENEFITS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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