Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

THE ELSA CONSERVATION TRUST 

Wildlife and environment conservation through education in East Africa, mainly Kenya.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
30/09/22*£5£11£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/21*£16£12£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20*£22£44£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19*£37£59£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18*£33£59£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£32£92£-60£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16*£20£72£-52£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15*£127£69£59£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14*£82£102£-20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£64£83£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£64£74£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11*£85£112£-27£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£91£105£-14£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09*£64£89£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08*£52£70£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07*£103£72£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£89£62£27£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05*£59£76£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£135£86£49£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

www.elsaconservationtrust.org

penny.standen@ntlworld.com

01932788285

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/01/1964, number: 209251
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 3 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 13 days late, AR19: 12 days late, AR18: 10 days late, AR16: 44 days late, AR15: 87 days late, AR14: 25 days late, AR11: 17 days late, AR09: 15 days late, AR08: 340 days late, AR07: 1589 days late, AR06: 43 days late, AR05: 35 days late, AR04: 42 days late,
Main office

17 BERKELEY MEWS
THAMES STREET
SUNBURY-ON-THAMES
TW16 5QF

Objectives

PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO WILD LIFE AND INTO THE CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE IN ANY OF ITS FORMS AND IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THE DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD BUT PRIMARILY KENYA AND EAST AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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