Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 

Wildlife Conservation
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 60 years
(62 years as a company)

www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

info@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

01452383333

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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£5,594£4,881£713£599£7,879£4,09410.1103550
31/03/22£4,871£4,370£501£1,208£7,228£3,67310.198580
31/03/21£4,793£3,534£1,260£825£6,859£2,8659.787470
31/03/20£4,531£3,943£587£1,079£5,492£2,0526.289595
31/03/19£3,598£3,401£197£1,050£4,785£1,3974.976550
31/03/18£3,340£2,916£424£807£4,562£1,1174.6640
31/03/17£3,696£2,864£831£451£4,138£1,1664.9470
31/03/16£2,292£2,291£1£568£3,258£1,2116.3450
31/03/15£2,038£2,035£2£550£3,264£1,2507.4420
31/03/14£2,213£1,998£214£615£3,236£1,2197.3350
31/03/13£1,947£1,856£91£608£2,994£1,0016.5410
31/03/12£1,810£1,943£-133£554£2,855£8675.4370
31/03/11£2,082£1,918£164£596£2,986£8605.4350
31/03/10£2,023£1,710£314£510£2,809£8405.9330
31/03/09£1,586£1,623£-37£516£2,445£5133.8320
31/03/08£2,085£1,717£368£537£2,539£6764.7310
31/03/07*£1,778£1,597£180£723£2,207£5984.5290
31/03/06£1,588£1,527£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,587£1,336£251£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,364£1,077£286£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 103 employees
  • 550 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£395,816
National Lottery Heritage Fund£206,976
Esmee Fairbairn£149,067
DCMS£124,800
Thirty Percy Foundation£93,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£63,476 30/08/2023
Getting Gloucestershire Beaver Ready
National Lottery Community Fund - Do One Thing
£345,828 31/05/2023
The funding will be used to enable people to take positive action for nature and the environment through small and manageable actions. DOT2 will be open to all ages but young people from primary ....more
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£888 01/12/2022
Access audit, Robinswood Hill Country Park
National Lottery Community Fund - Do One Thing
£49,988 03/03/2022
The funding will be used to support a project that encourages members of the community in Cheltenham particularly young people to make small collective lifestyle changes to lessen the impact of ....more
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£93,600 26/11/2020
To create the first vocational training scheme in Gloucestershire for 18-25 year olds developing the skills and knowledge needed to work in a variety of land management roles
DCMS - GRCF2020 Rebuilding Landscapes for Nature's Recovery in Gloucestershire
£124,800 11/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/06/2020
Robinswood Hill: Creating a Centre for Community and Conservation
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£58,800 20/05/2020
COVID-19 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Building with Nature
£29,814 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£84,700 05/02/2020
Return to the Hill - My Hill, My Heritage
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Building with Nature
£119,253 17/12/2019
24
Towards project costs to support scaling a model which enables building developments to work better for nature and climate interventions.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - State Aid Funded (Measure 10)
£15,507 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
£28,074 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
£6,154 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Planning Delivery Fund
£71,796 01/04/2018
The Government response to the Letwin review is to be published.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£10,000 10/02/2016
Whelford Pools and Roundhouse Lake Nature Reserve visitor experience and wildlife improvements
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
£780,300 03/06/2014
The Cradle of the Cotswolds: 6,000 years of people, farming and wildlife at Greystones Farm
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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: 27-69
  • JANE FURZE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Development Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1964, number: 232580
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/1961, number: 00708575
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • 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; AR07: 111 days late, AR05: 65 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE SIMPSON EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION TRUST on 23/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from UPPER THAMES PROTECTION SOCIETY on 20/12/2022
Main office

CONSERVATION CENTRE
RESERVOIR ROAD
GLOUCESTER
GL4 6SX

Objectives

(1) TO RECORD & STUDY PLACES AND OBJECTS OF ORNITHOLOGICAL, ENTOMOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, ECOLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY, AND TO PROTECT THESE FROM INJURY, ILL TREATMENT OR DESTRUCTION. (2) TO ESTABLISH, FORM, OWN, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SANCTUARIES OR NATURE RESERVES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF WILD PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETATION AND OF THE WILD CREATURES OF ANY DESCRIPTION LIVING NATURALLY THEREIN. (3) TO ENCOURAGE THE BREEDING AND PRESERVATION OF WILD BIRDS, ANIMALS, PLANTS OR INSECTS WHICH ARE HARMLESS, USEFUL BEAUTIFUL, OR RARE. TO PROMOTE, ORGANIZE, CARRY ON AND ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, AND TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES.(5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN (A) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTISE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, (B) THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTISE OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THOROUGH PROGRAMS OF TEACHING, TRAINING, PUBLISHING, EXHIBITIONS, AND SEMINARS AND OTHER MEANS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION (6) TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, RECYCLING AND REUSE OF GOODS, INCLUDING PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF RECYCLING WASTE PRODUCTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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