Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 6

FRIENDS OF RYE HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE

The charity supports all aspects of the management of the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in East Sussex by providing finance, volunteer assistance, staff accommodation and advice. Meetings and events for members of the charity are held to assist with fund raising.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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
31/03/23	£90	£49	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/22	£82	£84	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	£129	£155	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	£120	£369	£-249	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19	£110	£834	£-723	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	£103	£299	£-197	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£257	£55	£202	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£1,304	£85	£1,219	£0	£1,958	£1,958	276.1	0	0
31/03/15	£58	£60	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£64	£97	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£316	£77	£239	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£89	£41	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£103	£69	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£61	£52	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£53	£49	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£71	£24	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£104	£33	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£56	£8	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£67	£27	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£32	£34	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 49 years

https://www.rhnrfriends.co.uk

jvr.baker52@aol.co.uk

01797360960

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Animals
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
£2,500	17/10/2019 2	Funding was provided to part-fund the fit-out of the welcome (reception) area and community space in the new fully accessible and sustainable Discovery Centre at the Nature Reserve.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
£5,000	05/07/2019 9	Funding was provided for the development of a Community Wildlife Garden adjacent to the new Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN JOHN MARTIN Appointed: 2022

ANNE YATES Appointed: 2023

CATHERINE ANNE EMMITT Appointed: 2018

CHRISTINE MARY GEORGE Appointed: 2022

DAVID BENTLEY Appointed: 2023

DR CLAIRE BAYNTUN Appointed: 2022

JAMES TOMLINSON Appointed: 2022

JOHN VICTOR ROBERT BAKER Appointed: 2019

LINDA MARIE WREN Appointed: 2020

PATRICK FRANCIS BONHAM, Other trusteeship: RYE & DISTRICT U3A,

STEPHEN GEORGE MASTERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/1975, number: 269535

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
Rye Harbour Road
Rye Harbour
RYE
East Sussex
TN31 7FW

Objectives

TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RYE HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. (FOR DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA COVERED BY RYE HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE

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