Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WILDSCREEN 

Wildscreen Arkive - the world's leading online natural world encyclopaediaWildscreen Exchange - a global hub that empowers conservation organisations by connecting them with world-leading filmmakers & photographers to create ground-breaking communications about our natural worldWildscreen Festival - the international festival that celebrates & advances the art of natural world storytelling
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 36 years

www.wildscreen.org

hello@wildscreen.org

07584091883

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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£781£593£188£53£60£100.2656
31/03/22£168£239£-71n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£467£367£100n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£136£207£-71n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£623£621£2£54£83£831.6354
31/03/18£148£415£-267£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£698£731£-33£45£328£2904.850
31/03/16*£189£489£-299£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£994£1,436£-443£52£635£3392.8170
31/03/14£1,178£1,209£-31£72£1,078£3333.3210
31/03/13£1,499£1,795£-296£83£1,108£3402.3300
31/03/12£1,427£1,599£-172£83£1,404£3572.7320
31/03/11£2,026£1,964£62£113£1,578£3992.4420
31/03/10£1,592£1,617£-25£106£1,512£4123.1400
31/03/09£2,389£1,595£794£37£1,547£4913.7250
31/03/08£914£863£51£10£746£3945.5180
31/03/07£1,138£1,346£-208£13£695£2622.3190
31/03/06£710£868£-158£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,150£1,315£-165£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,171£1,170£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 56 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£50,000 03/12/2021
Core Costs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wildscreen
£9,500 15/09/2020
COVID-19 Wildscreen Website Development
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£75,000 17/07/2020
Wildscreen: COVID-19 Resilience Funding
Dulverton Trust - ARKive (formerly ARKive: Bringing Nature into Focus)
£40,000 25/02/2014
ARKive (formerly ARKive: Bringing Nature into Focus)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Wildscreen Trust
£25,000 02/07/2013
Towards raising widespread public awareness about non-native invasive species of plants and animals, informing and encouraging people to help reduce the threat to British wildlife.
Dulverton Trust - the ARKive Project UK Habitat Features
£20,000 13/06/2012
the ARKive Project UK Habitat Features
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Wildscreen Trust
£60,000 14/01/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the director of the Arkive Project a centralised, permanent digital online library of wildlife images and films.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-70
  • LIZZIE DALY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Wildlife Biologist, Explorer, Presenter
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/1988, number: 299450
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/12/1987, number: 02206559
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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; AR16: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Unit 1.11
Temple Studios
Temple Gate
Temple Meads
BRISTOL
BS1 6QA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUDY AND RESEARCH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF NATURE, THE AWARENESS OF ITS VALUE AND THE NEED FOR ITS CONSERVATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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