Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

TEES VALLEY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD 

Work with local authorities, businesses and others to protect, manage and enhance land for wildlife.Promote lifelong learning in environmental matters through a programme of education and training.Manage its nature reserves.Work with local partners to ensure that wildlife and natural places contribute to the environmental, social and economic regeneration of the Tees Valley.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 43 years

www.wildlifetrust.org.uk

info@teeswildlife.org

01287634952

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£617£664£-47£0£1,063£82414.914100
31/03/22£755£604£152£0£1,110£86617.218100
31/03/21£403£445£-42n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£845£568£277£0£1,000£67814.316100
31/03/19£572£591£-19£0£723£67913.819100
31/03/18£894£653£240£0£742£69412.7200
31/03/17£551£621£-71£0£501£4037.8180
31/03/16£484£537£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£499£545£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£525£647£-122£11£672£3025.6200
31/03/13£626£592£34£11£793£3346.8180
31/03/12£649£597£52£11£760£3226.5260
31/03/11*£740£640£100£11£708£3196260
31/03/10£493£626£-133£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£721£603£118£10£741£1723.4160
31/03/08£601£613£-11£10£623£4218.2180
31/03/07£857£638£219£10£634£2174.1190
31/03/06£557£703£-145£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£747£587£160£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£908£973£-64£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 14.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 6.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 14 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£280,758
National Lottery Heritage Fund£94,300
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£49,302
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW 0890-CF1995-Tees Valley project
£49,302 01/04/2022
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£27,300 01/09/2020
COVID19 Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£67,000 28/08/2019
Wild@the edges
National Lottery Community Fund - Tees Valley Nature Partnership
£280,758 16/05/2019
36
This funding is for a partnership project that aims to connect people with wildlife-rich spaces. The funding will help to bring together smaller groups working to conserve and enhance the environment ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,677 20/12/2018
Involving young people in turning a woodland space into something they care about, and creating a youth Board.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,677 20/12/2018
Involving young people in turning a woodland space into something they care about, and creating a youth Board.
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Skills
£88,328 16/08/2018
36
The group will provide activities for people with mild, moderate and severe physical and mental health conditions living in Stockton, Middlesbrough and Redcar. The project will engage Teesside ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£4,000 31/05/2018
Nestbox Network - Helping East Cleveland's Barn Owls
County Durham Community Foundation - Lazenby Bank Project
£4,770 07/03/2018
To support the Lazenby Bank project.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Nature Partnership
£10,000 25/10/2017
Tees Valley Nature Partnership building a resilient partnership to conserve and enhance our natural environment
National Lottery Community Fund - Wild Wood Works
£9,970 30/08/2017
12
The project will expand their services and provide a programme of nature and outdoor based activities and training. This will provide volunteer training opportunities and enable more vulnerable ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£50,700 17/12/2015
Where the Wild Things Were 2
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Skills
£99,845 08/04/2015
36
This project will deliver unique personal and professional development programmes based in wildlife conservation for people most in need. The project provides a range of nature-based learning and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£45,300 30/10/2014
East Cleveland Batscape
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£24,000 24/02/2014
Hardwick Dene Interpreted
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust (Tees Valley)
£17,464 12/06/2013
To conduct a feasibility study to determine the potential for our ecotherapy services as a unique form of occupational therapy.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust
£49,880 29/04/2009
24
Towards Project costs Towards project costs to create and restore ponds in the Tees Valley to provide habitats for fresh water biodiversity, using experimental research methods and a model ....more
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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: 35-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/1981, number: 511068
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/1980, number: 01528307
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 9 days late,
Main office

MARGROVE PARK HERITAGE CENTRE
MARGROVE PARK
BOOSBECK
SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA
TS12 3BZ

Objectives

FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE TEES VALLEY AREA (1) TO CONSERVE WITHIN THE TEES VALLEY AREA AS VARIED A RANGE AS POSSIBLE OF WILDLIFE HABITATS AND SPECIES BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE AND SITES OF GEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (2) TO FOSTER IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR NATURE CONSERVATION AND TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ITS PRINCIPLES. (3) TO ESTABLISH, FORM, OWN, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SANCTUARIES AND RESERVES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FAUNA AND VEGETATION AND AREAS OF BOTANICAL, BIOLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, SYLVICULTURAL OR GEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TEES VALLEY - BOROUGHS OF HARTLEPOOL, REDCAR AND CLEVELAND, MIDDLESBROUGH, STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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