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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE 

Promotes, through the giving of grants, the conservation, preservation and restoration for the public benefit of the world's animal, bird, fish and plant life and of its environments/habitats.To seek out and support the best grass roots conservation projects in developing countries, including projects which serve the needs of local people as well as achieving conservation outcomes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income


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Established: 24 years

www.whitleyaward.org

info@whitleyaward.org

02072219752

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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
30/06/23£2,303£1,653£651£165£3,049£2,72019.7925
30/06/22£1,894£1,892£2£144£2,399£2,16513.7725
30/06/21£1,703£1,684£19£124£2,397£2,12115.172
30/06/20£1,743£1,402£341£133£2,378£2,15218.4610
30/06/19£2,314£1,950£365£389£2,036£1,87911.6620
30/06/18£1,331£1,276£55£141£1,672£1,60815.160
30/06/17£1,584£2,019£-435£106£1,617£1,4978.960
30/06/16£1,903£891£1,012£87£2,052£1,87525.350
30/06/15£1,140£1,028£112£78£1,040£97911.440
30/06/14£1,480£1,568£-88£92£928£8746.740
30/06/13£812£1,073£-262£76£1,015£96410.830
30/06/12£1,230£893£337£61£1,277£1,21016.340
30/06/11£1,157£1,012£145£68£940£9321130
30/06/10£974£1,112£-138£56£795£7257.830
30/06/09£1,072£764£308£49£933£87513.720
30/06/08£1,308£1,237£71£39£625£5705.520
30/06/07£1,025£853£172£38£554£5437.620
30/06/06£842£829£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£821£760£62£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£1,161£1,190£-29£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 19.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 22 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kensington And Chelsea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, ....more
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 25 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
The Shears Foundation - Whitley Fund for Nature
£90,000 29/06/2023
Whitley Fund for Non Grant Expenditure
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£25,000 01/12/2022
To support grassroots conservation leaders in developing countries
The Shears Foundation - Whitley Fund for Nature
£40,000 17/05/2022
Whitley Fund for Non Grant Expenditure
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£25,000 15/12/2021
To support grassroots conservation leaders in developing countries
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Whitley Fund for Nature-24/04/2019
£5,000 31/03/2019
Funding towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 23/05/2018
Top up £20k

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/07/2000, number: 1081455
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/2000, number: 03968699
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

23A Berghem Mews
Blythe Road
LONDON
W14 0HN

Objectives

(1) PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE WORLD'S ANIMAL, BIRD, FISH AND PLANT LIFE, AND ITS INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, RURAL, NATURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF ECOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE, AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES; (11) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN NATURAL HISTORY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION IN INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, RURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; (111) RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY AND THE PROVISION OF VETERINARY SERVICES FOR ANIMALS WHETHER IN CAPTIVITY OR OTHERWISE; AND (IV) PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN CONNECTION WITH THE WITH THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE COMPANY MAY DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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