Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME

To support indigenous and tribal forest peoples to promote their collective and individual rights, secure their lands and manage thier natural resources to build their capacity to carry out actions for the long-term relief of poverty and to educate policy makers and civil society about their concerns and aspirations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£8,237	£6,899	£1,338	£61	£5,762	£3,146	5.5	63	1
31/12/22	£5,448	£4,598	£850	£53	£4,424	£1,178	3.1	52	4
31/12/21	£5,283	£3,776	£1,507	£64	£3,574	£974	3.1	49	7
31/12/20	£4,375	£4,167	£208	£58	£2,067	£923	2.7	42	6
31/12/19	£4,442	£4,189	£253	£52	£1,859	£894	2.6	47	2
31/12/18	£3,836	£4,524	£-687	£26	£1,606	£567	1.5	34	0
31/12/17	£5,372	£5,543	£-171	£26	£2,293	£684	1.5	28	0
31/12/16	£4,871	£4,040	£831	£30	£2,464	£666	2	27	0
31/12/15	£4,099	£3,758	£341	£0	£1,633	£638	2	25	0
31/12/14	£3,800	£3,717	£83	£211	£1,265	£656	2.1	21	0
31/12/13	£3,203	£3,088	£115	£124	£1,182	£621	2.4	18	0
31/12/12	£3,261	£3,061	£200	£168	£1,067	£534	2.1	15	0
31/12/11	£2,500	£2,180	£320	£86	£866	£443	2.4	17	0
31/12/10	£1,592	£1,786	£-194	£81	£543	£269	1.8	13	0
31/12/09	£1,533	£1,465	£68	£140	£736	£157	1.3	12	0
31/12/08	£1,292	£807	£485	£36	£668	£130	1.9	8	0
31/12/07	£332	£441	£-109	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	£421	£347	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£292	£301	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£369	£435	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 15.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 24 years

www.forestpeoples.org

info@forestpeoples.org

01608652893

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Antigua And Barbuda, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Suriname, Thailand, Tuvalu, Uganda,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

ARCADIA	£1,380,000
CHK Foundation	£115,000
J J Charitable Trust	£40,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - To continue its Kichwa radio programmes in San Martin, Peru
£12,000	10/10/2023	To continue its Kichwa radio programmes in San Martin, Peru
J J Charitable Trust - To provide emergency support for 12 months for forest communities in the Peruvian Amazon
£28,500	10/10/2023	To provide emergency support for 12 months for forest communities in the Peruvian Amazon
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£25,000	12/10/2022	unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£25,000	04/02/2022	unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
ARCADIA - Support for the Environmental Governance Programme
£1,380,000	31/07/2021	To support the Forest Peoples Programme’s (FPP) environmental governance programme and its efforts to protect terrestrial biodiversity.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£50,000	22/10/2020	to further the charitable objects
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£15,000	16/12/2019	unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000	17/09/2015 36	To provide a flexibility in how and where FPP can respond to emerging crises and calls for support from local indigenous groups.
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000	31/08/2015	To provide a flexibility in how and where FPP can respond to emerging crises and calls for support from local indigenous groups.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-75

CAROL KALAFATIC Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Inter-Disciplinary Scholar

DR MICHEL PIMBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Research Centre

LUCY ERICKSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Strategic Communications At Environmental

MARIA JOSEE ARTIST Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Community Development Specialist

PATRICIA BORRAZ FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2023

PETER KITELO CHONGEYWO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

REV SEAMUS FINN, Occupation: Director

RICHARD WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

ROBELIZA HALIP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Management Team Leader

SARAH ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2000, number: 1082158
Registered at Companies House on 29/10/1999, number: 03868836

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

1c Fosseway Business Centre
Stratford Road
Moreton in Marsh
GL56 9NQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL PEOPLES AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO DEPEND ON FORESTS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS BY ENABLING THEM TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROTECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF ITS RESOURCES, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THESE COMMUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

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