Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

AUSTERFIELD MOSAIC TRUST

To manage and maintain the Mosaic Nature Reserve for the benefit of biodiversity,the community and to provide environmental facilities for children and adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
22/10/23£3£7£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/22£106£107£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/21£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/20£3£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/19£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/18*£1£10£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/17£11£5£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/16£0£6£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/15£8£1£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/14£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/13£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/12£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/11£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/10£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/09£2£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/08£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/07£1£3£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/06£5£1£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/05£11£3£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
22/10/04£5£3£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Out of the Dark (Part II)
£5,204 31/07/2023
To heighten awareness of a mostly neglected group of people by redesigning our brochure and distributing in the community. We know the latest figures from the RNIB that there are 6,000+ vision impaired in our borough. To help vision impaired people ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split

  • ALISON SCHOFIELD Appointed: 2017
  • BENJAMIN AYRES Appointed: 2017
  • GEORGINA WATKINS Appointed: 2021
  • MICHAEL TOWNSEND BA
  • MRS SUE ROSE
  • NIGEL ANTHONY SENIOR Appointed: 2019
  • STEWART LAWS
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2002, number: 1090134
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 160 days late,
Main office

38 CANTLEY MANOR AVENUE
DONCASTER
DN4 6TN

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, CREATION AND MAINTENANCE AND STUDY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES AND OBJECTS OF ORNITHOLOGICAL, ENTOMOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY (II)TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA AND IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITAT CONSERVATION AND THE USE OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (III) TO PROMOTE AND CARRY ON STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BIODIVERSITY AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL HABITATS AND THE USE OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH (IV) TO PROMOTE THE URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION OF LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BY RESTORATION OR RECLAMATION WHERE THIS LAND HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY AN ACTIVITY PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT

Defined Area of Benefit:

THAT AREA WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE OF RADIUS THIRTY MILES CENTRED ON THE OLD PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE OF AUSTERFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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