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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE GORILLA ORGANIZATION 

Saving gorillas in their natural forest habitat in central Africa: supporting, training and equipping rangers; providing conservation, education and socio-economic development opportunities for local people; planting trees to protect the forest and mitigate climate change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 17 years

www.gorillas.org

info@gorillas.org

02079164974

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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
31/12/22£1,159£1,329£-170£705£2,406£2,37421.430
31/12/21£2,135£1,130£1,005£638£2,582£2,50726.630
31/12/20£1,412£1,155£257£629£1,578£1,50415.640
31/12/19£1,123£1,128£-4£610£1,318£1,25513.446
31/12/18£1,346£859£487£432£1,320£981.4440
31/12/17£947£682£265£359£834£75413.340
31/12/16£745£649£96£362£566£4969.250
31/12/15£911£674£237£329£469£4147.450
31/12/14£787£836£-49£390£231£1682.460
31/12/13£847£940£-93£398£278£871.170
31/12/12£961£1,094£-133£489£371£1982.270
31/12/11£1,234£1,179£55£424£504£3363.460
31/12/10£1,045£1,056£-11£471£449£2983.470
31/12/09£1,111£1,074£37£463£461£3273.780
31/12/08£1,269£1,379£-110£493£423£229280
31/12/07£1,116£1,069£47£450£533£2502.890
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 61.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 53.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 21.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 21 months
Quick Ratio: 19.7
Asset Split ?
Comment: The charities income has grown since the last decrease in 2016. That drop in income was due to a statutory grant from the African Development Bank for a reforestation project in DRC not continuing, and claims for retrospective gift aid giving an increase in the 2015 financial year.

Current income is spread across individual donations and memberships, legacies and corporate/trust revenue. These income streams make the charity diverse enough to not depend on any one source, with a majority of those being unrestricted.

Source: Giving is Great

Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Congo (Democratic Republic), Uganda,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 3 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2006, number: 1117131
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2006, number: 05988371
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Gorilla Organization
110 GLOUCESTER AVENUE
LONDON
NW1 8HX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF GORILLAS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT IN AFRICA AND THEIR PROTECTION FROM EXTINCTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase

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