Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST

Our aim is to establish long-term experimental sites for ecological research to imcrease understanding of the biological effects of climate change and other environmental changes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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		£89	£98	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/21		£46	£76	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/20		£154	£88	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19		£71	£90	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/18		£36	£30	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/12/17		£63	£44	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16?		£13	£16	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£22	£33	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£58	£74	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£42	£69	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£79	£79	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£109	£74	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£57	£8	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£9	£0	£9	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org

robin.buxton2015@gmail.com

07784 638269

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ecological Continuity Trust
£45,000	06/08/2020 24	Towards Core costs to preserve and sustain vulnerable long-term ecological experiments and monitoring studies and demonstrate their value in biodiversity recovery and on climate change impacts.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ecological Continuity Trust
£131,818	30/09/2009 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary and costs of the director.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-80

DR ALISON JANE BIRKETT BSC, MSC Appointed: 2018

DR JEFFREY GRAHAM DUCKETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

DR KADMIEL MASEYK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ecologist

PROFESSOR KENNETH THOMPSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Lecturer

CHARLES ANTHONY HOLT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ecologist

DAVID ANDREW STONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Deputy Chief Scientist

DR CARLY JOANNE STEVENS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Scientist

DR KEITH WALTER THOMAS GOULDING Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Agricultural Research Scientist

DR ROBIN DAVID BUXTON MBE DL, Other trusteeships: THE PATSY WOOD TRUST, ASPEN TRUST,

JEREMY ROBIN BISCOE TALLOWIN (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Research Biologist

PROFESSOR JONATHAN WENDELL SILVERTOWN, Occupation: University Teacher

DR STEWART JONATHON CLARKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ecologist, Ngo, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY,

PROFESSOR BRIDGET ANNE EMMETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ecologist, Other trusteeships: THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2008, number: 1126122
Registered at Companies House on 21/07/2008, number: 06652160

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR09: 69 days late,

Main office

The Manor House
Little Wittenham
ABINGDON
OX14 4RA

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND CONDUCT OF ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSES OF UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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