Overall GiG Score: -10 ?
Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1

BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL (UK) 

Bioversity International UK funds innovative cutting-edge scientific research to tackle the biggest challenges the world is facing at the nexus of agriculture, environment and nutrition, supporting in particular millions of smallholder farmers, 50% of whom are women, who produce a third of the world's food. Our research partners are the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Established: 15 years

www.bioversity.org

emma@bioversity.org

020 7628 5801

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
This Charity appears to be dormant

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£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/17£30£33£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£85£85£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£37£38£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£155£155£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£79£77£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£35£35£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11?£87£87£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10*£82£60£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bioversity International
£3,000 06/06/2018
12
as a one-off grant to support dialogue work on the impact of seed laws on smallholder farmers around the world

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2009, number: 1131854
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/10/2008, number: 06724958
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR21: 19 days late, AR19: 4 days late, AR12: 43 days late, AR10: 88 days late,
Main office

C/O BEGBIES CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
9 BONHILL STREET
LONDON
EC2A 4DJ

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND APPLY THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH INTO THE CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN AREAS AROUND THE WORLD WHERE POVERTY AND HUNGER ARE WIDESPREAD BY:3.1.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE PRUDENT USE OF VARIED AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF HEALTH AND LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BY ENCOURAGING SUCH COMMUNITIES TO FARM APPROPRIATELY TO THEIR MEANS AND RAISING NUTRITION LEVELS; AND3.1.3 TO PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE,WHERE SUCH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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