Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SYNCHRONICITY EARTH 

Synchronicity Earth identifies the biggest priorities for conservation and brings charities, experts and philanthropists together to meet them. By nurturing collaborations, we help scale up environmental protection focusing both on entrenched and emerging problems. Our evidence base ensures that we support the right organisations and projects, enabling them to have the greatest impact.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 14 years

www.synchronicityearth.org

info@synchronicityearth.org

02075810100

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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£8,428£4,153£4,275£130£10,366£1,2443.6200
31/12/21£4,283£3,298£985£125£4,061£5612170
31/12/20£3,328£2,965£363£125£2,855£4832151
31/12/19£3,104£1,952£1,152£86£2,385£3832.4140
31/12/18£1,595£1,499£97£73£1,223£2271.8112
31/12/17£1,664£1,444£220£243£1,065£2782.3110
31/12/16£808£764£44£9£211£2113.380
31/12/15£430£639£-209£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£1,908£1,647£262£336£376£3682.750
31/12/13£750£685£65£3£114£114250
31/12/12£595£667£-72£22£49£470.950
31/12/11£549£504£45£2£121£902.160
31/12/10£284£208£77£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 12%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), East Timor, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Throughout England And Wales, Togo, United States, Vietnam,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£250,000
Samworth Foundation£100,000
The Aim Foundation£75,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Synchronicity Earth
£75,000 08/10/2021
Funding towards policy of high and deep seas program
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£30,000 07/12/2020
To scale up work which addresses overlooked and underfunded conservation challenges for globally threatened species and ecosystems
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£70,000 18/11/2020
To provide additional support to help their partners fight the current and future impacts of COVID-19 on both their own organisations and the local communities/indigenous peoples they work with
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£250,000 28/02/2020
High and Deep Seas
John Ellerman Foundation - Work on the High Seas
£90,000 29/11/2018
36
Towards the costs of the High and Deep Seas programme supporting a combination of advocacy, research and campaigning
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£180,000 19/10/2017
36
To make a significant contribution to the Congo Basin Funding Programme. This is a Devolved Grant made as part of a pool of funders supporting this programme which will be managed by Synchronicity ....more
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£180,000 30/09/2017
To make a significant contribution to the Congo Basin Funding Programme. This is a Devolved Grant made as part of a pool of funders supporting this programme which will be managed by Synchronicity ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/11/2009, number: 1132786
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/07/2009, number: 06952204
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

5th Floor
1 Chancery Lane
LONDON
WC2A 1LF

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;3.2 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES AND THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND3.4 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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