Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

DAWS HALL TRUST

To conserve and protect for the benefit of the public and the environment as a whole, the land and waters around Daws Hall.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 10 years

www.dawshallnature.co.uk

info@dawshallnature.co.uk

01787 269766

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£85	£105	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22	*	£106	£118	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	*	£107	£93	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£98	£100	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£91	£89	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£89	£94	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£81	£82	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£65	£110	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Essex, Suffolk, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£2,500	28/04/2022	for materials to reconstruct platforms that give access on to the River Stour, which are used by the general public and children on school trips
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£5,000	03/06/2021	to help sustain an educational nature reserve in Lamarsh, Essex until COVID19 restrictions are eased and improve educational facilities in anticipation of re-opening
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£2,200	01/06/2021	To provide facilities on the nature reserve for school children from Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Toddler and Baby Outdoor Sessions
£3,500	27/03/2021 11	For Toddler and Baby Outdoor Sessions at Daws Hall.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£10,000	16/06/2020 6	To provide environmental education to young people.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£8,000	09/06/2020	to help sustain an educational nature reserve in Lamarsh, Essex during the COVID 19 crisis
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Daws Hall Trust
£10,000	10/06/2019 12	To provide facilities on the nature reserve for school children from Suffolk and Essex.
Essex Community Foundation - Improved Accessability and Educational Facilities
£3,000	04/04/2019 12	To carry out a range of works to improve access for those with restricted mobility at an educational nature reserve in Lamarsh, Essex
Suffolk Community Foundation - All terrain wheelchairs
£3,350	30/04/2018 12	Towards purchasing all terrain wheelchairs to improve accessibility for wheelchair users around the nature reserve.
Essex Community Foundation - Core Funding for Educational Visits
£4,500	20/03/2018 10	Towards the delivery of educational sessions for children and young people visiting a nature reserve in Lamarsh
Essex Community Foundation - Delivery of Education Sessions
£3,000	12/05/2017 10	To deliver educational sessions for schools visiting a nature reserve in Lamarsh
Suffolk Community Foundation - Delivery of Environmental Education to Suffolk Schoolchildren
£2,822	16/02/2017	Towards providing 30 environmental education sessions to young people from Suffolk schools.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW GARTHWAITE Appointed: 2015

ANDREW MARSDEN Appointed: 2016

DAVID GUEST Appointed: 2021

IAN DONALD HERRIES GIBBS Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: UNITED KINGDOM TEA TRADE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,

KATHERINE HOLDER Appointed: 2021

TIMOTHY PATRICK RENNIE CAME Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2014, number: 1157570

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR21: 3 days late,

Main office

Daws Hall Field Centre
Henny Road
Lamarsh
BURES
Suffolk
CO8 5EX

Objectives

(A) TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE AND ITS ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND IN PARTICULAR TO CONSERVE AND TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE LAND AND WATERS AROUND DAWS HALL. (B) TO ESTABLISH A NATURE RESERVE AND FIELD STUDY CENTRE TO HOUSE NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS AND TO ORGANISE OR CONDUCT LECTURES WITH A VIEW TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING PUPILS OF SCHOOLS) IN THE STUDY OF WILDLIFE AND NATURE CONSERVATION.

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