Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

WOOD LANE CONSERVATION TRUST

We work to protect, improve and conserve Sheffield's environment. We manage and maintain Wood Lane Countryside Centre for practical nature conservation projects, countryside skills training, environmental education and leisure time activities to improve the health and well being of people of all ages in the local community and raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and wildlife.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • The latest accounts were qualified
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
?30/03/23*£92£132£-40n/a
30/03/22£93£85£8n/a
30/03/21£105£77£27n/a
30/03/20£134£127£7n/a
?30/03/19*£135£108£28n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.woodlanecc.org.uk

admin@woodlanecc.org.uk

01142316982

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sheffield Countryside Conservation Trust
£97,170 29/03/2022
Birley Spa Grounds Conservation Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ARTHUR KEITH HILL BSC. MA Appointed: 2018
  • FRANCES JOY HILL BSC Appointed: 2018
  • MARILYN JUNE SANDERSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None
  • RICHARD GEORGE YOUNG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Barman
  • VICKY BRAMMER (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2018, number: 1177696
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/05/2016, number: 10177172
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR23: 58 days late, AR19: 81 days late,
Main office

WOOD LANE COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE
WOOD LANE
STANNINGTON
SHEFFIELD
S6 5HE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF SHEFFIELD'S PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SO AS TO MAINTAIN A FACILITY FOR PHYSICAL AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES, AIMED AT IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY A.MANAGING AND MAINTAINING WOOD LANE COUNTRYSIDE CENTREB.CREATING AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGING WILDLIFE HABITATS, SUCH AS ANCIENT WOODLANDS, MEADOWS AND WETLANDS, FOR BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES PROTECTION AND PUBLIC ACCESS AND ENJOYMENT.C.RAISING AWARENESS IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURE CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY. D.PROVIDING PRACTICAL NATURE CONSERVATION AND TRADITIONAL COUNTRYSIDE SKILLS TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NATURE CONSERVATION.E. INVOLVING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IN PRACTICAL NATURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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