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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 

British Beekeepers' Association is a membership charity with 26,000 members. Learning and participation are at our core. We achieve this by promoting the enjoyment and appreciation of beekeeping and by nurturing young people in the importance of bees and other vital pollinating insects. We support research projects and lobby government on funding for honey bee research.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
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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
30/09/23£995£1,016£-21£0£1,332£1,33015.76121
30/09/22£1,001£907£94£0£1,351£1,34517.8625
30/09/21£871£800£71£12£1,315£1,30619.660
30/09/20£813£774£38£22£989£98015.270
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 15.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 5 years

www.bbka.org.uk

bbka@bbka.org.uk

02476696679

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 121 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2019, number: 1185343
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BRITISH BEE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION on 14/08/2020
  • Asset transfer in from BRITISH BEE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION on 14/08/2020
Main office

British Beekeepers Association
Unit 176
Avenue J
Stoneleigh Park
KENILWORTH
Warwicks

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF BBKA IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND BEEKEEPERS IN THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING AND PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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