Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 21

BEAVER TRUST

Beaver Trust educates, informs and enthuses people about the benefits of wetlands created by beavers. We operate across the UK and overseas in informal alliance with those who aims are aligned with ours. We use the beaver as an example of how multiple benefits to our planet can result from working alongside and in harmony with nature and wildlife.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23	£946	£702	£244	£102	£510	£510	8.7	9	2
31/03/22	£644	£474	£170	£52	£266	£243	6.1	9	8
31/03/21	£387	£286	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20	£87	£91	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 5

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years

www.beavertrust.org

accounts@beavertrust.org

07751141927

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Animals
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Animal welfare

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

9 employees
2 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

John Ellerman Foundation	£100,000
The Aim Foundation	£90,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
Gower Street	£25,000
The Funding Network	£19,876

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Beaver Trust
£60,000	06/09/2023	Towards core costs for the long-term, large-scale restoration of beavers to Britain to improve freshwater habitats, increase biodiversity and reduce flood risk
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£500	13/06/2022	Towards core costs
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Beaver Trust
£90,000	05/05/2022	Unrestricted funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	01/10/2021	Beaver Trust
Gower Street - Beaver Trust Core Costs
£25,000	29/03/2021	Core funding to support healing the national network of rivers with the help of beavers
The Funding Network - Beavers and buffers: restoring rivers naturally
£19,876	09/12/2020	National programme to establish buffer strips along rivers where cultivation and chemicals are pushed back by 20m and give space for rivers to regenerate and flow naturally with beavers help.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£100,000	30/07/2020 36	Towards core costs in restoring beaver wetlands across Britain

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALASDAIR ROBERT HARRIS Appointed: 2019

JAMES BLISS Appointed: 2024

JENNY ANN SCHOLFIELD Appointed: 2021

MATTHEW BRADY Appointed: 2021

NICOLA SAUNTER Appointed: 2022

RICHARD ALLAN Appointed: 2024

VICTORIA PATTY HEFFER Appointed: 2021

KEITH SHEPHERD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Institutional Investment Professional (Retired)

KATHARINE BARKE Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: YOUNG AND SWEET,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2019, number: 1185451

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

61 Bridge Street
KINGTON
HR5 3DJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF BEAVERS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING BIODIVERSITY.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOCUSSING ON THE ROLE OF BEAVERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEMS.

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