Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE BEE SANCTUARY MOVEMENT

We manage Green Spaces to increase Biodiversity and make Bee friendly spaces. We aim to advance and encourage biodiversity in neglected green spaces locally for the public benefit, current and future generations. We do this by arranging regular volunteer sessions for our projects, and education opportunities to inspire and encouraging all different types of people to get involved.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
05/04/23£4,250£6,554£-2,304
05/04/22£9,981£12,439£-2,458
05/04/21£10,258£4,649£5,609
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.beesanctuarymovement.org

beesanctuary@outlook.com

07891781741

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Forever Manchester - Experimental Cornfield Wildflower Meadow for Seed Production and Bee Sanctuary
£1,000 28/06/2023
Mobile exhibition fences for cornfield and wildflower community garden.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRIAN MCGILL Appointed: 2019
  • HELEN TROUP (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • JACQUELINE VIGILANTI Appointed: 2023
  • KELLY ANN DEGNEN Appointed: 2023
  • MARCUS HILL Appointed: 2022
  • SHEILA STANDARD Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/01/2020, number: 1187263
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

5 DORRIS STREET
MANCHESTER
M19 2TP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE AIM OF ADVANCING BIODIVERSITY IN NEGLECTED GREEN SPACES TO CREATE AND PROMOTE BIO-DIVERSE HABITATS FOR BEES AND OTHER POLLINATING INSECTS AND VERTEBRATES.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BIODIVERSITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES AND OTHER POLLINATING INSECTS AND VERTEBRATES IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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