Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

LION LANDSCAPES

Lion Landscapes is the largest grassroots lion conservation project in the world, operating in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. We work in partnership with local stakeholders to develop programmes that support people, lions, their prey and habitat in order to build a better future for people and wildlife, Our aim is to stop the loss, reduce the cost and unlock the value of living with wild carnivores.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£994£814£180£0£792£5408611
30/04/22£870£595£275£0£612£4909.9471
30/04/21£476£139£337n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 33.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 4 years

www.lionlandscapes.org

info@lionlandscapes.org

+447939459199

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia,

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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DARCC009 Strengthening conservation and management capacity in Tanzania through collaborative research
£98,314 01/04/2022
The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CAROLINE CHEPNGETICH CHEPKWONY Appointed: 2022
  • DR MOREANGELS MUCHANETA MBIZAH Appointed: 2022
  • ELLEN MAUREEN MEENG Appointed: 2021
  • KAREN LESLEY HANCOCK Appointed: 2022
  • PROF. DR. DAVID WHYTE MACDONALD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Wildcru Oxford University
  • THOMAS MARK LEIDEN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2020, number: 1190168
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

HIGHCLIFFE
NEW ROAD
TEIGNMOUTH
TQ14 8UL

Objectives

To promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation and protection of wild carnivores, their prey, and their natural habitat, in particular by protecting and improving the lives and livelihoods of people sharing the landscape with wild carnivores and their prey and building the capacity of in-country organisations, projects and people who do, or may, influence the conservation of wild carnivores, their prey and their natural habitat, to better ensure the achievement of these objects.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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