Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS 

Campaign for National Parks is the only independent charity dedicated to securing the future of National Parks in England and Wales. We campaign for a world where nature and people are thriving in National Parks that are nature-rich and accessible to everyone. Our mission is to inspire action for wilder, inclusive National Parks.
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 38 years

www.cnp.org.uk

info@cnp.org.uk

020 3096 7714

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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
31/03/23£544£353£191£30£603£36212.366
31/03/22£404£242£162n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£291£198£93n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£226£283£-58n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£277£264£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£178£241£-63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£272£274£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£445£398£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£486£484£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£562£535£27£36£216£1192.7100
31/03/13£471£470£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£598£711£-113£34£176£1763110
31/03/11£696£717£-21£62£293£2003.4120
31/03/10£625£614£11£63£317£3005.9120
31/03/09£482£478£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£522£447£75£44£301£2847.690
31/03/07£571£538£33£39£225£1904.290
31/03/06£492£520£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£445£500£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£478£528£-51£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 12.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 20 months
Quick Ratio: 21.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 6 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS
£250,000 15/12/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs of ensuring that everyone can enjoy and have a say in shaping the future of National Parks
Dulverton Trust - #iwill National Parks Youth Voice
£35,081 08/06/2022
#iwill National Parks Youth Voice
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign for National Parks
£17,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign for National Parks
£175,000 02/11/2017
60
Towards the chief executive post and additional resources to support national parks to respond to challenges at a local and national level.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding
£75,000 30/03/2017
36
Towards the salaries of the Chief Executive and Campaigns and Communications Officer, to support their work ensuring the 13 English and Welsh National Parks are used and valued for their wildlife ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign for National Parks
£40,000 04/05/2016
12
Towards the chief executive post and additional resource to enable national parks to respond to challenges at a local and national level.
National Lottery Community Fund - long-term youth skills, citizenship, health and confidence project.
£295,255 17/05/2012
36
This new project will develop the work of two pilot projects, aiming to improve the lives of young people facing social and economic exclusion through engagement with the National Parks in Exmoor, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mosaic: Building links between ethnic minority comms & National Parks in Wa
£296,308 25/05/2011
36
The Mosaic project will bring about long-term sustainable engagement between Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and National Parks in Wales. Volunteer Champions will be recruited from BME ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign for National Parks
£67,121 15/09/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the costs of the effective transition to National Park status for the South Downs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/10/1986, number: 295336
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/1986, number: 02045556
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

7-14 GREAT DOVER STREET
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

4 THE CHARITYãS OBJECTS (¶OBJECTS÷) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONALPARKS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT;(2) TO PROMOTE THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND THE APPRECIATIONOF THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY BY THE PUBLIC IN AN INFORMED AND UNDERSTANDINGMANNER;(3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATIONAL PARKS,THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND BY OTHER MEANS; AND(4) TO PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ISSUES AFFECTING THECONSERVATION AND ENJOYMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND TO MAKE PUBLIC THEUSEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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