Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE RAILWAY LAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED 

Inspiring environmental sustainability by bringing nature to the heart of Lewes.We do this through:Running the Linklater Pavilion building as a community-based hub for the understanding of a sustainable environmentProviding inclusive outdoor learning using innovative approachesSupporting the local authority in managing the Railway Land Local Nature Reserve for the whole community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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
Established: 35 years

www.railwaylandproject.org

info@railwaylandproject.org

01273477101

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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£417£230£187n/an/an/an/an/a72
31/03/22£181£146£35n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/21£108£84£23n/an/an/an/an/a63
31/03/20*£94£98£-4n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/19£98£110£-12n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18?£83£114£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£87£113£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£99£113£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£111£88£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£72£75£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£71£69£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£84£33£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£580£5£575£2£719£7191644.300
01/11/09£132£121£11£0£0£0n/a00
01/11/08£41£78£-37£0£0£0n/a00
01/11/07£79£43£36£0£0£0n/a00
01/11/06£27£25£2£0£0£0n/a00
01/11/05£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
01/11/04£3£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 72 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£253,080
National Lottery Heritage Fund£229,866
Lloyds Bank Foundation£13,430
Sussex Community Foundation£9,125
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Railway Land Wildlife Trust Limited
£229,866 14/12/2022
Lewes Wildlife and Wellbeing Mosaic
National Lottery Community Fund - Railway Land Wellbeing Trail project
£9,370 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to create an accessible nature trail for all in the community. The project aims to support people with poor mental health to walk and talk together.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Railway Land Wildlife Trust
£4,665 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards their Wellbeing in Nature project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Green Infrastructure
£233,750 04/11/2021
The funding will deliver a project called Growing Green Infrastructure across East Sussex which will raise awareness of green infrastructure and the benefits it can bring to communities and will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing in Nature
£9,960 06/08/2021
The funding will be used to continue a successful and popular nature walking project. The project aims to bring people together outdoors so they can reduce isolation and learn about nature improving ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Railway Land Wildlife Trust
£4,460 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided project costs associated with developing a mental health project to share knowledge on the therapeutic benefits of nature connections, linking into the wider social prescribing ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Railway Land Wildlife Trust
£13,430 26/06/2019
12
The funding will support the salary of the Mental Health Project Coordinator for one year to address development areas in partnership working, research and monitoring and impact measurement.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Railway Land Wildlife Trust
£41,800 24/01/2017
Resilient Railway Land
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Railway Land Wildlife Trust
£64,300 16/07/2014
Railway Land Live!
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-74
  • BARRY MCNULTY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Business Intellligence
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/1989, number: 800655
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/1988, number: 02313579
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

Linklater Pavilion
Railway Lane
LEWES
BN7 2FG

Objectives

To record, study, conserve, improve and create for the benefit of the public places of natural scientific interest and in particular of arboricultural, botanical, entomological, geological, ornithological, archaeological and zoological interest and to protect the flora and fauna of such places within the framework of sustainability.To promote, organise, conduct and encourage study and research for the increase of knowledge in the natural sciences and sustainability and to publish the useful results of such study and research.To advance the education of the public in: (a) sustainability in the natural sciences and in particular in arboriculture, botany, entomology, geology, ornithology and zoology; and (b) the employment of the natural sustainable resources of land in craftwork.To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the benefit of the public at large.To provide, maintain or improve a public park or other public amenity in the vicinity of a landfill site where it is for the protection of the environment. To maintain, repair or restore a building or other structure which is of historical interest, where such building or other structure is situated in the vicinity of a landfill site.To make provision of financial administration and other similar services for the purposes of promoting the objects. To encourage and facilitate all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, ethnic origin, creed, sexuality, age, employment, financial hardship, ill health (physical or mental), educational attainment, relationship breakdown, or crime to have access to the work of the Trust. This will include the Trust organising activities that are particularly focused on socially disadvantaged groups, where funding and facilities permit.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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