Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Gov Income
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

    THE SUFFOLK FLORA PRESERVATION TRUST 

    Promoting the permanent preservation for the benefit of the public generally and especially the inhabitants of the County of Suffolk of nature reserves of beauty, historic and ecological interest and scientific importance, in particularly, the natural flora of the County of Suffolk.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received Government grants

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

    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
    31/03/22*£6£12£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£3£9£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20*£3£16£-13n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19*£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/18£5£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17*£5£9£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£8£13£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£5£17£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£4£10£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£5£31£-25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09?*£18£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/07*£9£24£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/06£12£17£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/05£450£8£442£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/04£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 34 years

    www.suffolkflora.org.uk

    conservation@suffolkflora.org

    01728603144

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/1990, number: 802804
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; AR22: 39 days late, AR20: 25 days late, AR19: 384 days late, AR17: 48 days late, AR16: 10 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR09: 366 days late, AR07: 15 days late,
    Main office

    c/o Kelsale Village Hall
    Bridge Street
    Kelsale
    Saxmundham
    Suffolk
    IP17 2PB

    Objectives

    PROMOTING THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK OF LANDS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL OR ECOLOGICAL INTEREST OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND IN PARTICULAR THE NATURAL FLORA OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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