Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST

    The advancement of environmental protection and improvement, in particular the conservation of all aspects of Northern Ireland and its adjacent areas� wildlife, biodiversity, geodiversity and associated natural beauty for the benefit of present and future generations by: (a) safeguarding, maintaining and enhancing natural biodiversity and geodiversity through the management of nature reserves; (b) practising, advocating, encouraging, influencing, advising and campaigning for best conservation practice involving land, sea and freshwater management practice in ways that favour biodiversity, geodiversity, ecosystem health, sustainable use of natural resources and sustainable development; (c) undertaking action, independently or in partnership, to protect threatened habitats, sites of geodiversity or heritage significance, at local, national or international levels on or in water, land and adjacent seas; (d) taking account of other aspects of the natural heritage on which wildlife is dependent or to which it contributes, including landforms, and landscapes; (e) improving the quality of life of people through supporting a biodiversity, eco-system, geodiversity and sustainability-led approach to the management and design of the natural and built environment. The advancement of education by raising the public�s awareness and knowledge of all aspects of the natural and built heritage, biodiversity and geodiversity of Northern Ireland and its adjacent areas by promoting, undertaking and co-operating in research and gathering and sharing information on, these topics. The advancement of citizenship through volunteering linked to natural heritage including the promotion of sustainable food production and sustainable lifestyles. The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science linked to natural heritage though events and project based action. The advancement of health and wellbeing through activities linked to the natural environment.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Income £2,270,677 £2,170,590 £2,345,280 £2,469,546 £3,647,422 £3,238,638
    Spending £2,155,069 £2,577,245 £2,483,802 £2,541,809 £2,987,823 £2,714,192
    Surplus/deficit £115,608 -£406,655 -£138,522 -£72,263 £659,599 £524,446
    Established: 10 years

    www.ulsterwildlife.org

    info@ulsterwildlife.org

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    GiG Classification
    • Animal sanctuaries and shelters
    How it operates
    • Advice/advocacy/information, Education/training, Environment/sustainable development/conservation, Research/evaluation, Volunteer development
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    Who it helps
    • General public

    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
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
    £35,000 20/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
    £29,500 20/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
    £279,375 15/12/2022
    Towards project costs for the next phase of peatlands work in Northern Ireland to support a new peatland restoration network
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
    £375,000 08/11/2022
    Towards unrestricted core costs underpinning work on blue carbon, water quality, peat, and nature friendly farming in Northern Ireland
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
    £295,000 10/02/2022
    48
    Towards core costs to continue and expand collective efforts to further protect, conserve and restore nature at sea in Northern Ireland.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £30,000 25/06/2021
    24
    Priority Species in Northern Ireland
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £30,000 04/09/2019
    Red Squirrel Conservation in Northern Ireland
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 04/03/2015, number: NIC101848
    Main office

    Ulster Wildlife Trust Ltd, Mcclelland House, 10 Heron Road, Belfast, BT3 9LE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving

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