Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Fundraising costs high: -3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities		£10,786,703	£10,041,048	£6,919,730	£12,193,926	£12,105,077
Donations & Legacies		£837,378	£2,419,203	£3,099,129	£5,348,504
Other Income		£601,251	£1,563,059	£54,784	£11,005	£29,799
Investment Income		£438,711	£638,129	£655,782	£665,242	£653,012
Total income	£14,582,814	£18,343,312	£20,964,132	£14,264,611	£23,902,593	£23,271,595
Charitable activities spending		£13,063,107	£13,517,976	£12,549,452	£13,759,646	£14,464,193
Fundraising costs	18%	26%	27%	23%	20%	30%
Other spending
Total spending	£15,412,007	£17,511,367	£18,579,859	£15,730,374	£18,410,439	£21,196,935
Surplus/deficit	-£829,193	£831,945	£2,384,273	-£1,465,763	£5,492,154	£2,074,660

Established: 80 years

www.rzss.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Animal welfare

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
The advancement of animal welfare

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£100,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£59,600
Co-Operative Group	£2,965

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Saving Wildcats
£2,965	21/10/2023	We'd like to continue our project to save a species. We are releasing Scottish Wildcats into the Cairngorms starting in 2023.We'd like to provide food, vet care and training for these Highland tigers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	30/09/2022	New Conservation STEM Education Centre at Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
£59,600	08/06/2020	COVID19 RZSS
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
£100,000	11/12/2018	Scotland's Wildlife Discovery Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 20/06/1944, number: SC004064

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS

Objectives

The objects of the Society, in substitution for those set out in the Original Charter, shall be:- (1) the advancement of animal welfare by promoting the conservation of threatened species and habitats. and (2) the advancement of education through the above mentioned object and by promoting, facilitating and encouraging the study of zoology, animal physiology, pathology, dietetics and kindred subjects and to foster and develop among the wider public an interest in and knowledge of animal life.

Data Sources