Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 5

AFRICAN PARKS UK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies	£15,000	£1,209,425
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income	£2,039,038	£1,525,455	£6,365,281
Charitable activities spending	£2,033,554	£1,385,372	£4,031,183
Fundraising costs		3%	0%
Other spending
Total spending	£2,033,554	£1,434,705	£4,058,936
Surplus/deficit	£5,484	£90,750	£2,306,345

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Established: 4 years

https://www.africanparks.org/

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

Purposes

The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Overseas only, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (4)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 45-68

GRAHAM, Charles Ian Macgregor
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Executive Chairman

HOOFT GRAAFLAND, Maureen Anne
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Art Adviser

TODD, Matthew Edward
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Director

ZEHNER, Jon Hamilton
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Chief Executive

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 16/03/2020, number: SC050047
Registered at Companies House on 08/01/2020, number: SC650944

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH6 7BD

Objectives

The Company's charitable objects and purposes to provide public benefit are to advance environmental protection, in particular the long term sustainability of national parks, protected areas and other nature areas in Africa for the benefit of both nature and people by supporting the management and financing of national parks, protected areas and other nature areas in Africa, and all that is directly or indirectly related to this or can be conducive to this, all in the broadest sense.

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