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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SCOTLAND: THE BIG PICTURE

Mission:

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22 31/12/23
Charitable activities £224,259 £424,609 £464,749 £475,703
Donations & Legacies £79,767 £196,081 £284,456
Other Income
Investment Income £304 £185 £995 £4,579
Total income £304,539 £620,875 £854,890 £768,909
Charitable activities spending £235,913 £409,428 £571,148 £712,215
Fundraising costs 5% 8%
Other spending
Total spending £235,913 £409,428 £615,767 £777,034
Surplus/deficit £68,626 £211,447 £239,123 -£8,125
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Established: 4 years
(15 years as a company)

www.scotlandbigpicture.com

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What it does
We use positive storytelling to inform and inspire change, and enable practical rewilding through partnerships and collaborations. We focus on finding solutions and building bridges between different interest groups and see a role for everyone in creating a wilder Scotland, for nature, climate and people.
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Highland
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£357,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£149,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
£50,000 30/08/2023
#FIRNS Make Rewilding Your Business (MRYB)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
£210,000 05/07/2023
Towards core costs of supporting the Northwoods Rewilding Network 2023-2026
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
£7,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 23/07/2021
The Northwoods Rewilding Network (Development Phase)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
£140,000 01/04/2021
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Towards core costs establishing the Northwoods Rewilding Network, enabling the nature restoration actions of land partners and by sharing the models and stories that emerge
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Scotland: The Big Picture
£99,000 22/03/2021
NL20: Rewilding Reachout

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 35-53
  • CORRIERI, Liliana
    Appointed: 2022
    Occupation: Equality Diversity And Inclusion Professional
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 03/09/2020, number: SC050432
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/12/2008, number: SC352287
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ballintean, Glenfeshie, Kingussie, Inverness-shire, PH21 1NX

Objectives

The company's objects are: i. to advocate for ecosystem restoration, or rewilding, in order to reestablish biological diversity and abundance across Scotland. and in furtherance of this, to pursue the return of missing or threatened native species to their former ranges. ii. to advance the education of the public in the restoration of ecosystem health, function and completeness and the social, economic and health benefits derived therefrom. iii. to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to deliver practical ecosystem restoration actions that benefit nature, climate and people.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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