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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE TROY TRUST

Supporting bees and beekeepers in the developing world: to alleviate poverty, develop sustainable livelihoods, and maintain biodiversity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£794£495£298£0£561£48211.7052
30/04/22£704£669£34£0£263£2023.6085
30/04/21£793£827£-34£0£228£2283.30130
30/04/20£726£671£55£30£262£1562.80107
30/04/19£388£335£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£302£294£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£363£296£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/16£294£275£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/15£152£154£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/14£245£228£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/13£242£244£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/12£180£184£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/11£114£219£-105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/10£235£197£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/09£175£114£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/08£113£158£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/07*£181£99£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/06?*£39£33£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/05/05?*£31£54£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£40£38£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 20
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.beesfordevelopment.org

info@beesfordevelopment.org

+44 (0)1600 714848

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Monmouthshire, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Beekeeping to empower people with disabilities in Uganda
£168,799 10/01/2019
23
Beekeeping to empower people with disabilities in Uganda
National Lottery Community Fund - Study on beekeeping and disability in Uganda
£13,015 30/04/2018
2
Study on beekeeping and disability in Uganda
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bees for Development Trust
£60,000 04/10/2017
24
over two years towards creating a new structure and strategy for this organisation working worldwide to alleviate poverty and maintain biodiversity by resourcing local beekeeping

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CATHERINE MARGARET COOPER Appointed: 2021
  • MR BOB SPENCER
  • MICHAEL KREFTA Appointed: 2021
  • PAUL BERNARD SMITH (Chair)
  • SUSAN BROWN Appointed: 2021
  • SUZANNE SHAW Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2000, number: 1078803
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 95 days late, AR06: 82 days late, AR05: 66 days late,
Main office

Bees for Development
1 Agincourt Street
Monmouth
NP25 3DZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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