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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Providing support and funding for projects designed to preserve, rescue and rehabilitate endangered species and habitats. Through research, educational and technical support UCF aims to help individual people and local communities in a practical way to practise and benefit from conservation efforts and to reduce human / wildlife conflict.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £176,588 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

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
31/12/22£1,154£1,154£0£16£0£-177-1.8151
31/12/21£887£884£3£0£-3£-3-0100
31/12/20£740£740£0£740£6£60.100
31/12/19£726£729£-3£0£-5£-157-2.670
31/12/18£428£425£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£608£787£-179£0£4£40.100
31/12/16£303£236£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£101£97£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£180£151£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£92£108£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£58£54£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£87£92£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£154£178£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£80£76£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£83£62£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£68£45£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£39£37£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£9£11£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 100%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -95972%
Reserves/Spending: -1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.ugandacf.org

suzy.fox@ugandacf.org

07774745680

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Uganda,
Who it helps
  • 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
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000 22/10/2014
Contribution to core costs of Uganda office
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000 30/09/2014
Contribution to core costs of Uganda office

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

  • MICHAEL DOUGLAS KEIGWIN
  • PATRICK JACKSON
  • SUSAN MARIE FOX (Chair)
  • TIMOTHY PATRICK RENNIE CAME Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/07/2001, number: 1087295
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 65 days late,
Main office

LOW MAINS
MASHAM
RIPON
HG4 4PS

Objectives

THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE FLORA AND FAUNA IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, IN UGANDA

Defined Area of Benefit:

UGANDA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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