Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE BRISTOL CLIFTON AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Operation of Bristol Zoo Gardens and the Wild Place Project.Carry out field conservation and research projects
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£10,713£14,297£-3,584£1,576£39,266£38,78132.6213209
31/12/21£9,816£11,347£-1,531£1,458£43,049£42,45944.9216395
31/12/20£10,460£10,717£-257£1,188£43,416£42,91148201391
31/12/19£12,332£11,595£737£1,931£44,371£43,84645.4205375
31/12/18£13,611£11,765£1,846£2,284£42,471£38,25839218350
31/12/17£11,608£10,565£1,043£1,830£40,700£38,747441940
31/12/16£10,231£10,388£-157£1,354£39,592£38,82644.91720
31/12/15£9,555£9,547£8£1,585£40,097£39,45649.61630
31/12/14£8,943£8,698£245£1,799£39,312£38,66753.31530
31/12/13£8,528£8,322£206£1,597£39,618£39,11656.41470
31/12/12£9,477£8,794£683£2,241£36,125£35,57448.51470
31/12/11£8,843£8,494£349£2,490£35,163£34,55548.81410
31/12/10£7,472£7,499£-27£1,665£35,330£34,93255.91400
31/12/09£7,757£7,397£360£1,858£39,169£37,22460.41330
31/12/08£7,802£7,285£517£1,893£38,836£36,67260.41420
31/12/07£8,672£7,534£1,138£1,986£31,092£29,26046.61450
31/12/06£5,880£5,108£772n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£4,255£4,194£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 32.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

bristolzoo.org.uk

companysecretary@bristolzoo.org.uk

01174285301

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Madagascar, Philippines, Portugal, Somerset, South Africa, South Gloucestershire, Tanzania,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 29-024 Investigating hunting causes and implementing community-led mitigations in the Philippines
£92,551 01/06/2022
The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Avon Gorge and Downs Wildlife Project
£2,504 24/10/2020
We aim to reconnect young people with nature through art, enhancing social cohesion, improving wellbeing and developing new skills.
OVO Foundation - OVO Gives Back - 2018-2019
£20,000 04/07/2018
This grant was used to run and operate Bristol Zoo Gardens and Wild Place Project ‘Branching out’ programme. Sessions delivered to schools, playschemes and community groups and delivers walks, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 51-72
  • ANDREW MARTYN-JOHNS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • CHRISTOPHER ARTHUR BOOY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant
  • DAVID RICHARD ESAM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR JANE SMART Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee
  • EMMA WOOLLETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chairman
  • PEACHES GOLDING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Her Majesty'S Lord-Lieutenant Of The County And Ci
  • PROFESSOR JUDITH SQUIRES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Provost, Uni Of Bristol
  • PROFESSOR STEVEN WEST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor And Ceo, Uwe
  • SARAH FULLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • VICTORIA ASH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2004, number: 1104986
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/06/2004, number: 05154176
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR05: 5 days late,
Main office

Hollywood Mansion House
Hollywood Lane
BRISTOL
BS10 7TW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE:(A) THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND (B) THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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