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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE BEDFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

The BNHS was formed in 1946 and its main function is to record the flora and fauna of the county of Bedfordshire. Over 20 recorders cover many branches of natural history study and their annual reports are published in the Bedfordshire Naturalist. The Society depends on annual subscriptions and members receive quarterly newsletter Wild about Beds and programmes of meetings.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/12/23£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£18£15£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£17£12£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£22£26£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£20£15£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£15£7£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£14£15£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£16£31£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£19£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£15£7£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£14£9£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£40£39£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£10£12£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£11£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£10£15£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£11£15£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£11£21£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£10£16£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£16£28£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 50 years

www.bnhs.org.uk

secretary@bnhs.org.uk

01582618935

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/14 persons

  • ANDREW MICHAEL ROBINSON Appointed: 2023
  • ANN DE WINTER Appointed: 2021
  • COLIN SYDNEY LE BOUTILLIER Appointed: 2023
  • DR GWEN HITCHCOCK Appointed: 2021
  • DR SUSAN RAVEN Appointed: 2021
  • DR WILF POWELL Appointed: 2012
  • HELEN MUIR-HOWIE Appointed: 2020
  • JULIA POWELL Appointed: 2022
  • KATHY BLACKMORE Appointed: 2022
  • MICHAEL EDGAR BIRD Appointed: 2013
  • MICHAEL ROBERTS Appointed: 2019
  • ROSEMARY BRIND
  • SHEILA BROOKE
  • TERENCE WILLIAM ILOTT Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/01/1975, number: 268659
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

142 Bedford Road
Barton-Le-Clay
BEDFORD
MK45 4LR

Objectives

A. THE STUDY OF ALL BRANCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. B. TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE COUNTY, PUBLISHING SUCH RECORDS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED DESIRABLE. C. TO PROTECT THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE COUNTY AND TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BODIES IN THE CONSERVATION OF AREAS OF PARTICULAR NATURAL HISTORY INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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