BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION

Charity number: 254937
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The conservation of butterflies, moths and our environment

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£6,616,000

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Donations and legacies £3.00m
Charitable activities £3.21m
Other trading activities £105.00k
Investments £307.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£6,824,000

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Raising funds £391.00k
Charitable activities £6.43m
Other £0

£338,000 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £242,662 from 22 government contract(s) and £869,807 from 29 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £391.00k
Charitable expenditure £6.43m

People

106 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

5630 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Austria
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Netherlands
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 July 2010: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE BRITISH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Ruth Waters Trustee 11 November 2024
THE BAT CONSERVATION TRUST
Received: On time
Lynnette Leeson Trustee 11 November 2024
None on record
Shaun Thomas Trustee 09 November 2024
None on record
Carrie Anne Hume Trustee 09 November 2024
None on record
Steve Almond Trustee 09 November 2024
None on record
Catrin Jayne Evans Trustee 04 November 2023
None on record
Martin Spray Trustee 12 November 2022
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE LINK
Received: On time
Dr Elaine King Trustee 13 November 2021
None on record
Hugh Ellerton Trustee 14 November 2020
Friends of Furze Down
Received: On time
Professor Laurence Harwood Trustee 16 November 2019
None on record
Simon Saville Trustee 10 November 2018
THE LONDON BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
WILD CLAPHAM
Recently registered

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £4.50m £4.48m £4.35m £6.25m £6.62m
Total expenditure £4.88m £4.27m £4.27m £5.56m £6.82m
Income from government contracts £193.85k £174.67k £169.78k £212.10k £242.66k
Income from government grants £729.41k £658.10k £486.55k £585.96k £869.81k
Income - Donations and legacies £1.28m £1.35m £1.25m £2.89m £3.00m
Income - Other trading activities £60.00k £72.17k £47.00k £31.00k £105.00k
Income - Charitable activities £2.92m £2.85m £2.82m £3.10m £3.21m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £248.11k £148.29k £237.00k £228.00k £307.00k
Income - Other £0 £53.95k £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £643.66k £688.45k £667.00k £1.30m £2.26m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £4.68m £4.02m £4.04m £5.27m £6.43m
Expenditure - Raising funds £200.15k £249.17k £224.00k £289.00k £391.00k
Expenditure - Governance £106.44k £141.67k £89.00k £113.00k £127.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £33.00k £16.65k £24.66k
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £25.02k £0 £13.00k £11.09k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £1.47m £1.45m £1.42m £1.39m £1.37m
Long-term investments £4.68m £5.30m £5.59m £5.28m £5.61m
Other assets £5.30m £5.41m £5.59m £6.66m £6.37m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £372.08k £223.00k £291.00k £636.00k £523.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 05 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 05 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 18 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 18 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 23 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 23 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 06 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 11 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/12/1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/11/2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2010 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28/05/2010 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/12/2014

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY; 1. THE STUDY, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FAUNA AND FLORA PARTICULARLY SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, BY CONSERVING THEM IN THE WILD BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE AVAILABLE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH THE CREATION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL, SEMI-NATURAL OR OTHER HABITATS. 2. TO PROMOTE, UNDERTAKE AND SPONSOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE HABITS, DISEASES AND LIFE-CYCLES OF SUCH FLORA AND FAUNA AND PARTICULARLY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS AND THEIR LIFE-CYCLES IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND HUMAN PRACTICES AND ACTIVITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. 3. TO PROMOTE OR UNDERTAKE CONSERVATION AND SOUND MANAGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF LANDS OF ECOLOGICAL OR OTHER SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE. 4. TO FOSTER INTEREST IN GOVERNMENTAL AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND PARTICULARLY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 254937-1 THE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION FUND
Governing document
DEED DATED 30 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY A RESOLUTION OF 29 APRIL 2010.
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION (REG CHY 254937).
Area of benefit
UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE
Registration history
  • 23 July 2010 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION
MANOR YARD
SHAGGS
EAST LULWORTH
WAREHAM
BH20 5QP
Phone:
01929400209
Email:
info@butterfly-conservation.org
Website:

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