ELEPHANT FAMILY

Charity number: 1091671
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Elephant family is the world's leading charity for the endangered Asian elephant. Our mission is to save this iconic species from extinction in the wild. To achieve this goal our focus is channelled into five key areas; mobilising public concern, lobbying governments, conservation partnerships, education, training and research and fundraising.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £0

People

2 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 April 2002: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ELEPHANTFAMILY (Previous name)
  • THE TARA FOUNDATION (Previous name)
Company number:
04310834 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ruth Ganesh Trustee 09 October 2017
None on record
Ramani Ganesh Trustee 09 October 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £2.01m £0 £0 £0 £0
Total expenditure £1.91m £293.56k £0 £0 £0
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £165.36k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £356.24k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £1.65m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.27m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £638.45k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 December 2023 08 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 19 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 03 November 2021 3 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 02 November 2020 2 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 19 November 2020 19 days late 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 25 OCT 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 JUN 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JAN 2016 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JAN 2017

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) TO PROMOTE, BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING ENDANGERED SPECIES, WILDLIFE WORLDWIDE AND THEIR HABITATS WHETHER NATURAL OR MAN-MADE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ASIAN ELEPHANT; (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, OF THE NEED TO DEVELOP LONG TERM CONSERVATION INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION BY WAY OF ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPING WITHIN THEM A CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ITS WILDLIFE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF THE ASIAN ELEPHANT; (C) TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION INITIATIVES FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT ENGAGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND PROMOTE CO-OPERATION AMONG SUCH COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY PARTICULARLY FOR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE CONSERVATION OF THE ASIAN ELEPHANT AND OF ASIAN WILDLIFE GENERALLY.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
27 NEW DOVER ROAD
CANTERBURY
KENT
CT1 3DN
Phone:
02039736426
Email:
finance@elephant-family.org
Website:

www.elephant-family.org Open in new window