Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK 

PAN UK works to eliminate the dangers of toxic pesticides use to human health plus the environment, reduce pesticide use and raise awareness of sustainable alternatives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 38 years

www.pan-uk.org

admin@pan-uk.org

01273964230

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£1,222£1,060£162£1£1,052£5276120
31/12/21£943£949£-6£0£890£5607.1120
31/12/20£1,198£819£379£0£896£5728.4100
31/12/19£1,060£804£256£1£517£3204.890
31/12/18£730£734£-4£0£262£901.590
31/12/17£553£476£77£0£265£852.170
31/12/16£469£459£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£559£545£14£5£179£250.660
31/12/14£560£500£60£5£164£350.850
31/12/13£456£438£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£292£307£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£289£330£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£453£823£-370£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£1,155£1,065£90£24£512£1611.8100
31/12/08£1,044£1,113£-69£16£422£1872110
31/12/07*£1,351£1,227£124£17£490£2392.3110
31/12/06£1,552£1,511£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,245£1,232£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£833£863£-30£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 159.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Antigua And Barbuda, Belgium, Benin, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Suriname, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 12 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pesticide Action Network UK
£50,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
John Ellerman Foundation - Salaries, activity and overhead costs associated to UK programme of work
£90,000 29/09/2022
Salaries, activity and overhead costs associated to UK programme of work
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pesticide Action Network UK
£500,000 07/07/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs to support work on reducing pesticide use
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pesticide Action Network UK
£25,000 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pesticide Action Network UK
£200,000 26/09/2018
48
Towards unrestricted support to further PAN UK's work on reducing pesticide use and eliminating the most harmful by influencing councils, supermarkets and other stakeholders.
J J Charitable Trust - Food spray technology
£120,000 06/07/2017
To test a food spray technology on vegetable farms in Ethiopia
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving cotton farming in Benin
£495,010 21/03/2015
47
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pesticide Action Network UK
£73,788 06/08/2008
24
Towards Project costs Towards the costs of a Pesticide Free Park Programme working with London boroughs challenging them to be pesticide free in their maintenance of public parks and green spaces.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-86
  • LASSE BRUUN Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Head Of Campaigns
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1986, number: 327215
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/1986, number: 02036915
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 0 days late,
Main office

Brighthelm Centre
North Road
Brighton
BN1 1YD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO, TO GATHER AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATION TO THE MANUFACTURE USE, SALE, APPLICATION AND EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS AND GASES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO, TO GATHER AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATING TO ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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