Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 0

ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST

The advancement of environmental protection and improvement, in particular the conservation of all aspects of Northern Ireland and its adjacent areas� wildlife, biodiversity, geodiversity and associated natural beauty for the benefit of present and future generations by: (a) safeguarding, maintaining and enhancing natural biodiversity and geodiversity through the management of nature reserves; (b) practising, advocating, encouraging, influencing, advising and campaigning for best conservation practice involving land, sea and freshwater management practice in ways that favour biodiversity, geodiversity, ecosystem health, sustainable use of natural resources and sustainable development; (c) undertaking action, independently or in partnership, to protect threatened habitats, sites of geodiversity or heritage significance, at local, national or international levels on or in water, land and adjacent seas; (d) taking account of other aspects of the natural heritage on which wildlife is dependent or to which it contributes, including landforms, and landscapes; (e) improving the quality of life of people through supporting a biodiversity, eco-system, geodiversity and sustainability-led approach to the management and design of the natural and built environment. The advancement of education by raising the public�s awareness and knowledge of all aspects of the natural and built heritage, biodiversity and geodiversity of Northern Ireland and its adjacent areas by promoting, undertaking and co-operating in research and gathering and sharing information on, these topics. The advancement of citizenship through volunteering linked to natural heritage including the promotion of sustainable food production and sustainable lifestyles. The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science linked to natural heritage though events and project based action. The advancement of health and wellbeing through activities linked to the natural environment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 9 years

www.ulsterwildlife.org

info@ulsterwildlife.org

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£2,270,677	£2,170,590	£2,345,280	£2,469,546	£3,647,422	£3,238,638
Spending	£2,155,069	£2,577,245	£2,483,802	£2,541,809	£2,987,823	£2,714,192
Surplus/deficit	£115,608	-£406,655	-£138,522	-£72,263	£659,599	£524,446

Listed activities

The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

How it operates

Advice/advocacy/information, Education/training, Environment/sustainable development/conservation, Research/evaluation, Volunteer development

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

Who it helps

General public

Who works here?

36 employees
310 volunteers

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 Ulster Wildlife Trust
£35,000	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
£29,500	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
£279,375	15/12/2022	Towards project costs for the next phase of peatlands work in Northern Ireland to support a new peatland restoration network
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
£375,000	08/11/2022	Towards unrestricted core costs underpinning work on blue carbon, water quality, peat, and nature friendly farming in Northern Ireland
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ulster Wildlife Trust
£295,000	10/02/2022 48	Towards core costs to continue and expand collective efforts to further protect, conserve and restore nature at sea in Northern Ireland.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000	25/06/2021	Priority Species in Northern Ireland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	04/09/2019	Red Squirrel Conservation in Northern Ireland

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 04/03/2015, number: NIC101848

Main office

Ulster Wildlife Trust Ltd, Mcclelland House, 10 Heron Road, Belfast, BT3 9LE

Data Sources