HWANGE CONSERVATION SOCIETY - BRITISH SECTION

Registered charity 1036153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Run by a small group of unpaid volunteers, Hwange Conservation Society UK raises funds for Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Working in collaboration with similar charities in Zimbabwe, we provide funds and equipment to help protect the Park's wildlife and improve its infrastructure.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF CONSERVATION OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF ZIMBABWE, AND IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION WORK OF THE HWANGE NATIONAL PARK. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONSERVATION NEEDS OF ZIMBABWE SO AS TO PROMOTE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WILDLIFE TO THE COUNTRY

Area of benefit: ZIMBABWE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted cash funds of £26,180, an increase from the previous year's £8,545. The trustees report that the charity starts 2026 on a sound financial footing, supported by grants and donations totaling £41,201 against payments of £23,565.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN DOUGLAS YOUNG GILLONchair
• ANNE ELIZABETH WILKINSON
• IAN DAVID WILKINSON

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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