FOUNDATION RACHEL AND PAMELA SCHIELE

Registered charity 1038712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAS DOS HERMANAS

Conservation of flora, fauna and the soil in the central Argentine pampas by farming commercially on organic principles, wildlife protection, education and promotion.

Objects

(1)CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION IN ARGENTINA OF BIRDS ANIMALS AND PLANTS WHICH ARE THREATENED OR ENDANGERED AND THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE SOIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT GENERALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; (2)PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THAT PART OF THE ESTATE OF LOS DOS HERMANAS IN THE PROVINCE OF CORDOBA ARGENTINA WHICH IS FOR THE TIME BEING DESIGNATED AS A "REFUGIO DE VIDA SILVESTRE" BY THE FUNDACION VIDA SILVESTRE ARGENTINA AS A RESERVE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND FLORA; (3) ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ARGENTINA. (4) RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ARGENTINA;(4) RELIEF OF NEED AND DISTRESS AMONG OLD PEOPLE IN ARGENTINA (5) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 reported a net income of A$937,820,000 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by significant endowment income. However, the trustees note that the charity's reserves were affected by drought and high inflation, and the business revenues declined in comparison with the previous year despite crop income rising.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02936866

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MEASURES, Mark — director, appointed 10/06/1994on trustee list
• PECK, Donald Macinnes — director, appointed 08/06/1994on trustee list
• PECK, Lucy Veronica — director, appointed 08/06/1994on trustee list
• PECK, Lucy Veronica — secretary, appointed 16/11/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~56.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr DONALD PECKchair
• LUCY VERONICA PECK · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK MEASURES

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

Operates in: Argentina

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION.

• THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION income £7.7m
• THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION income £3.5m
• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• NATURE'S SAFE income £181k
• Becht Foundation income £8.5m
• THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION income £383k

Side by side with its peers

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