UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM

Registered charity 1058483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FORUM, UK DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM, UKOTCF

Education and TrainingEnvironment, conservation and heritage

Objects

[1] THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, THEIR NATURAL HABITANTS AND THE NEED FOR SUCH CONSERVATION PARTICULARLY IN THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH). [2] THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund decreased significantly to £165,420 from £385,141 in the prior year, driven by a transfer of £240,544 into a designated legacy fund. The trustees report that the overall financial position remains challenging due to limited regular income for core activities, relying heavily on voluntary effort and project-based funding. Despite these challenges, the total funds increased to £486,422, supported by investment income and the receipt of legacy funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• European Commission — “The European Commission has announced €2million funding for projects under the BEST scheme (Voluntary scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem …” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.8 months of spending — above the median 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 MICHAEL WILLIAM PIENKOWSKIchair
• ANDREW JOHN PEARCE
• Alexander John Randall · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr KATHLEEN MARY McNary
• Dr KEITH JOSEPH BENSUSAN
• Dr Nigel Robert Haywood CVO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helena Fay Bennett
• JOAN LORRAINE WALLEY
• Leigh Sheridan Morris
• Myles Gavin Darrell
• SARITA VIOLETA FRANCIS

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

Operates in: Anguilla · Antarctica · Bermuda · British Indian Ocean Territory · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Cyprus · Falkland Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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