YATTON & CONGRESBURY WILDLIFE ACTION GROUP

Registered charity 1076362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YACWAG

For the benefit of the public establish and maintain nature reserves in Yatton and Congresbury. Advance education in natural history and nature conservation.

Objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN NATURE RESERVES IN YATTON AND CONGRESBURY. 2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN NATURAL HISTORY AND NATURE CONSERVATION

Area of benefit: YATTON AND CONGESBURY

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 total receipts increased significantly to £184,825 from £22,420 in the prior year, driven largely by a land purchase funded by a bequest. Total expenditure reached £159,348, resulting in a net revenue surplus of £25,477 and total funds carried forward of £202,036. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are currently held to meet the charity's obligations.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “With thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund , our website has been designed to be accessible and inclusive for all.” (source page)
• Yanley and North Somerset Environmental Company (YANSEC) — “For the purchase of YACWAG’s land, we are grateful for grants from the now defunct Yanley and North Somerset Environmental Company (YANSEC)” (source page)
• AXA UK — “Many other organisations have helped us with our projects: AXA UK” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY JOHN MOULINchair
• Amy Louise Symonds
• Carol Marie Tennant
• Christopher Brian Moore
• Dr Jonathan Paul Clayden
• Elizabeth Watts · trustee of 1 other charity
• FAITH MOULIN
• Linda Bourton
• Meriel Jennifer Harrison

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST.

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF YATTON MOOR income £285k
• SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
• THE TOTTLE WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE CHARITY income £136k
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

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