UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1087295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UCF, UGANDAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Providing support and funding for projects designed to preserve, rescue and rehabilitate endangered species and habitats. Through research, educational and technical support UCF aims to help individual people and local communities in a practical way to practise and benefit from conservation efforts and to reduce human / wildlife conflict.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total revenue increased by 4% in 2024, with grants accounting for 93% of total income. Expenditure rose as the organization invested in staff welfare, vehicle upgrades, and technology, while project expenses remained at 87% of total spending. The trustees report that UCF has successfully sustained and grown support post-pandemic, maintaining a position of financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Global Humane Conservation Fund of Africa — “Global Humane Conservation Fund of Africa has made a decisive and bold commitment, not only funding vet operations and purchasing a dedicate…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN MARIE FOXchair
• Jeremy Andrew Burley
• MICHAEL DOUGLAS KEIGWIN
• PATRICK JACKSON
• TIMOTHY PATRICK RENNIE CAME

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK.

• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK income £10.4m
• Wild Life Foundation income £187k
• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY income £332k
• CONSERVE GLOBAL income £4.2m
• PANTHERA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £803k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.