HAWK CONSERVANCY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1092349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HAWK CONSERVANCY

The relief of suffering of birds of prey in the South of England particularly Hampshire and Wiltshire, South Africa and the reintroduction of white backed vultures in Pakistan educating the public in the conservation of the birds and their habitat

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £2,815,997, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,296,839. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring sufficient funds to continue charitable activities for at least one year, a target which the current unrestricted reserves exceed. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hawk Conservancy Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Matt Stevens — Conservation Biologist (source)
• Dr Campbell Murn — Head of Conservation, Research and Education (source)
• Dr Jamie McKaughan — Conservation and Research Coordinator (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £335k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SCOTT JONESchair
• ADAM RICHARD JOHNSON
• Anthony Richard O'Hagan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr John Rogers Chitty · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr MATTHEW DRYDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gail Elizabeth Khan
• Gary John Wyles
• Julia Ann Hughes

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

Operates in: Botswana · Hampshire · Italy · Mozambique · Pakistan · South Africa

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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