THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP

Registered charity 1092515 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of Great Bustards

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£192k

Latest spending

£196k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased from £69,032 to £64,804 during the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £64,804. The charity reported total resources expended of £195,576 against total incoming resources of £192,062, resulting in a net decrease in reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or indicating non-compliance with statutory requirements.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Great Bustard Group (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).

Wiltshire Community Lottery — “We’re proud beneficiaries of the Wiltshire Community Lottery.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID BONDchair
David Bedingfeld Scott · trustee of 2 other charities
JOHN BROWNING · trustee of 1 other charity
KEVIN DUNCAN
Paul David Goriup

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

Operates in: Russia · Spain · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£192k	£196k
31/03/2024	£172k	£173k
31/03/2023	£182k	£164k
31/03/2022	£159k	£146k
31/03/2021	£121k	£90k

Common questions

Is THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets decreased from £69,032 to £64,804 during the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £64,804. The charity reported total resources expended of £195,576 against total incoming resources of £192,062, resulting in a net decrease in reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or indicating non-compliance with statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP as a grant recipient include PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT, THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT	FY2025	£5k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT	FY2024	£1k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	—

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£653k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	2	£479k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£450k
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£405k
THE PRIVY PURSE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£266k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£223k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.

THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION income £220k
THE GAME AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST income £11.6m
HAWK CONSERVANCY TRUST LIMITED income £2.6m
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FY2024	£220k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GAME AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST FY2024	£11.6m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAWK CONSERVANCY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	10.5%	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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