RECORD, THE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CHESHIRE, HALTON, WARRINGTON AND WIRRAL
Registered charity 1095859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RECORD
Various tasks and facilities pertaining to the collection, verification, management, storage and dissemination of biological/biodiversity data within the Cheshire region, including training in the identification of species, information on recording via a website which also delivers data and species mapping to the public and the education sector and beyond.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that outgoing resources exceeded incoming resources by £14,839, resulting in a net decrease in total funds. However, unrestricted reserves remain at £98,951, and the trustees report being satisfied with the results, expecting a return to surplus in the current year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £99k; policy: to provide working capital to enable the activities of the charity to continue in the event of a significant drop in funding and to enable contracted commitments to be met)
“Unrestricted reserves have decreased from the previous year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
- MR TONY PARKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Matthew Geary
- HELEN Bradshaw
- John Galbraith Buchanan
- Thomas Matthew Knevitt Hunt
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Warrington · Wirral
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RECORD, THE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CHESHIRE, HALTON, WARRINGTON AND WIRRAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that outgoing resources exceeded incoming resources by £14,839, resulting in a net decrease in total funds. However, unrestricted reserves remain at £98,951, and the trustees report being satisfied with the results, expecting a return to surplus in the current year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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