PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP

Registered charity 1117418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conserve red squirrels by feeding,improving habitat and advising on timing of timber operations to avoid breeding season. Controlling grey squirrels in north east Cumbria. Educating the public on the best ways of doing this and to the threat of squirrel pox and tree damage as a result of grey squirrels.

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Latest income
£198k
Latest spending
£212k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,187,000 at the end of the financial year, representing 100% of its total funds. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£198k£212k
31/12/2023£147k£183k
31/12/2022£345k£226k
31/12/2021£373k£199k
31/12/2020£255k£138k

Common questions

Is PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,187,000 at the end of the financial year, representing 100% of its total funds. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BDO.

Who funds PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP as a grant recipient include METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATION, THE ASTOR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
METAMORPHOSIS FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kSupport the charity’s works to conserve red squirrels by feeding, improving habitat and advising on timing of timber operations to avoid the breeding season.
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£500Environment and conservation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government11/11/2020£116kGRCF2020 P&DRSG REDS
UK government11/11/2020£116kGRCF2020 P&DRSG REDS

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RED SQUIRREL SURVIVAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PENRITH DISTRICT RED SQUIRREL GROUP£198k——unclear—no doubt
RED SQUIRREL SURVIVAL TRUST FY2025£301k—0above—no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£5.3m——within15.1%no doubt
RAINFOREST CONCERN FY2024£1.1m——above—no doubt
EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD FY2025£565k—0unclear—no doubt
BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL UK FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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