THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF EAST ANGLIA LIMITED

Registered charity 1150158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANHAM ZOO, AFRICA ALIVE!, ZSEA

ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ZOOLOGY, ANIMAL WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY INSPIRING INTEREST BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ZOOLOGY AND STUDY OF ANIMALS BY RUNNING ONE OR MORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OR SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENTS.PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HISTORY AND RELATED SCIENTIFIC FIELDS, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £502,629 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the prior year's loss of £1,199,217. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a period of financial recovery with a return to profit anticipated in 2025, supported by flexible lender support and cost management measures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BW Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Zoological Society of East Anglia - Banham Zoo & Africa Alive (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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 (60% 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: 29.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Jane Pennychair
• Dr Andrew Gemmel Hassan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Kelly Louise Powley
• Edward John Bouckley
• Gerard Francis Smith
• James John Gardiner
• Katherine Sarah Davison

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHALDON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED.

• SHALDON WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £293k
• MARWELL WILDLIFE income £12.4m
• TWYCROSS ZOO-EAST MIDLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £15.4m
• THE HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL TRUST income £27.0m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS income £195.0m
• THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m

Side by side with its peers

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