The Bird of Prey Project

Registered charity 1152982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST OF ENGLAND FALCONRY LTD, WOEF

The restoration of native habitats through the conservation of wild birds of prey and owls; the engagement of diverse communities through nature based education and the development of new ethical raptor welfare standards in the UK.

Objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIVE THE SUFFERING OF BIRDS OF PREY IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND OF SUCH BIRDS; AND2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS BIRDS OF PREY BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR THE BIRDS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASONS OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO BIRDS OF PREY IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG SUCH BIRDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £6,881 and total net assets of £93,560. The trustees report that the bank balance was £58,044.01, including reserves of £23,460.26 in a separate savings account. The charity is operating within its reserves policy, which targets a minimum of three months' running costs.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joe Raymentchair
• Elizabeth Nevin
• JANE ELIZABETH DURRANT
• James Robert Hancock
• Nicola Claire Plaskitt
• Rebecca Caitlin Hodson

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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