BIG LIFE UK

Registered charity 1158772 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF AFRICA'S WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HERITAGE, INCLUDING BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF AFRICA'S WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HERITAGE.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF AFRICA’S WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HERITAGE, INCLUDING BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF AFRICA’S WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HERITAGE.2. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.”3. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DETERMINE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £48,707 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £111,927 to £63,220. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Free reserves held at year-end were £63,220, which is below the stated policy target of 20% of annual income.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Justin Packshaw
• LORD ROBIN RUSSELL
• ROBERT CHRISTOPHER SHARP

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Big Life Services.

• Big Life Services income £11.7m
• BIGLIFE EUROPE income £135k
• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK income £10.4m
• CONSERVE GLOBAL income £4.2m
• CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND - UK income £202k
• THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m

Side by side with its peers

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