THE AFRICAN NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1159955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the charity are to advance the education of the public in general on the subject of African natural history and to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of that subject and publish or exhibit the useful results.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF AFRICAN NATURAL HISTORY AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND PUBLISH OR EXHIBIT THE USEFUL RESULTS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves amounted to £806,763 at the year end, with total reserves of £1,497,695. The charity is primarily funded through donations from related parties, and the trustees expect further donations at a similar level in the coming year.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD SMITHchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• SUSAN FRANCES SMITH BA HONS · trustee of 3 other charities
• lucinda marie millicent sharp-smith · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Liberia · Mozambique · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

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• THE IHR TRUST income £195k
• AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE income £100k
• INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE income £182k
• VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST income £444k
• AFRICA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FUND income £1.0m
• ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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