AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE GROUPS OF THE UK

Registered charity 1165504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARGUK

Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK (ARG UK) is committed to the conservation of native amphibians and reptiles and their natural environment by supporting the development of a network of independent volunteer amphibian and reptile groups (ARGs)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF NATIVE AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE GROUPS (ARGS) INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BRITISH ISLES.(2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE RELEVANT TO SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PERTINENT TO NATIVE AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE POPULATIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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 reserves fell to £16,603 from £26,548 in the prior year, a decrease driven by a net expenditure deficit of £8,511 against total income of £40,905. The trustees confirm that these reserves comply with their stated policy of maintaining working capital equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The organization remains solvent with net current assets of £39,195 and has adopted a going concern basis.

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
• 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Natural England — “Living on the Verge - a new Natural England Species Recovery Programme (SRP) funded project” (source page)
• DEFRA — “Funded through DEFRA’s Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme” (source page)
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund are supporting a new project based in Northern Ireland” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRIS MONKchair
• Alice Pawlik
• DR John Baker
• Dr Catharine Wuster
• Erik Paterson
• Frank Syratt
• Jeanette Hall
• Maiya Evans
• Nigel Hand
• Suzanne Collinson

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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