THE PANGEA TRUST

Registered charity 1177137 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the wellbeing of elephants and other animals, and to provide sanctuary to those in need in Europe. To raise awareness and advocate for reform that results in improved living conditions for such animals, as well as conservation of species and their natural habitats anywhere in the world. To protect and restore local biodiversity in areas where Pangea operates.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £623,848, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £70,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10893190

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pangea (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OANCEA NEGRO, Adriana Cécilia — director, appointed 01/12/2024not on trustee list
• BUCHHAVE, Gitte Qvisgaard — director, appointed 04/07/2024on trustee list
• SCHMIDT-BURBACH, Jan Michael, Dr — director, appointed 04/07/2024on trustee list
• OLSEN, Jonathan Robert — director, appointed 10/07/2023on trustee list
• KATUGAMPOLA, Navindu — director, appointed 10/07/2023on trustee list
• OLSEN, Susan Jayne — director, appointed 26/11/2021on trustee list
• REYNER, Michael John — director, appointed 01/08/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

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: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael John Reynerchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Adriana Oancea Negro
• Gitte Buchhave
• Jan Michael Schmidt-Burbach Dr
• Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Navindu Katugampola · trustee of 3 other charities
• SUSAN JAYNE OLSEN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Portugal · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen — trustee here and at OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST
• Michael John Reyner — trustee here and at THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION
• Navindu Katugampola — trustee here and at THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION
• SUSAN JAYNE OLSEN — trustee here and at OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• PANTHERA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £803k
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• SAVE THE ELEPHANTS income £5.3m
• PEGASUS income £261k
• THE HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL TRUST income £27.0m
• ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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