THE WORLD PHEASANT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1181022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The World Pheasant Association (WPA) is committed to the conservation of Galliformes and the habitats they depend upon. Galliformes are an order of heavy-formed ground-feeding birds that include pheasants, partridges, cracids, grouse and megapodes. WPA work around the world to conserve these birds both in captivity and in the wild to prevent their extinction.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(1) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THOSE SPECIES OF PHEASANT AND RELATED SPECIES (THE GALLIFORMES) WHICH ARE RARE OR IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH SPECIES, AND(3) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE ABOVE SPECIES, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £57,418 for the year, primarily due to the absence of significant legacy income received in the previous year. However, the trustees confirm that total reserves of £435,805 are sufficient to meet all commitments and running costs for at least the next two years. The charity maintains a general unrestricted reserve of £423,738, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £80,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (29% of income)

“Income from Gifts, legacies and donations was £33,303 (2024: £394,183) of which £20,178 was unrestricted (2024: £381,183) and £14,125 restricted (2024: £13,000).” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two years’ worth of expenditure, approximately £80,000 (reserves figure: £424k)

“Trustees agreed to keep two years’ worth of expenditure, approximately £80,000, as a general reserve.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One Trustee, J. Gregson, was paid £10,404 to provide consultancy and project management services.

“One Trustee, J. Gregson, was paid £10,404 (2024 – £10,404) to provide consultancy and project management services for the Charity during the year.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee J. Gregson received remuneration for consultancy and project management services.

“One Trustee, J. Gregson, was paid £10,404 (2024 – £10,404) to provide consultancy and project management services for the Charity during the year.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

Volunteers: 25
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

Volunteers: 25
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

Volunteers: 25
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — World Pheasant Association (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income

£555k

Total spending

£287k

Cost of raising funds

£35k

Reserves (reported)

£468k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~19.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jo Gregsonchair
Clayton Leonard Botkin
David James Sheppy
Edward Michael Godwin
Gary Ward
Geoffrey Davison
Jan Dams
Jonathan David Beilby
Jonathan Pointer
Laura Gardner
Louise Peat
Nigel Hester
Rik Ils Eddy Dams
Sarah Katherine Patterson
Simon Bruslund
Stewart Lee Henderson
Susan Walker-Munro

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

Operates in: China · Greece · Indonesia · Nepal · Throughout England And Wales · Vietnam

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£118k	£186k
30/04/2024	£555k	£287k
30/04/2023	£160k	£145k
30/04/2022	£147k	£116k
30/04/2021	£78k	£89k

Common questions

Is THE WORLD PHEASANT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £57,418 for the year, primarily due to the absence of significant legacy income received in the previous year. However, the trustees confirm that total reserves of £435,805 are sufficient to meet all commitments and running costs for at least the next two years. The charity maintains a general unrestricted reserve of £423,738, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £80,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WORLD PHEASANT ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WORLD PHEASANT ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORLD PARROT TRUST.

THE WORLD PARROT TRUST income £601k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WORLD PHEASANT ASSOCIATION	£118k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WORLD PARROT TRUST FY2025	£601k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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