CURLEW ACTION

Registered charity 1187172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC051137 (OSCR)

Curlew Action has been established to promote and support curlew conservation and to further the understanding and appreciation of the natural world.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £29,657 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in free reserves of £69,909. This amount exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of four months of core running costs, which equates to approximately £40,000. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern as expenditure is incurred only after funding has been secured.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation — “The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
• HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust — “HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Michael Marks Charitable Trust — “Michael Marks Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Kilroot Foundation — “The Kilroot Foundation” (source page)
• The P F Charitable Trust — “The P F Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust — “The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust — “The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature — “Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature” (source page)
• The Nineveh Charitable Trust — “The Nineveh Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The William Dean Countryside & Educational Trust — “The William Dean Countryside & Educational Trust” (source page)
• Thhe Duke of Northumberland Charitable Trust — “Thhe Duke of Northumberland Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Aviva Community Fund — “The Aviva Community Fund” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor David Hillchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Cotton
• John Molyneux Miller
• Matthew David Howard
• Michael Warren
• Rory Dominic Wilson

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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 ACTION FOR CONSERVATION.

• ACTION FOR CONSERVATION income £1.2m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS income £195.0m
• ESSEX WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £10.0m
• ACTION 21 (2010) income £211k
• THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION income £220k
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch income £0

Side by side with its peers

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