EXMOOR ZOOLOGICAL & CONSERVATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1187438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXMOOR ZOO

Promotion of conservation of the physical natural environment through biodiversity.Educate and make public aware of conservation and its benefits through visitors and educational outreach.Maintain a zoological collection for the benefit of all with endangered species representing threatened worldwide habitats.Located on the side of Exmoor National Park in North Devon, UK in rural countryside

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY;3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY;3.3 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS, PLANTS AND HABITATS IN BOTH PROTECTED AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £26,662 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £371,910. The trustees report that reserves have decreased due to previous pandemic-related works but are being rebuilt in line with government licensing regulations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 17/03/2024, 46 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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

• Todd Larsen Daltonchair
• Antony Lawrence Blackler MBE FCA
• Danny Reynolds
• Kim Homer
• Lynn Reynolds

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTMOOR ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

• DARTMOOR ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £2.4m
• THE EXMOOR SOCIETY income £147k
• BADGWORTHY TRUST FOR THE PRESERVATION OF EXMOOR income £109k
• CONSERVATION WITHOUT BORDERS income £29k
• THE NORTH OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £70.5m
• THE EXMOOR PONY SOCIETY income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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