WASH WADER RESEARCH GROUP

Registered charity 1196663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scientific monitoring of wild bird populations that use The Wash estuary, with the aim of improving our understanding of the habitats, food supply and migration patterns. We train people in the UK and elsewhere in the safe catching and monitoring of waders, we manufacture and supply specialist equipment and we educate the public in our activities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF WILD BIRD POPULATIONS USING THE WASH ESTUARY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) UNDERTAKING RESEARCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE DISSEMINATED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, INTO THEIR ECOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHY, BEHAVIOUR, OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND RELATED MATTERS; B) SUPPORTING, ASSISTING AND HELPING TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF OTHERS DOING SIMILAR WORK BOTH ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £90,008.82 against total expenditure of £60,020.50, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £538,804.04, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £16,500 (two years of basic commitments).

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.

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
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Philip William Atkinsonchair
• Guy Quentin Abbott Anderson
• Michele Shaw
• Molly Brown

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

Operates in: Iceland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

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