DERBYSHIRE SWIFT CONSERVATION

Registered charity 1206439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work to conserve the Common Swift apus apus across Derbyshire by identifing breeding colonies, ensure these colonies are protected and provide additional nest sites in the form of nest boxes and bricks

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION OF THE COMMONSWIFT (APUS APUS) IN DERBYSHIRE BY RAISING GENERAL AWARENESS OF THEDECLINING STATUS OF THIS SPECIES, IDENTIFYING AND PROTECTING EXISTING NESTSITES AND BY ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL NEST SITES ACROSS THECOUNTY.

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 unrestricted funds increased by £1,606 to £1,606, while restricted funds increased significantly by £107,856 to £107,856, largely due to grant funding. The charity reported total receipts of £111,174 against total payments of £1,712, resulting in a net surplus of £109,462 for the period. No liabilities or pension deficits are disclosed in the provided statements.

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What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Andy Broadhurstchair
• Carol Wood Collins
• Matthew Dale Clark
• Michael Hardwick

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

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Charities like this

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

• DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• Worcestershire Building Preservation Trust income £1.3m
• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• THE JOHN STRUTT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION income £622k
• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k

Side by side with its peers

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