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THE BARDSEY BIRD AND FIELD OBSERVATORY

Registered charity 249790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to run the Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory, one of the Bird Observatories of England and Wales. The Observatory carries out monitoring work of the flora and fauna of the island.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£104k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net asset position of £175,393.18, representing an increase from the previous year's £166,931.03. The trustees report that the excess of income over expenditure was £8,462.15, indicating a surplus for the financial year. The charity maintains various restricted funds and an accumulated fund, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bardsey Bird And Field Observatory (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£104k£95k
31/12/2023£98k£85k
31/12/2022£79k£81k
31/12/2021£101k£60k
31/12/2020£81k£53k

Common questions

Is THE BARDSEY BIRD AND FIELD OBSERVATORY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net asset position of £175,393.18, representing an increase from the previous year's £166,931.03. The trustees report that the excess of income over expenditure was £8,462.15, indicating a surplus for the financial year. The charity maintains various restricted funds and an accumulated fund, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government29/02/2024£40k#NNF3 Prosiect mamaliaid morol Enlli - Cysylltu pobl 'r môr. Bardsey marine mammal project Connecting people with the sea

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£250k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£226k
THE DRW FOUNDATION1£109k
GRANTSCAPE1£73k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£61k
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST1£43k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARDSEY ISLAND TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BARDSEY BIRD AND FIELD OBSERVATORY£104k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARDSEY ISLAND TRUST LIMITED FY2025£467k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FY2024£218k—0unclear—no doubt
MASS EXTINCTION MONITORING OBSERVATORY FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION FY2024£170k—0unclear—no doubt
KENT & MEDWAY BIOLOGICAL RECORDS CENTRE FY2024£198k—0above—no doubt

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