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Plantlife in numbers Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales Plantlife HQ 14 Rollestone Street Salisbury SP1 1DX of the public take part 01722 342730 in Wildflowers Count [email protected] Plantlife Scotland, Stirling 01786 478509 [email protected] Plantlife Cymru, Bangor and adults involved 01248 670691 in Wild About [email protected] Plants activities www.plantlife.org.uk of endangered broad-leaved cudweed at Ranscombe Farm Reserve receive guidance on wild plants We are Plantlife and fungi Plantlife is the organisation that is speaking up for our wild flowers, plants and fungi. From the open spaces of our nature reserves to the corridors of government, we’re here to raise their profile, to celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future. doing amazing Wild flowers and plants play a fundamental role for wildlife, and their colour and character light work for Plantlife Plantlife is a charitable up our landscapes. But without our help, this company limited by guarantee, at our Flower priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost. company no. 3166339 Power Dinner Registered in England and Wales, Join us in enjoying the very best that nature charity no. 1059559 has to offer. Registered in Scotland, charity no. SC038951 ISBN 978-1-907141-95-9 September 2013 monitored designbyStudioAde.com Britain’s countryside Printed using vegetable based inks for priority by Taylor Brothers Bristol Ltd. Save it with flowers species t: 0117 924 5452 across Europe as part of our Natural Networks project Front Cover: Bloody cranesbill, the Burren, Ireland © Jonathan Buckley Plantlife in numbers Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales Plantlife HQ 14 Rollestone Street Salisbury SP1 1DX of the public take part 01722 342730 in Wildflowers Count [email protected] Plantlife Scotland, Stirling 01786 478509 [email protected] Plantlife Cymru, Bangor and adults involved 01248 670691 in Wild About [email protected] Plants activities www.plantlife.org.uk of endangered broad-leaved cudweed at Ranscombe Farm Reserve receive guidance on wild plants We are Plantlife and fungi Plantlife is the organisation that is speaking up for our wild flowers, plants and fungi. From the open spaces of our nature reserves to the corridors of government, we’re here to raise their profile, to celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future. doing amazing Wild flowers and plants play a fundamental role for wildlife, and their colour and character light work for Plantlife Plantlife is a charitable up our landscapes. But without our help, this company limited by guarantee, at our Flower priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost. company no. 3166339 Power Dinner Registered in England and Wales, Join us in enjoying the very best that nature charity no. 1059559 has to offer. Registered in Scotland, charity no. SC038951 ISBN 978-1-907141-95-9 September 2013 monitored designbyStudioAde.com Britain’s countryside Printed using vegetable based inks for priority by Taylor Brothers Bristol Ltd. Save it with flowers species t: 0117 924 5452 across Europe as part of our Natural Networks project Front Cover: Bloody cranesbill, the Burren, Ireland © Jonathan Buckley Thank Treasurer’s you statement Companies, trusts and organisations Forest Research RSPB Individuals and volunteers This is my second report as Treasurer and I am pleased to say that what we would expect in an improving equity market. This compares A&N Daniell Charitable Trust Forestry Commission England RSPB Cymru Adam Cross Plantlife is weathering the storm of an economy in recession and to a fall in value in the previous financial period of £14,049 (£11,239 Anglian Water Forestry Commission Scotland RSPB Scotland Adrian Darby Apa Nova – Romania Forestry Commission Wales Scottish Natural Heritage Andrew Lingham falling household incomes. It is truly astonishing that once again we or .05% if the numbers are annualised). Association of British Fungus Groups Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Serenata Flowers Angus Menzies have benefited from the generosity of our members and supporters. Aylesford Family Charitable Trust Garden of Wales SITA Trust Ann Gilmour Our restricted funds at 31 March 2013 of £1,404,773 are composed B & J Lloyd Family Trust Garfield Weston Foundation Somerset County Council Ben Mulcahy The period that I am covering is the 12 months from 1 April 2012 of the following items: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and GrantScape Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Dot Dahl to 31 March 2013, year one of our new five-year Financial Plan. Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust Gwynedd County Council Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership Flora Guardians and Plantlife survey • The £1.194m purchase price of our reserves. Berry Bros. & Rudd (No.3 London Dry Gin) Hampshire Fungus Recording Group Suffolk County Council participants The previous period covered 15 months. This followed a decision Big Lottery Fund Heritage Lottery Fund Suffolk Wildlife Trust Heather McHaffie by the Board of Trustees to move the financial year to 31 March • Any other restricted funds in hand at the year end (£129,000 Botanical Society of the British Isles Herefordshire Nature Trust Sussex Wildlife Trust John Alton so that it was aligned with the tax year and the financial years restricted legacy, £82,000 advance payment for project work). Bridgend County Borough Council Highland Council Tay Charitable Trust Jonathan Crewe of our main funders. British Bryological Society HM Young Offenders Institute Portland The Alan Evans Memorial Trust Julia Carey On an annualised basis we received circa £105,000 from our British Ecological Society Centenary Horace A Gillman Trust The Albert Reckitt Charitable Trust Laurie Campbell Ecology Fund Initiative at the Edge The Banister Charitable Trust Lena Ward This means that, as was the case last year, when we were investments in the previous year. In the year ending March 2013 British Lichen Society INTERREG IVA France (Channel) – England The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust Liz Lavery comparing a 15-month “year” with a 12-month one, a simple we received £106,408 plus £897 interest on our cash. British Mycological Society European cross-border co-operation The Brecks Heaths Project Louise Winter comparison of the figures from one year to the next is misleading. British Phycological Society programme, co-financed by the ERDF The Brecks Partnership Michael Scott On an annualised basis spending on charitable activities fell In the last review I gave a rough comparison by dividing the figures Broads Authority Isle of Portland Conservation Forum The Craignish Trust Munsary Peatlands Management Group by £91,876. Because £81,773 has been deferred until 2013–14 Buckinghamshire County Council James Gibson Charity The Derek and Clare Stevens Trust Muriel Higgins by 15 and multiplying by 12. Where appropriate I have done the as a result of project delays, mainly caused by the weather, Buglife JNCC The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Our international IPANet volunteers same this time. CABI Jordans The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust working on the Natural Networks project the year-on-year change is slight. Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Kent Wildlife Trust The Hamamelis Trust Our nature reserve volunteers Once again this year we received a substantial amount of income Canal and River Trust Kew The Ian Addison Charitable Foundation Patchwork Meadow volunteer stitchers The balance sheet reflects the small decrease in our overall funds, from legacies. Legacy income is an important proportion of our Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lily Matthews Fund The JHF Green Trust Plantlife Salisbury office volunteers down by £34,192 (0.7%) to £4,523,160. This represents the effect of Clark Bradbury Charitable Trust Manx Wildlife Trust The John Ellerman Foundation Plantlife Scotland show volunteers total unrestricted income (21% against 19% last year) and about our net outgoing resources before other recognised gains and losses Guests enjoying our Flower Power Dinner to raise funds for Plantlife Community Foundation serving Tyne Medway Council The John Jarrold Trust Ranscombe Farm Reserve volunteers, half comes from our members. As ever we are truly grateful that & Wear and Northumberland Millennium Seed Bank The Jordan Foundation including everyone who helped of £296,019 being offset by the growth in our investment assets. The Co-operative Million Ponds Project The Leslie Mary Carter Charitable Trust with events and wildlife recording people remember Plantlife in their wills as it makes a very real Cornwall Wildlife Trust Miss KM Harbinson’s Charitable Trust The Mackintosh Foundation at the reserve difference to our ability to deliver our conservation work. The last year has been challenging in the context of a poor and Countryside Council for Wales Mrs MA Lascelles’ Charitable Trust The Nineveh Charitable Trust Sarah Raven worsening economic environment. I and the rest of the Board Cumbria Wildlife Trust (Formerly The Mitchell Trust) The Norman Family Charitable Trust Sue Bowen Our members and other individual supporters are absolutely crucial of Trustees am pleased that Plantlife has sustained its capacity Chairman’s Dorset Countryside Volunteers Mrs RP Allen’s Charitable Trust The Robert Kiln Charitable Trust Sue Harris for Plantlife. During the year ending 31 March 2013, as well as Dorset County Council (Dorset National Botanic Garden of Wales The Ryklow Charitable Trust 1992 Susana Dias to deliver both essential work on the ground to improve conditions a number of legacies, they contributed £239,377 in subscriptions, Countryside) National Trust The Sandra Charitable Trust Tom Lord for wild plants, and to raise more awareness of the needs of wild Dorset Wildlife Trust Natural England The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust Wildflowers Count survey volunteers £63,225 in responses to appeals, £31,928 in donations and a further statement plants. Working in partnership with our members and other DSTL Porton Down Natural History Museum The St Mary’s Charity £106,939 for a range of things from the raffle to the Marathon.
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