Plantlife—Annual Review 2013
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From the open spaces of our nature reserves Plantlife is a charitable to the corridors of government, we’re here to raise their profile, company limited by guarantee, to celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future. aged from four to 90, company no. 3166339 Registered in England and Wales, Wild flowers and plants play a fundamental role for wildlife, and have contributed their own patchwork charity no. 1059559 their colour and character light up our landscapes. But without our to our Patchwork Meadow exhibition, Registered in Scotland, help, this priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost. charity no. SC038951 which is touring Europe Join us in enjoying the very best that nature ISBN 978-1-910212-09-7 has to offer. September 2014 banned from sale designbyStudioAde.com after campaigning by Printed using vegetable based inks Britain’s countryside by Taylor Brothers Bristol Ltd. Plantlife and others 0117 924 5452 Save it with flowers led by Plantlife’s partners in Bulgaria, Front Cover: Wild chives on cliffs near the Lizard, Cornwall ©Jonathan Buckley Croatia, Romania, Slovenia and Scotland Plantlife in numbers Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales Plantlife HQ targeted for meadow 14 Rollestone Street restoration under Salisbury SP1 1DX our new Save 01722 342730 [email protected] Our Magnificent Plantlife Scotland, Stirling Meadows scheme 01786 478509 [email protected] by Plantlife staff Plantlife Cymru, Cardiff and volunteers 02920 376193 [email protected] running the Virgin London Marathon www.plantlife.org.uk attended Plantlife created or restored as part of Scotland’s workshops, our Coronation Meadows project events, demonstration days, walks and talks We are Plantlife doing amazing Plantlife is the organisation that is speaking up for our wild flowers, work for Plantlife plants and fungi. From the open spaces of our nature reserves Plantlife is a charitable to the corridors of government, we’re here to raise their profile, company limited by guarantee, to celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future. aged from four to 90, company no. 3166339 Registered in England and Wales, Wild flowers and plants play a fundamental role for wildlife, and have contributed their own patchwork charity no. 1059559 their colour and character light up our landscapes. But without our to our Patchwork Meadow exhibition, Registered in Scotland, help, this priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost. charity no. SC038951 which is touring Europe Join us in enjoying the very best that nature ISBN 978-1-910212-09-7 has to offer. September 2014 banned from sale designbyStudioAde.com after campaigning by Printed using vegetable based inks Britain’s countryside by Taylor Brothers Bristol Ltd. Plantlife and others 0117 924 5452 Save it with flowers led by Plantlife’s partners in Bulgaria, Front Cover: Wild chives on cliffs near the Lizard, Cornwall ©Jonathan Buckley Croatia, Romania, Slovenia and Scotland Thank Treasurer’s Statement of financial activities you statement for the period ended 31 March 2014 Companies, trusts and organisations Horace A. Gillman Trust Somerset Wildlife Trust Individuals and volunteers This is my third report as Treasurer. I am pleased to be able funds, we have invested in a new member of staff with the Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total year Total year A&N Daniell Charitable Trust Initiative at the Edge Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Adrian Darby to report on a year in which Plantlife has been able to achieve aim of increasing the level of donors’ and sponsors’ income Anesco INTERREG IVA France (Channel) Stephen Clark 1965 Charitable Trust Angus Menzies fund fund fund to Mar ’14 to Mar ’13 Association of British Fungus Groups – England European cross-border Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership Ann Gilmour a modest growth in the income we received, meaning we have in the coming year. Alan Evans Memorial Trust co-operation programme, co-financed Suffolk County Council Brian & Sandy Coppins been able to continue to develop new work to conserve wild Incoming resources Our endowed investments rose in value by £49,544 (2%). Albert George and Nancy Caroline by the ERDF Suffolk Wildlife Trust Dot Dahl plants and help people to enjoy and understand them. Youngman Trust Isle of Portland Conservation Forum Sussex Wildlife Trust Flora Guardians and Plantlife This performance was in line with our stated strategy and with Incoming resources from generated funds Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and James Gibson Charity Tay Charitable Trust survey participants Despite the pressures facing household incomes we once again our benchmark investment returns. We meet regularly with our Voluntary income Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust JNCC The Ashley Family Foundation Heather McHaffie Berry Bros. & Rudd (No.3 London Dry Gin) John Coates Charitable Trust The Banister Charitable Trust Juniper Survey Volunteers benefited hugely from the generosity of all of our members and investment managers to ensure we are optimising our investment Donations 149,151 264,610 413,761 270,520 Biffa Award Jones Day The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust Keith Datchler supporters. And despite the demands made on funding sources strategy, commensurate with the risk appetite of the charity. Driven Legacies 123,340 529,401 652,741 342,583 Big Lottery Fund Juwi The Bingham Trust Liz Lavery such as grant making trusts, Government agencies and Lottery by continued uncertainties in the economic climate, we will do an Botanical Society of the British Isles Kent Wildlife Trust The Brecks Heaths Project Macedonian ‘IPANet’ volunteers working 272,491 794,011 1,066,502 613,103 British Bryological Society Knight Frank The Craignish Trust on the Natural Networks project funds, we have again been able to secure generous grants. in-depth re-assessment of our investment options later this year. British Lichen Society Manx Wildlife Trust The Derek and Clare Stevens Trust Michael Scott Activities for generating funds 129,215 The period that I am covering is the 12 months from 1 April 2013 We did however hit our income targets, having received £107,867 British Mycological Society Medway Council The Dischma Charitable Trust Miles King Investment income 109,103 109,103 107,305 British Phycological Society Medway Valley Countryside The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Munsary Peatlands Management Group to 31 March 2014. Our total income was £2,472,298, which is from our investments and £1,236 in bank interest in the year. Buglife Partnership (Kent CC) The Emily Weircroft Charitable Trust Muriel Higgins £566,026 higher compared to last year. In this year we were (During the previous year ending March 2013, we received Incoming resources from charitable activities 948,970 337,862 1,286,832 1,049,565 CABI Michael Marks Charitable Trust The Equitable Charitable Trust Our nature reserve volunteers Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Millennium Seed Bank The Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust Patchwork Meadow volunteer stitchers extremely fortunate to have received a large amount of legacy £106,408 plus £897 bank interest on our cash.) Other incoming resources 5,688 4,173 9,861 7,084 Cecil Pilkington Charitable Trust Miss K.M. Harbinson’ Charitable Trust The Geoffrey Watling Charity Plantlife Salisbury office volunteers income. Legacy income is a very important part of our core income: Our restricted funds at 31 March 2014 of £1,640,911 are composed Total incoming resources 1,227,149 1,245,149 2,472,298 1,906,272 Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Mrs M Maxwell-Stuart’s Charitable Trust The Gower Commons Association Plantlife Scotland volunteers this year it accounted for 47% (compared with 24% last year); Chapman Charitable Trust Mrs. M.A. Lascelles’ Charitable Trust The Gunter Charitable Trust Ranscombe Farm Reserve volunteers of the following items: 86% of our legacies come from those who have been members Clark Bradbury Charitable Trust (Formerly The Mitchell Trust) The Hamamelis Trust Ray Woods • The £1.197m purchase price of our reserves. The Co-operative National Botanic Garden of Wales The Hugh Fraser Foundation Scotland Flora Guardians of Plantlife. As ever we are truly grateful that people remember Resources expended • Other restricted funds in hand at the year end (£249,592 Cornwall Wildlife Trust National Museum Wales The Ian Addison Charitable Foundation Sue Harris – Celebrating 10 years Plantlife in their wills as it makes a very real difference to our Cost of generating funds Cotswolds Conservation Board National Trust The J.H.F Green Trust of volunteering at Plantlife restricted legacy, £193,879 advance payments for project work). Cotswold Outdoor Natural England The Langtree Trust Wildflowers Count survey volunteers ability to deliver our conservation work. Cost of generating voluntary income 299,131 299,131 337,468 Cumbria Wildlife Trust Natural History Museum The Mackintosh Foundation As a result of our increased income we were able to increase our Our members and individual supporters are absolutely crucial Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs 79,195 Dartmoor National Park Authority Natural Resources Wales The Margaret Murdoch Charitable Trust In remembrance of those who left spending on charitable activities by £87,177. This was largely from Dorset County Council (Dorset Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership The Neil and Pauline Pettefar Charitable Plantlife a gift in their Will for Plantlife.