CCEW Charity Commission profile

ACTION FOR CONSERVATION

Registered charity 1157297 · organisation 5046859

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
3 June 2014
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£1,153,404
Latest expenditure
£1,117,988
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: 15 Wytham Street, OXFORD, OX1 4SU

Website recorded by the regulator: www.actionforconservation.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Running workshops and events, providing learning materials, organising work experience placements, and building online networks to develop a proactive youth conservation movement in the UK with a culture of greater awareness and participation, and in the process grow the wider involvement and support of young adults, professionally, voluntarily or financially, for conservation in the future.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
30 January 2026
Date Accounts Received
30 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£1,153,404
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,117,988
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received
31 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£875,904
Total Gross Expenditure
£816,232
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
22 January 2024
Date Accounts Received
22 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£863,588
Total Gross Expenditure
£954,399
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
30 January 2023
Date Accounts Received
30 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£1,228,000
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,130,053
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
18 January 2022
Date Accounts Received
18 January 2022
Total Gross Income
£423,127
Total Gross Expenditure
£304,736

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
30 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£1,153,404
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,117,988
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£10,972
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
343
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
31 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£875,904
Total Gross Expenditure
£816,232
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
100
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
22 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£863,588
Total Gross Expenditure
£954,399
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£243,545
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000
1
Count Volunteers
32
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
30 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£1,228,000
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,130,053
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£682,046
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000
1
Count Volunteers
17
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
18 January 2022
Total Gross Income
£423,127
Total Gross Expenditure
£304,736
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
22

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
30 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
1146045
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
4500
Income Investments
1676
Income Other
1183
Income Total Income And Endowments
1153404
Income Legacies
1551
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£5,213
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£1,112,775
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1117988
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
5779
Expenditure Support Costs
357875
Expenditure Depreciation
4917
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£224,099
Assets Total Fixed
19733
Assets Own Use
19733
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£583,144
Assets Total Liabilities
£224,335
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£378,542
Creditors One Year Total Current
224335
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£447,485
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
134710
Funds Restricted
243832
Funds Total
378542
Count Employees
19
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
31 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies
872041
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
1602
Income Other
2261
Income Total Income And Endowments
875904
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£2,350
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£813,882
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
816232
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
4900
Expenditure Support Costs
263882
Expenditure Depreciation
2225
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£232,343
Assets Total Fixed
8902
Assets Own Use
8902
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£437,404
Assets Total Liabilities
£103,180
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£343,126
Creditors One Year Total Current
103180
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£389,995
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
241245
Funds Restricted
101881
Funds Total
343126
Count Employees
15
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
22 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
614780
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
243545
Income Investments
1846
Income Other
3417
Income Total Income And Endowments
863588
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£679
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£953,720
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
954399
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
4625
Expenditure Support Costs
206756
Expenditure Depreciation
1519
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£183,204
Assets Total Fixed
6155
Assets Own Use
6155
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£343,736
Assets Total Liabilities
£66,437
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£283,454
Creditors One Year Total Current
66437
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£307,220
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
183204
Funds Restricted
100250
Funds Total
283454
Count Employees
15
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
30 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies
545426
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
682046
Income Investments
128
Income Other
400
Income Total Income And Endowments
1228000
Income Legacies
545426
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£874
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£1,129,179
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1130053
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
3240
Expenditure Support Costs
232785
Expenditure Depreciation
2755
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£268,689
Assets Total Fixed
8339
Assets Own Use
8339
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£540,464
Assets Total Liabilities
£174,538
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£374,265
Creditors One Year Total Current
174538
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£480,133
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
268689
Funds Restricted
105576
Funds Total
374265
Count Employees
11
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
ACTION FOR CONSERVATION
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2014-06-03T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 03 JUN 2014AMENDED ON 21 JUL 2017 as amended on 30 Jul 2025
Charitable Objects
TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT NATURE CONSERVATION AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN RELATED PROJECTS.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Social media policy and procedures
Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Volunteer management
Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Conflicting interests