The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Albertine Rift Conservation Society

Registered charity 1102123 Registered since 2004

Operates: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic), Zambia

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.9y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£11.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

188 from 29 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
102 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.arcosnetwork.org
Emailinfo@arcosnetwork.org
Phone01223277318
AddressBIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL, UNIT 1, WELLBROOK COURT, GIRTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0NA

Finances

£11,506,381 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£666,531£325,204
2021£1,087,480£858,813
2022£1,399,547£1,536,955
2023£2,872,298£2,568,425
2024£11,506,381£7,753,212

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN THE ALBERTINE RIFT REGION (DEFINED AS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY, COVERING THE AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIFT FROM WESTERN UGANDA, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA, BURUNDI AND WESTERN TANZANIA TO NORTHERN ZAMBIA) BY CONSERVATION ACTIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONNITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/11/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/10/2012

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Albertine Rift Conservation Society · 04103967 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/11/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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