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Registered charity · Cambridge

Albertine Rift Conservation Society

Albertine Rift Conservation Society is a registered charity (number 1102123) based in Cambridge, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dr Victor Nyarangi Keraro since 2020. Latest income £9.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Arcos (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £9.8m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and more
Website
www.arcosnetwork.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Albertine Rift Conservation Society
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9.8m£9.9m
  • 2024£12m£7.8m
  • 2023£2.9m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.1m£859k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 100%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Board analysis

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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

5
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 7

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 5

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1102123
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 04103967 · Active
Contact on the register
01223277318 · info@arcosnetwork.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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