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Registered charity (CIO) · Sandwich

Sandwich BAY Bird Observatory Trust

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £166k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
www.sbbot.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£166k£179k
  • 2024£167k£178k
  • 2023£189k£87k
Earlier years
  • 2022£134k£92k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF SANDWICH BAY, KENT AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS PRIMARILY THROUGH:A. THE RECORDING, STUDY AND RESEARCH OF WILD BIRDS AND OTHER FAUNA AND FLORA; B. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WISHING TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CONSERVATION C. PROVIDING ADVICE TO AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ON WILDLIFE RELATED ISSUES’. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Grants received

3 grants · £12,152 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £12,152 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,9332024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,7062024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,5132023-04-01
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.

13 trustees on the board

3.2y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13

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

Other services 1

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 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£167k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1197743
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 01 Feb 2022
Contact on the register
01304617341 · info@sbbot.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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