|

Find that Charity

Organisation record

The British Trust for Ornithology

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-216652 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 216652 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Description

Ornithological research

Also known as

  • B T O
  • The British Trust for Ornithology
  • British Trust for Ornithology
  • The British Trust for Ornithology
  • British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)

CCEW Charity number

216652

Company number

00357284

Registered

Postcode

IP24 2PU

Website

bto.org

Latest income

£7,134,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Locations

Back to contents

Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Registered Office in the UK

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Linked records

Back to contents

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-216652 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 216652 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Themes and activities

Back to contents

This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Scientific research and testing services K10

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Research RS

Theme (CCEW)

  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Charity financial history

Back to contents
Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1964-03-23 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 3,238,646 2,693,723
2005-03-31 3,626,372 3,070,959
2006-03-31 4,208,846 3,549,867
2007-03-31 3,686,910 3,612,161
2008-03-31 4,706,629 4,023,094
2009-03-31 4,587,956 4,445,325
2010-03-31 4,898,736 4,966,977
2011-03-31 4,764,013 4,850,793
2012-03-31 4,555,465 4,747,478
2013-03-31 5,045,600 5,001,466
2014-03-31 6,323,768 5,681,004
2015-03-31 5,419,059 5,446,446
2016-03-31 5,825,216 5,866,233
2017-03-31 6,461,812 6,218,873
2018-03-31 5,741,000 5,892,000
2019-03-31 6,440,000 6,336,000
2020-03-31 6,514,000 6,364,000
2021-03-31 6,187,000 6,127,000
2022-03-31 7,842,000 6,572,000
2023-03-31 7,134,000 7,035,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Charity people

Back to contents
2023
£
2022
£
Employees 151 149
Employees paid more than £60,000 4 1
Volunteers 40,000 40,000
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Statement of Financial Activities

Back to contents

Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,886.0 1,870.0
Legacies 1,152.0 1,464.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 3,038.0 3,334.0
Income from charitable activities 3,102.0 3,537.0
Income from other trading activities 977.0 970.0
Income from investments 17.0 1.0
Other income - -
Total 7,134.0 7,842.0
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 573.0 1,167.0
Spending on raising funds 573.0 1,167.0
Grants to institutions 1.8 -
Other charitable activities 5,606.2 5,301.0
Charitable activities 5,608.0 5,301.0
Other spending 854.0 104.0
Total 7,035.0 6,572.0
Net income / (expenditure) 99.0 1,270.0

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Balance sheet

Back to contents

Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 2,433.0 2,445.0
Investment assets 447.0 463.0
2,880.0 2,908.0
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 3,538.0 3,799.0
Other current assets 1,974.0 1,639.0
5,512.0 5,438.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (2,379.0) (2,379.0)
Net current assets 3,133.0 3,059.0
Total assets less current liabilities 6,013.0 5,967.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (91.0) (100.0)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 5,922.0 5,867.0
Defined benefit pension scheme (1,110.0) (3,777.0)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 4,812.0 2,090.0
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 777.0 965.0
Unrestricted funds 4,035.0 1,125.0
4,812.0 2,090.0

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Income from government

Back to contents
2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 2,038,000 1,700,000
Government contracts as % of total income 28.6% 21.7%
Number of government contracts 34 42
Government grants
Income from government grants 65,000 17,000
Government grants as % of total income 0.9% 0.2%
Number of government grants 3 2

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Grants received

Back to contents

Received 15 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
TASK by Trustee
£15,000 TASK to British Trust for Ornithology
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£60,000
1 month
Grant to British Trust for Ornithology
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£68,128 Explaining and Predicting the Migration and Phenology of Europe-African Migratory Birds
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£650,000
5 years
Grant to British Trust for Ornithology
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£50,000
6 months
Grant to British Trust for Ornithology
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
M10 - Agri-environment- Climate Exchq
£6,739 M10 - Agri-environment- Climate Exchq
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£300,000
3 years
Grant to British Trust for Ornithology
The Dulverton Trust
Conservation
£90,000 Research into migrant birds and habitats
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Transition Funding
£77,500 Grant to British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
John Ellerman Foundation
Environment
£27,700
1 year
Beyond the maps project
Sep 2014 to Sep 2015

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

The British Trust for Ornithology

GB-CHC-216652

Data sources

Back to contents

Find that Charity

Find that Charity Relationship Lookups

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-27

| Access data | Download data (csv)

Source for record links:

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-25

Open Government Licence v2.0 | Access data | Download data

Source for records:

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-27

Open Government Licence v2.0 | Access data | Download data (zip)

Source for records:

Source for record links: