## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 1.1.22 To Period end date 31.12.22** ## **Charity name: Saiga Conservation Alliance** ## **Charity registration number: 1135851** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit of the public the
conservation and protection of the critically
endangered saiga antelope, and to advance the
education of the public in the conservation and
protection of the same| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|In order to further our charitable objects the
Saiga Conservation Alliance undertakes a
diverse range of conservation activities in
all the countries where saigas are found
and campaigns on behalf of saigas
internationally.
In 2022 we continued to reach out to a
range of stakeholders through online media
and publications via:
a) Saiga News, our scientific bulletin about
saiga conservation and ecology was
published in 6 languages (issue #28)
b) Our social media posts on Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram plus
publications on SCA website and Saiga
Resource Centre
c) Our Resurrection Island programme in
Uzbekistan helped the government designate a
new protected area: Aral-Kum National park
The SCA is also contracted by the
Convention on the Conservation of
Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
to coordinate stakeholder engagement in
the implementation and monitoring of the CMS
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
saiga's Conservation, Restoration and
Sustainable Use. We continued to carry our
our role within this MoU.
We also started a new programme, working in
collaboration with USFWS, to support a
portfolio ofprojects aimed at understanding| |||and tackling illegal trade in saigas along the
whole supply chain.
We continued to carry out our core
activities and public engagement events,
such as Saiga day festivities, Day of
Migratory Species, Day of Protected areas,
as well as supporting our Steppe Wildlife
Clubs in the range states.
We also continued to provide support to
rangers wherever possible.
SCA appointed a Project Administrator with a
strong background in fundraising and donor
engagement, David Hill. In Uzbekistan we hired
a programme coordinator, Zebo Isakova and
Peter Damerell was appointed to lead the
USFWS Project.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, all the trustees have signed off on this
report.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference||| |---|---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20||**“Steppe Wildlife Clubs” – Steppe Wildlife**
**Club program Uzbekistan, Russia,**
**Kazakhstan and Mongolia with a focus on**
**engagement with older teenagers;**
**including sport and community-based**
**ecological projects.**
In Kazakhstan:As we supported events at
"Saiga Friends" clubs: lessons were conducted
in 3 schools, art classes were conducted for
these children to learn new skills. A lecture was
held in 1 school, teaching children about the
saiga’s life-cycle. Elsewhere 23 school children
attended an outdoor event in which the they
took part in a saiga monitoring exercise and
learnt new field-skills.
In Mongolia:Covid restrictions were still in
place so we could only take a reduced number
of kids on a field trip, about 40 members of
SWCs, and kids learnt how to release captive
saigas safely to the steppe. Children observed
wildlife and rangers gave information/facts
about saiga and its habitat.
An animation entitled “Pride”was created. This
cartoon about saigas is a unique combination
of Mongolian folk tradition and storytelling and
modern technology. It took about a month to
produce and the kids learnt many new film-
making skills. The cartoon aims to encourage
the public to protect surface water and use it
properly. The cartoon reached over 20k people
since its release on April 23, 2022.
In Russia:We supported 7 Steppe Wildlife
Clubs which conducted a variety of events and
activities including quizzes, games, discussions,
and presentations.
The project “Animals of our region” encourages
children to talk about, and watch presentations
about, the saiga and other animals living in
their area.
Aside from the different classroom activities
mentioned above, some SWCs also
participated in out-of-school activities such as
collecting waste on the steppe, helping with
repairs in reserves, and participating in
releasing young saigas from a breeding centre
into the reserve.| In total there are now 7 SWCs in Russia (same as last year), 7 SWCs in Kazakhstan (1 more than last year), 10 SWCs in Uzbekistan (4 more than last year), 11 SWCs in Mongolia (same as last year). In Uzbekistan core socio-educational activities took place in 6 target villages: Nukus, Kyrk Kyz, Jaslyk, Karakalpakia, and Muynak. This year Saiga Day was celebrated in a total of 10 Schools, 4 more than last year. In total, 500 children took an active part in Saiga Day in Uzbekistan this year. There were numerous competitions as well as art exhibitions and a show prepared by children to celebrate the festival. We have also supported Day of Migratory Species events, this is our annual festival in November which was held in 4 villages: Nukus, KirkKyz, Jaslyk and Muynak. Activities which were conducted in 2022 aimed at improving teenagers' engagement include: * Saiga Day: successful Saiga Day activities continue, organized primarily by local teachers, engaging the Steppe Wildlife Clubs. Oriented mostly at teenagers as is conducted for middle school. * We organized an online meeting for our club leaders and educators from 3 new schools in Muynak city to discuss how to organize Saiga Day and other activities relevant to them. The meeting was organized on April 2022, The next online meeting will be held in March 2023. Oriented mostly at teenagers as is conducted for middle school. * Day of Migratory Species: we supported environmental teachers to organize lessons and lectures about migration and migratory species. Additionally, we provided educational materials and uniform _s._ Oriented mostly at teenagers. **“Educational materials” – To develop and share educational and awareness materials and methods for improving awareness of saiga conservation in new target areas in the Aral Sea region.** We coordinated the development and sharing of educational materials, specifically in Uzbekistan for public outreach events. All educational materials were uploaded to the Saiga Resource Centre in English and Uzbek - as well as being distributed to steppe clubs and during events in the Aral Sea region. We distributed the new materials to SWC clubs across the range states, materials were distributed among 10 steppe clubs digitally and in printed form, as well as at village awareness events in the Aral Sea region-approximately 400 people. **Awards programmes "Young Conservation Leaders” “Small grants programme” “Excellence in anti-poaching** These activities were on hold this year due to the situation in Russia/Ukraine and the UK government’s position on trading with Russia. This made it impossible to award grants to conservationists working in Russia. SCA decided it was unfair to run this programme when one range state was unable to participate. **“Public awareness” – To raise public awareness more broadly through the production and distribution of educational and information materials.** Saiga News: We continued to publish _Saiga News_ , a unique bi-annual publication in 6 languages, distributed online and in hard copy, which acts as a vital communication medium for stakeholders from the international to village level. In 2022 we published issue #27 in Uzbek, Chinese and Mongolian and issue #28 has been drafted and will be published in 2023. Social media: Facebook, website, Instagram and Twitter. As planned we posted regular updates, as well as some short ‘from the field’ posts with captions to show our audience what’s happening on our projects first hand. Public lectures: We participated in public lectures on saiga conservation and biodiversity of Resurrection Island and Aral Sea region as part of the eco-forum at the electronic music, art and science festival “STIHIA” in May 2022. In June 2022, SCA Chair, E.J. Milner-Gulland gave the keynote address at DICE Lectures at University of Kent, Canterbury and the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture at Royal Geographical Society, London, and featured our work for saiga conservation. Also in October 2022 we organized a public lecture in Kyrk Kyz village jointly with our industrial partner “UzKorGaz Chemical''. **“Saiga Resource Centre". To use the Saiga Resource Centre to engage better with governments in saiga range and consumer states and with international organizations (CMS and CITES), as well as with saiga conservationists.** We continued adding new material to SRC including articles to Saiga News, educational and conservation materials and uploaded a catalog of saiga photos taken by wildlife photographers. The animation, ‘Pride’, previously mentioned, created by Mongolian partners was also uploaded. This also helps fulfil our commitment under the CMS MoU. **"Anti-poaching". Enhancing the anti-poaching capacity of Protected Areas in the saiga's range.** SCA purchased equipment for Uzbekistan’s Saigachy Reserve rangers (10 person tents, camp beds and potbelly stove). The purchase of equipment is aimed at improving the efficiency of the sanctuary's work in monitoring saiga and other fauna living on its territory, as well as environmental education with the local population. In the Stepnoi Reserve in Russia, thanks to the help from the SCA, more security patrols were carried out, landscaping work was carried out and necessary repairs to equipment were carried out. **“Resurrection Island Project” To promote protection of biodiversity in Resurrection Island (Vozrozhdenie) and saiga population restoration.** _i) Socio-economic research to study local communities in the area (needs assessment, role in ecology of the region, saiga awareness etc.) – data collection, data analysis, producing report:_ Analysis of the data collected during the social surveys in early 2022, was completed. And a report published. In addition, the Research Assistant has completed a scientific manuscript reporting some of the outcomes of the social surveys in relation to people’s use of natural resources. The market analysis report was completed by project partners. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development and The Pearl Group, Uzbekistan, and has been reviewed and translated into English by UoK. _ii) Engagement with local communities (e.g. through school events setting up two new SWC and running Saiga Day events, holding public information meetings about our proposed programme and saigas in general), and officials to build our relationships and plan for future engagement:_ Saiga day events ran in 4 schools of Muynak and Kungurat districts. To provide technical support on No Net Loss biodiversity measures, the University of Kent delivered multiple sessions on biodiversity impact evaluation and mitigation (including sessions on biodiversity action planning, and meeting biodiversity safeguards enforced by lenders including the Asian Development Bank) to a community or practice in Uzbekistan. The community of practice included representatives from project partners (Institute of Zoology of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, GosComEcology, The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development) as well as representatives of other important stakeholders (e.g.SWS, the Institute for Ecological Expertise, Kungrad Soda plant, Jizzakh Petroleum). _iii) Ecological assessment to monitor the region's biodiversity (incl. camera trapping) - the results will be compared to the monitoring data from 2021 and used to develop conservation strategy for the RI region:_ Further ecological expeditions were completed (Institute of Zoology of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, GosComEcology) to the Aral region and Resurrection Island in February 2022 and May/June 2022. These were performed to (a) carry out presence observations of animal and plant species, (b) record any potential disturbance to habitats and wildlife caused by economic development activities, in comparison to 2021 surveys, (c) collect the camera trap data and replace batteries. A qualitative report on findings has been written, and the data collected are in the process of being analysed by the Institute of Zoology of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences in collaboration with UzKorGaz to inform a cadastre for Karakalpakstan _iv) Designation of a new protected area (national park) Aralkum - work towards developing zoning for the new PA (1 mln hectares):_ Excellent progress has been made in terms of the Aral-Kum protected area, which has already been legally created via Presidential Decree. Project partners Institute of Zoology of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences and Dr Sherimbetov (GosComEcology) have been preparing the zoological and botanical justifications for the precise zoning of the protected area (the next step in the process in Uzbekistan). _v) New pilot livelihood options (ecotourism) with associated trainings for local communities:_ Skills training in the provision of homestays in the Aral region for visiting tourists was identified as a priority for development during the Y1 social surveys and market analyses. This training was consequently provided by partners The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development and The Pearl Group over the summer 2022. _vi) Work with local industry partner (UzKorGas Chemical) in adopting action plans for Biodiversity Net Gain and social gain:_ The project team is in a process of active consultation with key players (project partners UKG and GCE, also new collaborators GosComLes and Jizzakh Petroleum) about the development of a draft management plan for the Aral-Kum protected area. Given both the accelerated process made towards the designation of the protected area, but also the increasingly rapid development of the Aral region by the extractive sector, the project has put in a change request to move some budget from the lead organization to a new budget line for collaboration/data exchange with GCL – this will greatly support efforts to zone and establish an effective management plan for the protected area. |In 2022 we continued working on ongoing|In 2022 we continued working on ongoing|In 2022 we continued working on ongoing| |---|---|---| |projects supported by our Darwin funding, our||| |WfN funding and PTES funding.||| |This work includes:||| |•
Reports on the results of socio-||| |economic and marketing assessments||| |•
Increasing the number of students and||| |young people attending SCA outreach||| |events||| |•
Biodiversity recording and biodiversity||| |conservation strategy planning for RI||| |•
Mapping and zoning||of Aralkum| |national park||| |•
Increase Training provided to and||| |piloting a number of||sustainable| |livelihood options for locals||| |•
Development of action plans for||| |biodiversity net|gain|and social gain| |**“Communications”. To maintain and improve**||| |**our communications, including the SCA**||| |**website, Saiga Resource Centre, social media**||| |**presence and donor newsletters.**||| |SCA continued the development of the Saiga||| |Resource Centre; in particular, along with||| |educational and scientific literature. A large||| |catalogue of photos were uploaded to the SRC.||| |Ongoing development of the SCA website||| |continued, this included updating and regular||| |posting of links, videos and news etc. This||| |reflects our other social|media to create a|| |more dynamic, accessible, website.||| |We worked towards making our outreach via||| |social media such as Twitter,||Facebook, and| |Instagram more regular|and more widespread.|| |We have ongoing features such as||| |#CameraTrapTuesday where||we post a shot| |from a camera trap every week. Also, we||| |provide news from field|projects, research, and|| |patrolling, as well as news about the Steppe||| |Wildlife club activities. We repost any other||| |news about saiga conservation as well.||| |On Twitter in 2022 we grew our followers by||| |102, and now have 1053 followers. We posted||| |140 times and our most|popular posts were|| |thisandthis.||| |On Facebook we gained|167|new page| |followers and now we have 3871 page||| followers and we made 130 posts. Our most popular posts were this and this. On Instagram we made 120 posts in 2021 and our total number of followers is now 2114 (up by 197). Our most popular post in 2022 was as this one. **Fundraising** We received a grant from USFWS for an umbrella project “Building a collaborative foundation for evidence-based saiga antelope conservation”. The project is scheduled for 5 years and its overall purpose is to bring together actors working on saiga conservation along the whole supply chain, in a sustainable, inclusive network that identifies and addresses evidence gaps in an integrated way. The total amount is $138,002 and it will provide some core support for SCA activities (including Saiga News, SRT, and administrative support). **Staff team** In 2022 we continued employing Sasha Bukvareva (Bulgaria) and Carlyn Samuel (UK) in our global programmes team, with Rustam Olimov (Uzbekistan) and Olya Esipova (Germany). We succeeded in hiring an incountry admin support person in Uzbekistan - Zebo Isakova joined the SCA team, and provides much-needed administrative support to Lena Bykova and Olya on the Resurrection Island programme, as well as helping with core projects like Saiga Day. In November, David Hill was appointed as Projects Administrator and Peter Damerell was appointed to lead the USFWS Project. ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|Total income for 2022 was £123,084 with total
expenditure of £94,084. Cash funds increased
accordingly from £117,213 at the end of 2021
to £146,213 at the end of 2022. None of the
SCA’s expenditure relates to the payment of
personal expenses for Trustees and the SCA
remains fortunate that all trustees are willing
to cover all such costs themselves.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held in order to continue to
pay salaries of SCA core personnel and to be
able to carry out our core programmes for a
period of 6 months| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£30,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 20th August 2009| |How is the charity constituted?
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association,CIO)|Para 1.25|Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Positions advertised, interviewed for and
appointed by existing Trustees.| |||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Saiga Conservation Alliance| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1135851| |Charity’s principal address|The Garden Cottage, Park Corner, Nettlebed, Henley-on-
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||E.J. Milner-Gulland|Chair||| ||Anna Lushchekina||Resigned in September
2023|| ||David Mallon|||| ||Anthony Dancer|Honorary treasurer||| ||Waleri Schmunk||Appointed on 3.10.23|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Anna Lushchekina was trustee until September 2023 but has signed off on this report. Our new trustee, who replaces Anna has also had oversight of this report as he is a trustee at the time this report was submitted **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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1.12.2023|| ||1.12.2023|| **Charity Name No (if any) Saiga Conservation Alliance 113581 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1-Jan-22 31-Dec-22 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||||**Restricted**
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**12,457**
**4,909**
**21,843**
**7,290**
**19,682**
**19,921**
**32,000**
**225**
**4,756**
**123,084**|**Total funds**
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**12,457**
**4,909**
**21,843**
**7,290**
**19,682**
**19,921**
**32,000**
**225**
**4,756**
**123,084**|**Last year**
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Saiga dayand DMS|
**£7,381**||||||||**-**| |International - Fundraising, Marketing and Growth -
Admin capacity (staff)|
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Communications|
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Saiga News|**£4,438**||||||||**-**| |International - Networking and capacity-building -
Saiga Resource Centre|**£300**||||||||**-**| |International - Networking and capacity-building -
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poaching|**£6,216**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Community education and outreach -
Saiga education(incl Saiga Day)|**£5,299**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Community education and outreach -
Steppe Wildlife Clubs|**£2,002**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Saigachyreserve antipoaching|**£9,651**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie|**£14,489**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie Darwin|**£7,682**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie Ptes|**£1,287**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie WFN|**£2,969**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie DARWIN|**£201**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie WFN|**£246**||||||||**-**| |Foreignpayment charge|**£59**||||||||| |Payment error|**£8**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ 94,084**
**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**_Sub total_ 94,084**
**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**_Sub total_ 94,084**
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approval| |||Anthony Dancer|27-Nov-23| Independent examinerfs report on the accounts li Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Saiga Conservation Alliance On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 Charity no (if any) 1135851 Set out on pages Three and four Respective The chanty's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the responsibilities of accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required trustees and examiner for this year under seclion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an indeperKlent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charrty Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether partiwlar matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions examinerfs ststement given by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charrty and a comparison of the accounts presented Trhryth those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees Gon￿Ming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequenuy no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a Irue and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In Gonnecaion with my examination, no matter has come to my examinerfs attents.on statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in. any material respect. the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charrties A¢ and to prepare accounts whith accord with the accounting records and comply with the aw)unting requirements of th8 Charities Act have not been met" or 2. to which, in my opinion, attents'on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the thyds in the br8ckets rfthey do not apply. Signed". Name". Neil Handley IER November 2023 Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Retired Senior Manager- Uoyds TSB. Fonnerly an Associate of the Chartered Instrtute of Bankers Address: 6 Caesar Close Baston Petertjorough, PE6 9PN Section B Disclosure Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to discloso. NIA IER November 2023 **Charity Name No (if any) Saiga Conservation Alliance 113581 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1-Jan-22 31-Dec-22 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,457**
**4,909**
**21,843**
**7,290**
**19,682**
**19,921**
**32,000**
**225**
**4,756**
**123,084**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,457**
**4,909**
**21,843**
**7,290**
**19,682**
**19,921**
**32,000**
**225**
**4,756**
**123,084**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |International - Community education and outreach -
Saiga dayand DMS|
**£7,381**||||||||**-**| |International - Fundraising, Marketing and Growth -
Admin capacity (staff)|
**£29,052**||||||||**-**| |International - Fundraising, Marketing and Growth -
Communications|
**£272**||||||||**-**| |International - Fundraising, Marketing and Growth -
Donor engagement|
**£189**||||||||**-**| |International - Fundraising, Marketing and Growth -
Merchandising|
**£14**||||||||**-**| |International - Networking and capacity-building -
Saiga News|**£4,438**||||||||**-**| |International - Networking and capacity-building -
Saiga Resource Centre|**£300**||||||||**-**| |International - Networking and capacity-building -
Smallgrants scheme|**£2,330**||||||||| |International - Research and conservation - Anti-
poaching|**£6,216**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Community education and outreach -
Saiga education(incl Saiga Day)|**£5,299**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Community education and outreach -
Steppe Wildlife Clubs|**£2,002**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Saigachyreserve antipoaching|**£9,651**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie|**£14,489**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie Darwin|**£7,682**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie Ptes|**£1,287**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie WFN|**£2,969**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie DARWIN|**£201**||||||||**-**| |Uzbekistan - Research and conservation -
Vozrozhdenie WFN|**£246**||||||||**-**| |Foreignpayment charge|**£59**||||||||| |Payment error|**£8**||||||||**-**| **IER** **November 2023** **3** |**_Sub total_ 94,084**
**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**_Sub total_ 94,084**
**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**_Sub total_ 94,084**
**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**29,000**||||||**29,000**||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**||**-**| ||**117,213**||||||**117,213**||**-**| ||**146,213**||||||**146,213**||**-**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Current account
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**146,213**
**-**
**146,213**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
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Anthony Dancer|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||Date of
approval| |||Anthony Dancer|27-Nov-23| **IER** **November 2023** **4**