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Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts: 2 Apr 2022 – 1 Apr 2023

19 October 2023

In the reporting period 2 April 2022 to end of the financial year closing 1 April 2023, the accounts for International Wildlife Bond (IWB) are given in full at Appendix I to this Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts. For the given reporting period, IWB’s financials can be summarised as:

Income: £0 Outgoings: £118

The cash total in donations on retention at IWB’s Metro Bank account is £57.79 (rounded to £58).

IWB continues to maintain a donations page via Giving Me (www.Giving.Me).

The annual, ongoing overheads/costs to maintain IWB remain minimal (WordPress renewals and licencing images etc.).

IWB continues to be A ‘Foundation’ Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The Governing Document is correctly identified as Version 1.3, dated 13 October 2015 and IWB’s objectives remain unchanged.

IWB’s Trustees remain unchanged since IWB’s formation in August 2015.

IWB’s ambition to create an on-line platform to bring funds and conservation initiatives together has failed to progress due to the lack of adequate funding.

IWB’s initial funding was raised via an interest free loan with no overriding penalties, or due dates from Gillian Jane Wiggins of £2,000 (two thousand pounds). Repayment of this loan remains due when “ IWB has been established and successfully sourced alternative funding. ”

In terms of achievements in the period, IWB has continued to progress in two main areas:

• campaigning on key issues to relevant government bodies - IWB Governing Objective 2.2.3; and

• supporting organisations that share a mutual objective - IWB Governing Objective 2.2.5

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In terms of specific areas of concern, action and results:

1. Henry Smith MP’s “ Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill ” passed all stages in United Kingdom (UK) Houses of Parliament by the start of 2023. IWB continues to support the campaign for this bill to pass through the House of Lords [where the bill became subject to being stalled September 2023 by Lords opposed to the bill as presented].

2. IWB has continued to work with a consortium of non-government organisations (NGOs) throughout 2022/23 campaigning against trophy hunting, under the umbrella of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting.

3. IWB submitted to the South African Government’s Consultation on Conservation and Sustainable Use – South Africa, this included the issue of captive lions. However, the formal enactment of the proposed shut down of South Africa’s captive big cat industry is awaited [which is still the case today].

4. Scottish Wildcat - the Scottish government and Swedish government owned energy company, Vattenfall are seemingly hell bent (in the name of logging and industrial windfarm revenues) on destroying one of the few remaining bastions (Scottish government own the Clashindarroch forest) of the Scottish Wildcat, a rare and endangered species. [The Scottish Ministers granted permission on 26 June 2023 for the windfarm development of the Clashindarroch forest site, but this decision has been appealed (9 October 2023) to the Court of Session].

5. IWB continues to support Wild Justice campaigns in the UK – the destructive nature of driven grouse shooting, to persecution of bird species, badger culling etc.

6. IWB continues to campaign and highlight the exploitation of wildlife:

7. a. The exploitation of African lions and other big cat species (such as tigers) within the abhorrent captive lion breeding and ‘canned’ hunting industry in South Africa and elsewhere;

8. b. The Illegal wildlife trade and the ‘legal’ mechanisms that open avenues for laundering illicit and fraudulent exploitation;

9. c. The ivory and rhino horn trade;

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• d. Attempts by Japan (Norway and Iceland) to try to legitimise their activities and reinstate open, commercial whaling (against a backdrop of increasing pressures upon whale populations from ocean borne pollution and climate change);

• e. The exploitation and slaughter of cetaceans in Japan and the Faroe Islands;

• f. The exploitation of cetaceans for human ‘entertainment’;

• g. Hunting industry disinformation campaigns.

• Regular IWB News (and sister platform InternationalWildlifeBond1) offering substantiated and relevant articles, currently at 327 published ‘News’ and ‘Studies’ posts to date on www.iwbond.org.

• Viewings to date of IWB’s output are given below (last year’s figures given in parenthesis{}) – Note: this does not include sharing of IWB articles via other platforms:

• a. www.iwbond.org – 68,427 {69,633} views;

• b. InternationalWildlifebond1.wordpress.com – 16,007 {15,570} views

• Followers signed up to receive IWB news updates (last year’s figures in parenthesis) - on the main IWB website, www.iwbond.org, we have 95 {91} subscribers. On the InternationalWildlifeBond1 blog page, 81 {81} subscribers (none of them appear to be repeat subscribers – so a total of 176 {172} regular subscribers).

• IWB's facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/iwbnd/) has some 429 {295} followers.

We continue to keep campaigning and supporting others with similar missions - trying to raise awareness for animal and wildlife issues.....and hope it makes a difference to protect the planet’s wildlife.

Stephen A Wiggins Founder, International Wildlife Bond

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Appendix I - IWB Accounts

IWB Accounts: 2 Apr 2022 – 1 Apr 2023

IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23	IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23	IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23	IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23	IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23	IWB Accounts, 2 Apr 22 - 1 Apr 23
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	Date	Debit	VAT	Credit - (Debit) Metro Bank	Cumulative Total Metro Bank	Notes
	10/07/22	£33.00				WordPress - Jetpack Personal(recurring)subscription
	18/07/23	£85.00				WordPress Premium - InternationalWildlifeBond1 website
		£118.00			£57.79

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Appendix 2 – Receipts and Payments Accounts (CC16a) Form

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