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A	A	From		Period start date 06 April				Period start date	2020	To	Period end date 05 April			2021
Section A Reference and administration details		Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details					Section A Reference and administration details
			Charity name			Charity name	Charity name			Conservation Research Africa
	Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)					Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)1170640 ~~———~~
	Charity's principal address					Charity's principal address C/O UWE, Coldharbour Lane, Frenchay, Bristol Postcode BS16 1QY ~~————~~
	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name		Office (if any)					Dates acted if not for whole **year **					Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1 Dr Richard Yarnell	1 Dr Richard Yarnell
2 Dr Martin Jones	2 Dr Martin Jones
3	Dr Thomas Maddox
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	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year ~~————————~~

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are Appointed when necessary (e.g. when a trustee steps down Trustee selection methods or 3 years is met) by agreement at the AGM (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance environmental protection and improvement in particular by promoting the conservation and sustainable management of flora and fauna for the benefit of the public in Africa through: a) Applied research and management (in the fields of conservation biology; natural resources management; sustainable waste use; ecosystem services provision; behavioural ecology; ecology; climate smart agriculture; sustainable livelihoods; human wildlife conflict resolution) to inform and promote sustainable development (sustainable development means “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”).

b) Community education and by raising awareness to: reduce poverty; promote sustainable land management and development; reduce human wildlife conflict; reduce environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. c) Capacity building for African communities and stakeholders (through workshops, training, scholarships, and networking) in the fields of: conservation research; wildlife and natural resources management; climate change mitigation, conservation farming; climate smart agriculture and human wildlife conflict mitigation. Beneficiaries: From Local communities (farmers, teachers, school children) to Government officials (from the Departments of the Environment, Wildlife Management, Forestry and Fisheries) in Africa. In planning the activities for the year we have kept in mind the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit at our meetings and strategic planning discussions. The main activities are:

1. Applied research to inform conservation management of wildlife and the environment and human wildlife conflict resolution to inform and promote sustainable development and provide important data and resources for wildlife and environmental custodians in Malawi

2. Education and outreach activities around Lilongwe and Kasungu National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve to increase understanding of wildlife and environment and conservation and reduce human wildlife conflict

Summary of the main reduce human wildlife conflict activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within 3. Capacity building programmes with the Department of National this section the statutory Parks and Wildlife and Lilongwe City Council to build skills in declaration that trustees have research and wildlife management had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity These activities benefit the following people: Commission on public 1. Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) and Lilongwe benefit) City Council by data and reports which allow them to manage national parks and wildlife in an effective way through provision of data on animals numbers, densities, threats to wildlife, ecology of wildlife, biodiversity data and hotspot maps, enforcement plans for wildlife and biodiversity in the city

1. Local communities including women and children, who are experiencing conflict due to hyaena attacking them, eating livestock and bats occupying their homes, schools and clinics through provision of mitigation activities to provide solutions to conflict, reduce conflict or mitigate it (e.g, removal of bats from clinics, education about how to react around hyaena to reduce attacks, or mitigation to reduce livestock attacks)

2. DNPW and Lilongwe City Council through increased skills and capacity in wildlife conservation and management and reporting

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to the CBD through training in mapping, GIS, wildlife research and census techniques

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The majority of our work is funded by Volunteer donations of time and money and also small grants. This year didn’t have many volunteers or donation due to covid, so we received a number of small grants The majority of our staff are also volunteering their time. During this time we have had around 6 volunteers working on our programmes in Malawi.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

CRA have conducted the following two research programmes:

1. African Bat Conservation Programme 1.1 Lilongwe bat box project :

62 bat boxes in Lilongwe have been monitored each month for bat presence to promote and monitor bats in the urban environment

1.2 Bats and Biodiversity Research Project : CRA have conducted 29 bat trapping surveys, covering 143 mist net metre hours. We have captured 179 bats, of bat species.

Lilongwe 17 trapping surveys completed 23 mist net meter hours 38 bats caught

Kuti

18 trapping surveys completed sites surveyed 88 mist net meter hours 97 bats caught Mean of 4 species caught per month

Kasungu National Park 2 trapping surveys completed 2 sites surveyed 23 mist net meter hours 23 bats caught

6 species caught

1.3 Bat Roost Surveys :

Lilongwe

49 emergence surveys completed at bat roosts

29 internal bat roost surveys completed

29 roost sites surveyed

43 new roosts have been identified

Kuti Wildlife Reserve

23 new roosts discovered in Kuti

64 roost emergence surveys completed covering 30 roost sites

35 internal roost surveyed completed

760 bats counted out in emergence surveys and 822 recorded during internal surveys

2.0 Carnivore Research Malawi Programme

2.1 Kasungu National Park Carnivore Research Project:

5 nights capture attempts for leopard outside the park attacking people and killing livestock (2020).

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

2 village meetings with chiefs providing education and capacity building for living in safely with large carnivores (2020). 1x camera trap training workshop with DNPW staff (2021) 4x call-in nights (2021) 300 camera trap nights opportunistically looking for presence of lion. 4 pictures of a male lion captured over 4-month period confirming presence of lion for first time since 2018 (2021-2022).

• 13 carnivore scats analyzed (2021)

• 2.2 Liwonde National Park Carnivore Research Project 11x scats analyzed (2021)

• 2.3 Nyika National Park Carnivore Research Project 12x scats analyzed (2021)

2.4 Urban Carnivore Research Project Lilongwe:

• 9 spotted hyaena den sites monitored each month (2020) 7 dens (2021)

2,340(2020), 4,448 (2021) camera trapping survey nights completed

• 17 scat collected, 12 scat analysed

• 5 meetings with villages and chiefs in peri-urban areas of Lilongwe to provide education and capacity building for living safely with large carnivores.

• 20 HWC targeted interviews conducted

  • 1 Spotted Hyena De-snared (2021)

  • 6 spotted hyena satellite collared (2021)

  • 8 spotted hyaena blood, hair, fecal samples taken (2021)

• 2.5 Kuti Wildlife Reserve Carnivore Research Project: 120 (2020), 60 (2021) camera trapping survey nights completed

  • 16 zebra and 15 waterbuck translocated to Kasungu NP to bolster prey populations

  • 50 driven large mammal transects competed for total animal counts (small reserve allows for total counts)

  • 10 walked transect surveys completed for total animal counts (small reserve allows for total counts)

  • 2 community meetings

Undergraduate Student Projects

• 2 BSc Student interns from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and National Resources

• 1 BSc student thesis project for degree at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and National Resources

• 2 UWE BSc student Interns (2022)

• Peer reviewed publications : 2 KNP density papers

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS The following outreach events have been conducted in Malawi:

• 2x Outreach stalls were held with education materials about bats

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

  - conservations at the 2 farmers markets in Lilongwe city (COVID prevented normal schedule)

• Delivered 2 talks at 1 schools,

• Over 50 wildlife conflict and conservation leaflets distributed,

• 18 bat roosts saved and conflict issues resolved.

• Regular Outreach, Education and Speaking on the Importance of Urban Wildlife Including Spotted Hyena at Lilongwe Presidential Statehouse with Commanding Officers of Malawi Police Force

• Talk with WESM for 25 attendees about importance of urban hyaenas in Lilongwe

• CAPACITY BUILDING FOR AFRICAN STAKEHOLDERS :

• CRA have trained three Malawian Bat Research Assistants in bat research techniques

• We conducted 4x training at the Lilongwe University of Natural Resources for 20 students and 3 professors22.

• CRA Hosted the AWRN African Bat Welfare Conference online funded by AWRN in.

• MoU signed with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and National Resources for research collaborations (2021)

• MoU re-signed for 5 years with DNPW (2021)

• MoU and research camp built at Kuti Wildlife Reserve (2020)

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Section E Financial review ~~ee~~

Cash at bank in unrestricted funds £19,860.98

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Principle funds are derived from volunteer donations and income from You may choose to include running expeditions for school, university and citizen science groups. additional information, where Restricted and unrestricted grants. relevant about:

All expenditure has been towards delivery of the charities objectives based in Malawi for research, outreach and capacity building.

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

~~Se~~ Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration ~~a~~

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Dr Martin Jones Full name(s) Dr Emma Stone ~~ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CEO/ Founder Trustee etc) ~~po~~ Date 01/03/2021 ~~|~~

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Charity Name No (if any) Conservation Research Africa ~~a~~ Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 05/04/2020 06/04/2021 ~~ee ee ee~~

Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~	Section A Receipts and payments ~~Ps~~
			Unrestricted funds			Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds
			to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Volunteer Donations cash				138		-		-		138
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Grant Income			13151.4			13,204		-		26,355
Bank interest				10				-		10
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)		(Gross income for AR)	13,299			13,204		-		26,503
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - Sub total - ~~ee~~						- - -		- - -		- - -
A3 Payments	Total receipts 13,299 13,204 - ~~CO) Co) ee) Ld~~									26,503 ~~Ld~~
201-Advertising, PR										47
202-Bank Charges										670
203-Capacity building										35
206-Equipment / Supplies Camp										691
207-Equipment Camp Maintenance/Repair										104
208-Equipment Research										547
209-Equipment Research Maintenance/Repair										285
210-Equipment Computing										530
212-Fuel										1805
213-Internet										592
214-Meeting Costs - Community Outreach										46
215-Meeting Costs - Funders/Clients/Partners										56
216-Professional Fees										781
217-Staff Salaries										6825
218-Staff Accommodation										297
219-Staff visa fees										82
220-Stationary/printing Research										5
221-Stationary/printing Outreach										118
222-Travel - Staff National (Non project vehicle)										48
223-Travel - Staff International										1715
224-Telephone										28
225-Uniforms Staff (T-Shirts/Shoes etc)										38
226-Vehicle repair										3822
227-Vehicle running costs										1168
229-Vol food										1270
230-Vol phone										7
231-Vol travel										178
232-Veterinary Expenses										39
236-Misc										10527
237-Office Stationery										56
238-Office Rent										80
239-Office Utilities										10
241-Office Maintenace										17
242-Office Equipment										36
243-Office Security										3
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A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
table)
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**Sub total **	-		-			-
Total payments	-		-			-		32,557
Net of receipts/(payments)						-		- 6,054
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-
A6 Cash funds last year end			-		-			26,598
Cash funds this year end	-		-			-		19,861

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted		Restricted
Categories	Details		funds		funds
			to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Cash in bank		19,860		-
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	Total cash funds	Total cash funds	19,860
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))		Agreement Error		OK
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	Details		to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - Field research equipment ~~—==~~
B3 Investment assets	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Details ~~—=—~~
	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s	Nissan Pick Up				-
own use	Landcriuser Troopy				-
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B5 Liabilities	liability relates (optional) - - - - - Details ~~==>~~
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the Signature		Print Name	Print Name

Martin Jones

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of	Charity Name Conservation Research Africa
On accounts for the year	05/04/2019		Charity no	1170640
ended			(if any)
Set out on pages	1-2
		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 04/05/2019

Responsibilties and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

• Independent

• examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Date: 06/4/2021 Name: Mrs Donna Kenny Relevant professional N/A qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 21 Barberry Farm Road, Yatton, BS49 4QY

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

N/A

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