Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Safina Lion Conservation Fund Other names charity is kn(wffl by Safina Lion Conservats'on Registered charity number (if any) 1172709 Charitys principal address 19 Alexander Road Stotfold Nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire Postcode SG5 4NA Nan*s of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted rf notfor whole Tru8kn0 name Office (Sf any) Name of person (or body) entitled oiit trustee rfan The trustees the mselves James Welch Chair Reapwinted for a third term stsrtirKJ 2410412024 Matthew Lloyd Susan Welch Sophie Co Peter Johnson Trustee The trustees themselves The trustees themselves The trustees themselves The trustees themselves Trustee Trustee Trustee 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 Names of the trustees for the charity. if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for wh ole ar TAR March 2012
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforThAtion) e of adviser Nam8 Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional inf0MtiOn) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charitys trusts Constitution Type of governi ng document How the charity is constituted Charitable I nCOrrated Organisation - FourKlation Trustee Section methods Trustees are appointed by existing trustees for a term of three years where they may then appointed for further three-year terms. Additional governance issues (Optional infornBtion) There must be no less than three trustees and no more than twElve at any one b"me. You choose to include additional informatio n, where relevant, abouL' As a small charrty tfrE trustees share all aspects of the reswnsibility of running the charity LKJt have elected a chairperson to lead the organisation. All financial and secretarial duties are shared by the tK)ard of trustees and all matters are discussed and passed at meetiros or through e¢troniC communication. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any Mfjder network wth which the charity Trustees have written the following p)licies and procedures which are used in line with Charity Comrnission Guidance to help the trustees run the charity. These include Risk Management and Conflict of Interest produreS and a Donation Policy. Abng with the Financial Control Procedure these vEre all revieed and updated this financial year and ere all signed off by trustees at a ffeeting in January 2025. A new Education Policy was also signed off by trustees in AFxiI 2024. relationship V4ith any related parties., trustses, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage tkEm. TAR March 2012
Section C Ob"ectives and activities The charitable objects of the Safina Lion CorLservation Fund are: To promote for the tEnefit of the public the conservation and protection of liorE by: a) Supporting conservation projects in such Nrays that are charitable Summary ofthe objects of the charity set out In its goveming document b) Conserving and wotecting natural haEJ'tats of lions c) Supporting and publishing research into the conservation and husbandry of lions 2) To advance the educatio n of the public in lion and wildlife conservation by such means as the trustees decide including through the support and publishing of research. Safina Lion Conservation Fund has been active in ensuring that all of its actions carried out in its first year have had a public benefit. All aspects of our conservation VJDrk have tEen planrEd to Work alongside our mission to work th others to protect and mo nitor lio n populations in the wild. The African lion is now classed by the IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. with lions in vEst Africa now listed as critically erKlangered. It is in the best interest of the public to ensure that this species does not t£conE exb'nct where it occurs naturally as in the wild as they are a vital piece of the eco-system in which they live. We Drk toKgrds our charitable objective to womote the conservation and proteGtion of lions by supporting conservation organisations Morking to protect lions i n their natural habitat. We supwrt organisations whose objects'ves and actions mirror our ovm and is rk that we could support under our own Charitab objects. Within this financial year supported all four of our conservation partners financially which are Lion Guardians, KopeLion, the Mara Predator Conservalion Programme and Lion LarKlscapes. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects linclude within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued bythe Charity Commission on public benefit) Our charitable obpctive to advance the education of the public in lion and wildlife conservation has been urKlertaken by continuirKJ to mai ntain and update our ebsite with educational information on lion behaviour and conservation. This ain% to be a resource that can used by the general public abJut the threats lions face in the wild and their behaviour. Trustees have also created a Lion Keepers Resource Group together with conservatioTrbased charity Apex Extreme on our website vthich is a free resource for lion keepers to share husbandry research with others which has had n1) resources added this year. Trustees also wDrked with zoos this year on educational and fundraising events for World Lion Day and are assisting with educational interpretation for a new lion enck)sure of a third zoo. The trustees confirni that they have referred to the gu Idance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on pu blic benefit when planning the work of the charity and in all decisions made b the trustees. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional infomtiOn1 TAR March 2012
The Safina Lion Conservation Fund is run entirely by volunteers and no expenses of any description are paid to trustees or conservation advisers, all of whorn act and ff)rk on a voluntary basis. Trustees of the Safina Lion Conseplation Fund have established and agreed on a donation wlicy where any organisation that receives a financial donation from the charity must fit a certain criterion, and the donation must go tovrards an action that fits at least one of our charitable objects. The work carried out must te rk that we could cary out M'a those objects. This donation policy vrds reVieEd and updated during this financial year. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, atout.. policy on grantmaking. policy programme related investment" As VEII as our trustees also have a small group of conservation advisers. All of which are people expErienced in conservation, and ask their opinion of any organisation the trustees may be considerirYJ donating to. Although these advisers do rnt make any decisions, their advice and feedback are an important resource that trustees can use while making decisions on conservation donations. Folk)wing the success of this group trustees oversaw trE devek)pment of an educational advisory committee as part of our new education policy, consisting of three zoo and universty-based educators who all have experience vJith an array of different age groups. This will help us hugety in the planning of our education VK)rk and events going forward. contribLrtion made by volunteers. The financing and printing of activities such as informatio n leaflets a rKI ebsite fees was done personally by trustees and not used by money frorn the charity account. This allo public raised funds to go straight to our conservation and education WOTk. Section D Achievements and Performance Summary of the main achievements of the charty during the year 2024 has been an exciting year but a Iso a reflective one after the new6 from our friends at Linton Zoo of the sad passing of our namesake Safina on 31 st March aged 18 years. We VtrEre determined to make this a year to rernemr for entY of positive reasons. Even though Safina is no longer with us. her legacy is still young. This is the start of the next phase of our charity as wa continue to build on the conservation legacy for Safina arKI her family that we started nearly eight years ago. She will always remain our naESake, and we are proud to carry her name into the future. Safina lived at Linton for her entire lrfe havi ng been the first lion bDrn at the zoo for close to two decades to first time parents Riziki and Karla. who had both arrived at Linton in 2003 from Woburn Safari Park. She V¥es hand-reared by Zoo Director Kim Simmons who looked after her for her enttre life. She VRS joined by her long-term companion Zuri in 2006 and together they reared litters of cubs together over the years. Our chaitman JanEs has kept in regular communication 1th the zoo over the years, having volunteered as a teenager and worked there in his early career and continuing to visit to see and srEnd time with Safina, his last visit only a couple of eekS prior to her death. She was active and appeared well. content and as friendly as ever. We VbDuld like to pass on our condolences and sincere thanks to Kim Simmons and her team at Linton Zoo for the uwlates over this recent time and all of their involvement and enthusiasm towards our charity. passing of Safina retxesents the end of an era, one that certainly vn't forget. This year also updated our logo to mark the 7-year anniversary since V kcame a registered charity. Just like o ur origi nal logo, the two lions iCtud are our nanEsake Safina and her com nion Zuri. The lo oas TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and Performance desigrEd by bng-term friend of the charity and now education advisor Beth Peacock and several different variations have been made, see below. , SAFINA,-: This year we were able to continue our basic obiectives to spjnsor a lion guardian for another year, but further fundraising enabled us to support all four of our conservation partners. This included camera traps for Lion LarKJscapes, the swnsorship of a lion collar for KopeLion and a brand- new livestock boma for the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. These are all discussed in more detail below. 2024 has seen OLT SUPPOrt from zoos rise to its highest level yet with a much larger FrCentage this year coming from our zoo supporters with a total of £4,114.20 coming directy from three different zoo partners. Including a donation of £1664.20 from the Cotswold Wildlife Park, our largest donation from a zoo supwrter yet. discussed in more detail befv)w. Overall direct zoo support was 720k of our annual income compared to 400A last year. We continued our .1 Ichokuti Cha Ilenge. a 12.5km sp)nsored vrdlk challenge fjth several keers, zoo staff and family members ta.ng part. Educational Work & Su ort From Zoos Trustees continued to vK)rk on the educationa I pages of the website to keep them as up to date and inforrnative as FM)ssible and accessible to everyone. The Lion Keepers Resour Group has sb'll en used by keepers and the resources have now been added to, increasing the number avai lable to 25 different pieces of material to ÈE of interest to zookeepers in their V4Drk. Trustees IK)pe to grow this further in 2025 arKI potentia Ily lead to OrkshopS based on conservation and husbandry sharing. Our chairnn James abo presented a lecture on lion conservation to students at Reaseheath University Centre, w2 Uld like to thank the lecturers there for setting up this link. In November trustees James and Pete also gave a Korkshop to Reaseheath University students on settirYJ up and running a charity and a particular focus on our conserrfation wopcts and how scrutinise the m. Trustees were also approached by the team at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm who after the disruption of the Covid-19 Pandemic were keen to restart their relationship with us. They are currently in the early stages of rebuilding their lion encbsure and want to base ttr1r i nterpretation around our conservation rk. We have been engaged with the team and look forward to seeing the finished result in the coming months. Support From Zoos & Worfd Lion Day Events World Lion Day celebrations in 2024 Ere a great success and zoos organised SFRcial events to raise rmoney for our conservation projects. Firstly, cOtsId Wildlife Park hosted a w2ekend event with a f undraising stall and following support from park management a total of £1,664.20 was donated to us at the end of August. This is our largest single donation from one of our zoo supporters and we are incredibly grateful to March 2012 TAR
Section D Achievements and Performance support and enthusiasm shown to our charity from the park ITA nagement. Our wonderful friends at Folly Farm Zoo organised their own Lion Day event and invited us along to take part in a day of fundraising as 11 as a pre-tK)oked talk by our chairman who spoke in more detail aboLrt our rk. Huge thanks go to conservation officer Jack for his hard worK dedication and humour throughoul the day! £450 was raised which ds more than the total from the year before. Thank you also to our bran new team of education acfvisors for their help this year in creating education resources and assisting in fundraising events. It has certainly had an impact on the quality of our content and educats.onal reach this year. We also received a donation of £500 from Folly Farm at the end of the year from the profits of their adoption sas, of lch 100/0 is split beten their conservation partners. This makes a lotal of £950 from Folly Farm throughout the year. KnoM6ley Safari also sent us £500 as part of a 3-year agreement signed last year to support our conservation projects, thank you very much to the team there for their conti nued support. After reinstating our relationship with the team at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm vEre delighted to receive £1000 from them at Christmas to go towdrds our Better Bomas Project. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the team there over the coming years. onsorshi & Fund-Raisin Events Online fundraising sites such as Just Givi ng have once again proved useful to charity fundraising with a total of £1,330.51 raised through the plafform. First of all, we would I'ke to recognise Harriet Campion, a student of Nottingham Trent University who took part in the City of Lincoln 1 Ok on 14th April and decided to raise SFKJnsorship funds for our charity. All together she raised a very impressive £450 for our conservation proFcts. Our Ilchokuti Challenge also proved popular this year Kfjth the 12.5km sponsored v¢alk challenge being undertaken by two groups from the COtsId Wildlife Park raising a total of £350. We would also like to add a special thank you to Cokhester Zoo keeper Mark Winger and his mother Carol tho took part in their own Ilchokuti Challenge on the 17th November. Despite Carol struggling with an old injury, both completed their 12.5km challenge and raised £355.60 for our boma proiECt. Mark )rked at Linton Zoo with Safina during her last year and are very grateful for ttrus slK)w of passion to do something in her memory. We VK)uld also like to ffEntion 9-year-old Maya, probably one of our youngest supporters to datel Maya raised £90 for us while undertaking her charities badge at BrOnS by completi ng a series of different tasks arKI challenges to raise sponsorship. Maya is local to Linton Zoo and our lorvJ-term friend Zoo Director IQ'M Simmons agreed to meet Maya and Gollect a letter from her for us, presenting her qth some lion goodies as a thank you. It is this level of cooperab'on and encouragement that we are so prol to tE involved with. Conservation Strate & Su ort Our conservation strategy previousty Itten in 2018 and the strategy review Written in 2021 have tEen successfull f ulfilled wtthi n the ti me limit March 2012 TAR
Section D Achievements and Performance that envisioned, and trustees have now finished writing a new conservation strategy that will cover 2024-2027. New Conservation Strategy This new strategy assesses the stste of lions in the fj1d, evaluating our previous efforts and a plan for our conservation i mpact over the next three years. This new strategy also sees our three previous focus areas changing into tvK> conservation goals and two education goals. This has been launched on Workl Lion Day 2024 (10th August) exactly three years after our previous conseprfakn'on strategy review. Our new goals are: 1. To support bcal communities at ho mestead level to promote coexistence with the local lion population. 2. To assist efforts to nM)nitor and protect lions at a 4Nider population level to support a healthy lion population. 3. To support access to conservation education projects for kjcal comrnunities, particularly for children, to promote the importance of coexistence Vth Vlildlife and the imrx)rtance of lions 1th1n their ecosystem. 4. To work with zoological institLrtions and to assist tFEm with educational efforts for their visitors, arKI to support them in increasing their in-situ conservation impaGL These two new interfinking conservation goals allow us to conts'nue supporting our four existing conservation partners promtlng coexistence in all that we do and expanding our remit to other relevant and important efforts. Both of our tVbD new conservation goals require coexistence and tolerance from local comrnunities to link areas togetFEr to promote genetic health of lion populations and promote the IErEfits to local Feople of having OnS I'ving rEarby. These goals will by several smaller objectives, some of these may be used for t)oth goals but they may have very different applications. For examp a lion collar can allow scientists to collecl imFXJrtant data on lion moverronts particularly at dispersal age but it can also allow employees on the ground the ability to track the location of the lions and to stay oactive in keeping livestock monitored within their imnEdiate vicinity. This is a great example of how orE rAece of equipment can have mulliple conservation applications. Showing the flexibility i n these new goa15, we fjll be continuing our Future Kings Project but will now be open and able to sponsoring the collaring of females in areas where they may be a oblem for the community. For the first time we have set out two specrfic educational goals that can also be direclly associated with our conseNation work. Where possible these educational elements will be linked to the field conservation work that we focus on. These t new goab fisted atve alhjw us to promote our educational rk in zoological institutions in the UK and expand this to our corservation partners in situ. The educattona I content has previously March 2012 TAR
Section D Achievements and Performance Ien created and maintained just by trustees. To ensure for effective and accurate assessment as VEII as ensuring new resources are of good quality trustees have created a new committee of education advisors to give feedback and to assist with the creab'on of educational material. An education checklist has also been created wth specific criteria that our educational content should nEet. By being in a p)sition that we ca ensure our educational rk is of a good quality can focus on the tw) new alS above to create Tesources that can used in situ and ex situ. We also hope to continue our vKJrk wsth student groups at all levels, alloviing students to get involved in our fundraising Mork and to learn more abjut conservation issues. Education Goal 1 seeks to spread awdreness and education on the ground in the areas Whe conservation w)rk is being carried out. Particularly for children. this is vital to the bng-term success of any corEervation project. We can do this by sponsoring efforts focusing on getting children in srtu, supporting their participation wldlife conservation through (community-d) children's clubs and safaris and other forms of community engagement and knowledge sharing. Education Goal 2 continues our support with zoos and their lions to promote their educational and inspirational value to their visitors. These ambassadors for tkE Véild can help raise visitor awareness atrx)ut the threats that they face in the wikl as VEII as raising funds for conservation efforts through tslks and events. Workin with Conservation Or anisations We Irk with four conservats'on partners VKJrking i n Kenya a nd Tanzania to wotect and monitor lions in the wild. This section details our support and involvement V¥ith them throughout 2024. Lion Guardians We have supported Lion Guardians since 2017 and in 2018 we began our sponsorship of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa who monitors the area known as 'Risa' outside the AmtM)sefi National Park which we have continued every year since. Founded in 2007, Lion Guardians has trained and supported communities at seven different sites to successfully protect lions across the contine nt. Their approach involves recruiting young, non-literate Maasai arvj other pastoralist warriors to learn the skills rEeded to effectively miti'gate conflicts between people and wi Idlife, monitor lion populations. and help their own communib'es live viith lions. By actively engagirYJ in their solutions-based consenrfation mode I, people who were once lion killers are transformed i nto lion protectors. Following the nevts that Kuya is no loroer part of the organisation our sponsorship has now teen transferred to another Guardian. We have now started to spx)nsor OlutrA' Ole Lairumbe, who vrkS across ttE Imbirikani Group Ranch just outside of the Amboseli National Park. Like rnany Maasai rrEn, Olubi is a wevious lion killer and became known by his lion name "Mitiaki. Eaning brave Wdrrior. His transformative journey from a lion ki Iler to a lion protector retscts a unique shift in the Maasai culture and he has inf luenced other young individua]s to follow a conservationist path. Trustees decided to continue supporting Lion Guardians this year. The donation of $1500 {£1,243.66) made in January 2025 continues to cover his yearly saL9ry into 2026 as he monitors his particular area to ensure that the lions and ttr habitat remain otected. B nsori Mitiaki TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and Performance are assured that our donation will not be used purely for admi nistration fees and would impact Vrk on the ground to piotect lions in the vjild. Future Kin ect Sponsoring of GPS collars to safeguard young male lions to ensure they can sire the next generats'on of lions while keeping ttrE communities safe. This viill remain a feature project but ak)ng with our new strategy we 111 not restrict collaring activities just to young mares and open up to other demographics living in areas close to communikn'es. We Mork with our conservation partners KopeLion and Mara Predator Conservation Programme on this propct. Better Bomas Pro ect Sponsoring the strervJthening and buildi ng of bomas to womote coexistence at homestead level, worki ng with communities to preve nt incidents with fions and other predators. This is an [mrtant part of our new strategy which we hope to devebp over the coming years. We Vrk w((h our conservation partners KopeLion and Mara Predator Conservation Programme on this propct. Mara Predator Conservation Programme {Kenya Wildlife Trust) The Mara Predator Conservation Programme works under the umbrella of trE Kenya Wildlife Trust which focuses predomi nant on predator conservation through community work and science-based groundwork. The three goals of the Mara Predator Conservation Programme are to help community members arKI tandowners understand and appreciate the role of predators in the ecosystem, to ensure that key stakekKJ Iders in Greater Mara Ecosystem consistently utilise sound scientrfic information to inform conservation strategies and to support stable, healthy predator Fopulations i n the Greater Mara Ecosystem by providing scientific evidence for conservab'on action. We have supported the MPCP since 2019. The collar fitted to a four- year-okl male lion named Ole Cook in 2022 was finally removed rernotely in 2024 which has now allomed senior programme scientist Niels to do a full reFX)rt on his movements during this tV-year period. The final rewrt vrds fascinating and as shared anrj trustees and to the zoos who SUPFM)rted us in fundraising to cover the expenses for it. Trustees are still avaitIng news on the deploynEnt of the collar that the donated for in 2023. This year we decided to devek) p our boma project further by sponsoring a brand new boma through the MPCP. These tomas are made using recycled plastic poles arKI chaiTrlink fencing. We first leamt of these bornas fien we visited the MPCP HQ in 2020 and sawa miniature reica that they have buill there. At the end of 2024 V4e sent $1500 to the MPCP to cover the cost of a brand new boma. This support has now LEen tied i nto our KopeLion tx)ma strengthening scheme to create our new 'Better Bomas Propct.. By supporting efforts at homestead level, we are working to try and prevent iwidents before they occur, working together for the communities and the wld lion population to reduce conflict within the NCA and the Mara ecosystem. Trustees are looking forward to visiting the Maasai Mara in February 2025 arKI the opportunity to visit the team at the Mara Predator Conservation Program. TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and Performance KopeLion KopeLion are based in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area {NCA), surrounding the famous Ngorongoro Crater. The crater itself is 102 square miles in size and is one of a few areas wthin the NCA where people are not alk)Ed to live. The NCA intertinks the crater to the main Serengeti ecosystem and is vrtal to connectivity of wildlife between these pCes. KoFELion rkS to firKI solutions so that pastoralist communities and lions in the NCA can coexist and pr05Fr together. Supporting better wotection for both livestock and lions. reducing the conflicts. and Fxoviding tangible benefits from lion conservation are some ways that KopeLion is increasing the tolerance that rEople have tovtsrds lions, reopening corridors of connectivity and restorirvJ a healthy landscape that sustsins all forms of life. Trustees James arnj Pete had the Ixilliant opportunity to meet the KopeLion team in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in 2023. We met mernbers of their Ilchokuti team. °Ilchokuti' means guardian arKI KoKELion employs 30. they are all local Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservab'on Area )rkIng to do anything to rxevent conflicts from happening this inclLKles Korni ng local herders wtthin their area about the presence of lions and treating NM)unded livestock. We were shown bomas that had been reinforced by the team recentty, a b)ma is a cattle encbsure created from vK)oden poles and thorns. HoKever, in recent years as lion numLers have declined and the numbers of liorvs lost in conflict and retaliation have become even more valuable to the overall lion population, efforts have been made to ty and decrease predation in the honstead from predators. In 2023, following our visit, started a new ma strengthening scheme in conjunction ryth KoFELion and developed a funding mocl that had already been agreed Kqth a past donor. We donated £1800 for 10 bomas, this covered 80°A of costs per boma (£180) while the b)ma owner paid the remaining 20 %. We have had regular updates from KopeLion that 21110 bomas have now Fken strengthened followng a donation of £1800 made last year as part of a new boma strengthening scheme. We have received photos from 5 of the tomas and a report is currently being itten by the KOLion team. One particular Gase study Wds sent to us and has been used on social media by both the SLCF and KopeLion. Nataana, a local froffl Misigiyo Village, Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Nataana was widovEd 20 years ago whose cattle borna was buitt OUE of the materials she had after rebcating ck)ser to her cousins which was vulnerable to attacks from predators including lions. Recognising the need for a robust solution for Nataana and her famity she vras included by KopeLion into the latest group to require boma strengthening. Nataana gave the folbmfjng quote "Kopelion has given us more than a fence". they have given us a futu. My covts are now safe arKI can sleep peacefully at righL" We have a great relationship with the team at KopoLion having most notably sponsored tVA) GPS collars since 2019 arKI strengthened 10 bomas 1th thern last year. Having been in discussion last year with the KopeLion team aLK)Ut ts IEst way to continue our support they stated that coltars vrdre becoming more of a priority so tegan fundraising over the summer holidays and were able to donate £2,675 in October 2024 to cover the cost of one collar and ttE first year data transmission fee, this will te repeated throughout the lrfespan of collar. TAR 10 March 2012
Section D Achievements and Performance The candidate lion given to us for the sponsored colL3r vrds Lebutiama, a 4-year-old male lion who born into the Lagunita pride in the Ngorongoro Crater. He vras last observed I n April 2024 and was thought to have dispersed but on the 26th September 2024 the KoFELion team received a call that a male lion was found in the middle of a maize field in Butiama, Mang'ola. Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) raThJers, NCA veterinarian Dr. Wambura, and KopeLion Ilchokuti in the nearby Olpiro village area re informed and all nt to the site. It vras decided to immobilize the lion and translocate it to the NCA. The immobilisation, capture and transk)cation was a SUCGess and testament to all the organisats.ons invoed. He was released back into the bush near Mokilal village and a collar was deployed on him for continued monitoring as a tool to mitigate conflicts. He has ten discovered in a very dense cornrnunity area so it vrds hoped that he woukl move i nto a different direction towards Serengeti and other wildlife orientated areas. Throughout 2025 VE hoKE to continue our borna strengthening sckrne with KopeLion. Llon Landscapes Lion Landscapes Mps founded in April 2016 vdith the aim of addressirvJ key challenges facing carnivore conservation today. In 2020 the Ruaha Carnivore Project merged with Lion LaThdscapes for even greater conservation impact. Their collaborative and adaptive approach strengthens conserrfation efforts to secure important landscapes for viable populations of large carnivores. They do this in three main ways through building partnerships, science and dats and inrK)vation. Wild lions require huge landscapes to thrive - often including laThJ relied on by people atyl livestock. A Lion Landscape is a EandscaFe that supports a Viab population of Kfjld lions, or any otFEr pinnacle carnivore species. To do this it must also support healthy viild prey F()puLations, healthy hatittat, and tenefrt bcal people. Their lion conservation and research work focuses on how local cornmunities, their livestock and lions can co- exist in a lion landscape. OLK nHin area of interest in Lion Landscapes is the Ruaha Carnivore Project (RCP) which was estsblished in 2009 by now joint Lion LarKlscapes CEO Dr. Amy Dickman. We have supported their Cornmunity Camera Trap programTrE. fulfilling our desire to support another community-based project. Instead of their researchers setting out camera traps themselves on village land, Lion Landscapes have started to train and employ local communib'es to do it- and the images they collect translate into benefits for the community, with each animal captured on CaEra generating a certain number of points. Villages are organised into groups of four and compete agairtst each other on a quarterly basis. The winning village in each quarter then receives the greatest share of community be nefits (currently sprit equally betPen healthcare. veterinary medicines and education) followpd by a lesser amount rolled down to the second, third arvj then the fourth village. The programme has proved successful in creatirvJ behavioural change by eroaging and training local people directly in viildlife monitoring on tFEir land. It also demonstrates an extremety clear link between the pSence of wildlife (especially carnivores) and the provision of local benefits. In July 2022 a donats'on of £500 was sent to cover the cost of of these TAR Maich 2012
Section D Achievements and Performance camera traps as part of the programme. Trustees are proud to te involved in a propct that focuses on giving communities a tangible benefit to living in such close proxtmity to lions and other wildlife. In May 2024 V4e sent another donation of £500 to cover two more camera traps. As Ell as assisting all of our conserrfation partners financially we also spread word of their rk and their mission via our wabsite and any pubfic talks that we do. Increasing t1r audience and increasing awarerEss and kmwledge of wild lion conservation. Section E Financial review The Charity does not have a reserrfes policy. Any money raised will then go towards fulfilling a charitsble object as decided by the trustees as soon as an action can be organised. All donations are treated as 'one off donations, so that the charity will never 0E an organisation money that VE may not have at any given time to allowfor fluctuations in fundraising success. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit nla Further financial review details (Optional infornwtion) All charitable donations received have either been from cash and bank trarEfer donations. cFEque or from Just Giving. Total income from 1 February 2023 to 315t January 2024 anuntS to £5,704.71 with the total exFEnditure amounting to £5,721.31 which went towdrds donations to all four of our conservation partners of lch £64.20 of the expenditure going towards bank transfer fees. This is highest level of inGome that VE have had in one year since our inception. Our expenditure to our conservation partners is our third highest to date and is at a similar level to our last financial year showing our continued commitment to increase our conservation output after Covid-19 complications. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant atK)Ut: 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 investrnent policy adopted. st Within our total income a large amount On again came from online fundraising sites thqth a total of £1,330.51 from Just Giving. However, Ihis year has seen OLf SUPPOrt from zoos rise to its highest level yet V¥ith a rnuch larger pErtage this year coming from our zoo supporters with a total of £4.114.20 coming from three different zoo partners. Overall direct zoo support was 72 % of our annual income compared to 40 % last year Including a donation of £1664.20 from the Cotswold Wildlife Park, our largest donation from a zoo supporter yet. £260 came from direct detmt donations from a supporter and cash donations. The payment to our conservation partners is as follows.. Lion LandscapEs towards tvL) brand new Gamera traps as part of their community catpEra trap programme. The tota I donation was £500. Mara Predator Conservation ProgramffE towards a brand new boma math out of chain-link feIng and reCYCd plastic poles. This paynEnt vrds made to the Kenya Wikllrfe Trust i n their Kenyan account. The Kenya Wildlrfe Trust is the umbrella organisation for the Mara Predator Conservation Progra mme. The total donation to this organisation was £1.237.83 ($1500) Mfjth additional associated bank payment fees of £15. 12 TAR March 2012
Kope Lion tovrards a GPS collar and to cover the first year data transmission fees. This payrtEnt was made to KoFe Lion Inc, the US organisation affiliated to Kope Lion. The total donation to this organisation was £2,675.62 1th additional associated bank payment fees of £15. Lion Guardians (Wikllife Guardians) US for the sponsored salary of Lion Guardian Olubi Ole Lairumbe, also known as Mitiaki. The donation goes to Lion Guardians (Wikllife Guardians) US who are the fiscal sponsor of Lion Guardians and their work in East Africa. The total donation to this organisation vrds £1243.66 ($1500) 1th an additional bank transfer fee of £34.20. All of the nrEY donated to conservation organisations was made i n aGGordance with decisiorpmaking processes created by trustees following the appropriate guidance from ttr Charity Commission. All eXsS fees for materials such as leafts and V4Ebsite fees were paid for by the trustees trtsee5. Trustees rW only have a total of £57.11 in the bank account on the 31st January 2025 meaning that fundraisiThJ support will be required before more donatio ns can be made Ihrougho ut Ihe rest of 2025. Section F Other optional information Trustees w)uld like to express their thanks and gratitude to the supKx)rt shovffl ty our supporters, Ix)th zoos, other chartties and organisations and the general public that have alloKed us to carry on supporting rk to protect and monitor lion popuL3tions in the wild. Three trustees are planning to visit Kenya in early February to wsit several National Parks and protected areas. They also plan to visit our conservation partner, the Mara Predator Conservation Programme for the second time, which will a great opportunity to catch up with our contacts and staff members that we met on our last visit in 2020. Future plans for 2025 are to continue our Better Bomas Project further fjth the bDma strengthening scherne by assisting KopeLion in the strengtheniryJ of more bomas. Trustees will continue to wrrf(e an Annual Review to complement the Annual Report for the general reader. Any new projects will continue to be discussed wsth conservation advisors and decision will be made fully by the trustees ahOUgh the amount of funds raised dictate the amount of Vrk that can carry out financially and we do not expect to add any rnore conservation partners to our conservation work at this point in time. Section G Declaration The tNstees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees Signaturels) Full narne{s) Position (eg Secretsry, Chair, etc) WP.LcN LAc+ÈL Zou150 CdLt. TRSPr,c. ry2Krt5TF r- Date ILF44) greTfM&f-,r 1015 TAR 13 March 2012
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ... __ _... ___ __. Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/02/2024 31/01/2025 To from Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest E to the nearest E to the nearest£ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ A1 Receipts Donations from UK Zoos 4,114 4114 1,331 Just Giving 1 331 1 331 1,597 Other Donations 260 260 400 Donations via PavPal GivinQ Fund - 35 ~~-~~ - - - ~~-~~ 5,705 5,705 3,363 ~~=e:~~ Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - Sub total - Total receipts l .. ___ .s ~~_~~ ,1 .os_j ... -I I -I I 5 ~~,~~ 705 ~~1 .~~ . A3P avments = Wildlife Guardians US ~~==~~ 1,244 1,244 1,219 Transfer Fee {associated with Wildlife Guardians Payment) 34 34 34 Kenya Wildlife Trust 1,238 1,238 3,307 Kope Lion Inc. 2,675 2,675 1,800 A ociated Bank Fees For Bank Payments {KWT & Kopelion) 30 30 50 Lion Landscapes 500 500 ~~-~~ - ~~-~~ - - Sub total 5,721 5,721 6,410 ~~=—=~~ 2 ~~2-=~~ A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - Sub total - ~~a~~ Total payments I ____ ~~.~~ s,_2_1_j ~~-I .~~ I ~~~~ ___ ~~ I~~ I s.121 s ~~_~~ [._41_0_1] . .- Net of receiptsl(payments) 16 - 16 - 3,047 - - AS Transfers between funds AG Cash funds last year end 73 3120 Cash funds this year end_ 8 ~~————~~ 57 73 57 73 , ____ 3_,3_6_3_.j Lion Conservation Fund CHARITY COMMISSIONISafina
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrictsd funds to nearest£ Restrictsd funds to nèarest £ Endowment funds to ngarost £ Categories Detsils 57 Total cash funds 57 (agree balwKes ith receipts arKI payfjEnts Unrestricted fund5 to nearest£ Restrictsd funds to n2ateÉt t Endowment fvnds DetJils to noarèst£ Fund to thich asyet belong5 Currentvalue tlonal rjelails Cost (Wlonall B3 Investment assets FuTrJ to vthich a1 belong5 Currentvalue tional Details Cost {0OKJnaD B4 Assets retained for the char"rty's use FWKI to Tthi¢h relate5 unt due opts.orki 3etails (optionaTI BS Liabilities Signed by ore or ts4Y) knjslees on hair of all the trustee5 Date of approval fF.fi-25 Signature Print Name CCXX FQ aGcwnts ISSI 021Cfm5