Trustees. Annual Report for the period
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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
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Names of the trustees for the charity. if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforThAtion)
e of adviser
Nam8
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional inf0M￿tiOn)
Section B
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charitys trusts
Constitution
Type of governi ng document
How the charity is constituted
Charitable I nCOr￿rated Organisation - FourKlation
Trustee Se￿ction 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
pro￿dureS and a Donation Policy. Abng with the Financial Control
Procedure these vEre all revie￿ed 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.
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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 infom￿tiOn1
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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 reVie￿Ed 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 rernem￿r 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 na￿ESake, 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 v￿n'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
iCtu￿d are our nanEsake Safina and her com
nion Zuri. The lo
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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 F￿rCentage 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 kee￿rs, 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 chairn￿n 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 ttr￿1r 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, cOts￿￿Id 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
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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 sa￿s, of ￿lch 100/0 is split
bet￿￿en 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
COts￿Id 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 BrO￿n￿S 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
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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 V￿th 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 at￿ve 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
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I￿en 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 I￿rk 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 v￿rkS 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
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are assured that our donation will not be used purely for admi nistration
fees and would impact V￿rk 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 [m￿rtant part of our
new strategy which we hope to devebp over the coming years. We V￿rk
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 an￿r￿j trustees and to the zoos who
SUPFM)rted us in fundraising to cover the expenses for it. Trustees are still
a￿vaitIng 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
re￿ica 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￿.
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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 p￿Ces. KoFELion ￿￿rkS to firKI solutions so that pastoralist
communities and lions in the NCA can coexist and pr05F￿r 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 hon*stead from predators.
In 2023, following our visit, ￿ started a new ￿ma strengthening scheme
in conjunction ￿ryth KoFELion and developed a funding moc*l 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 KO￿Lion 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.
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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 invo￿ed. 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 t￿en 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 sck￿rne
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 Ca￿Era 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 bet￿Pen 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 p￿Sence
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
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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 t￿￿1r 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 0￿E 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 an￿untS 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 pEr￿￿tage 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 fe￿Ing and reCYC￿d 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.
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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 n￿rEY donated to conservation organisations was made i n
aGGordance with decisiorpmaking processes created by trustees
following the appropriate guidance from ttr￿ Charity Commission. All
eX￿sS fees for materials such as leaf￿ts and V4Ebsite fees were paid for
by the trustees tr￿￿tse￿e5.
Trustees r￿W 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 a￿hOUgh the amount of funds raised dictate the amount of V￿rk 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)
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**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** 

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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