# THE JOHN RAE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1179803
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 4, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1179803


## Contact

- **Address:** WALBROOK HOUSE, WILCOT, PEWSEY
- **Postcode:** SN9 5NS
- **Phone:** 07502301436
- **Website:** JRTrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANT SCIENCE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ECOSYSTEMS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FUNDING SUPPORT TO THE BUFFELSKLOOF  RESEARCH CENTRE IN ITS RESEARCH WORK AND TO ENABLE STUDENTS OF CONSERVATION AND PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TO CARRY OUT ACADEMIC RESEARCH THERE

**Activities:** The trust supports ecological research and education at Buffelskloof Herbarium in Mpumalanga, South Africa (www.bknr.co.za). Situated in a pristine reserve of high forest and mountain grassland this offers a superb environment to study several rare, and increasingly endangered, richly diverse African ecosystems




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- South Africa



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £6248 | £9042 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2384 | £8394 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £46525 | £21786 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £57857 | £10670 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £7562 | £6621 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr ANDREW RAE MA PHD** (Chair) — appointed July 17, 2017
- Dr Nicholas David Maurice — appointed July 18, 2017
- GEOFFREY HERBERT READ — appointed July 18, 2017
- JACK ALEXANDER PATRICK LACEY BA — appointed July 17, 2017
- PATRICIA MARY RAE MA — appointed July 17, 2017
- Professor  ROBERT MALCOLM SIMMONS — appointed July 17, 2017