**The Lifescape Project Annual Report May 2021 to April 2022**
## Thoughts From Our Chair on the Year
## _**“**_
The global biodiversity and overall environmental crisis is truly frightening. But perhaps finally this is being recognised more widely as an existential threat to our species as well as countless others with whom we share the planet. We believe in rewilding as a key component of combatting this crisis, through the recovery of resilient and fully functioning ecosystems. The remarkable support for and growth of the Lifescape Project (TLP), as shown in this annual report, suggests that this is becoming accepted more broadly by environmentalists and, importantly, with widespread community and public support.
TLP's approach, embodied in our values, is that success requires an holistic approach which in turn requires collaboration and bringing together diverse skills and experience. To this end, our aim has been to build a multidisciplinary team and to collaborate with others across diverse projects covering science, technology, law, economics and culture. As at the end of this reporting period TLP had a total of 10 projects ongoing. We have also been successful in growing the team with the addition of Katherine, Joe and Catarina joining Adam, Elsie and Deborah over this period. TLP functions as a decentralised team, with no permanent premises and our team members based across the UK and now also in Portugal and Germany. Whilst this model was initially a matter of necessity, we quickly recognised that offering such working flexibility allowed us to attract a much wider range of talented people to join us and to be international in outlook even as a young "start-up". It takes thoughtfulness and effort, though, to operate in this way and still build an effective and supportive team. Adam has succeeded in doing just this, but it will doubtless be a continuing challenge as we grow.
Finally, in addition to our staff, I would like to thank our many volunteers and supporters for their invaluable work in supporting TLP's mission, our donors and last, but not least, my talented fellow trustees who have unstintingly offered their time and expertise with "hands on" support for TLP well above and beyond their formal trustee duties.
## **Roger Leese, Chair of the Board of Trustees,**
_**”**_
## Trustees’ Report
**Vision:** Our vision is one of a **world rich in wild landscapes,** providing a **sustainable future for life on earth.**
**Mission[1] :** To do this, our mission is to catalyse the **creation, restoration and protection of wild landscapes** by pursuing projects which address the themes of **science** , **technology** , **law** , **economics** , and **culture** . Under this mission we pursue a number of important projects.
## **Projects and Activities Undertaken**
Below we set out the key projects and activities we have been involved in during the reporting period, including noting which of our five themes each of these has engaged with.
## **Lynx Reintroduction, Feasibility**
Over the last year we have been leading work to consider the feasibility of reintroducing lynx to England and Wales. This important rewilding project has the potential to be part of rebuilding the UK’s missing biodiversity. We have partnered with organisations in the UK and Europe to investigate the practicalities of lynx population restoration. We are investigating key ecological questions with Freiberg University, such as habitat suitability and long-term population survival. The work is building an experience led social consultation approach through collaboration, interviews, visits and workshops and is also investigating legal and economic aspects.
**Science – Economics – Culture – Law**
## **White-tailed Eagles in Cumbria**
In March 2022 we completed a pre-feasibility report investigating aspects of the proposal to reintroduce White-tailed Eagles to Cumbria, as part of a collaboration led by the University of Cumbria. White-tailed Eagles are the largest bird of prey in the UK and as they have been
> 1 **Charitable Objects:** Our charitable objects, as stated in our aritcles of associaton, are to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment anywhere in the world.
successfully brought back to Scotland and southern England, Cumbria potentially provides a vital stepping-stone towards a full UK restoration. The work was commissioned by Natural England and includes partnerships with other organisations including the RSPB, University of Cumbria, Leeds University and the Roy Dennis Foundation to consider ecological viability alongside economic and social aspects in preparation for a full feasibility study.
**Science – Economics – Culture**
**The IUCN’s Rewilding Thematic Group**
We continued our contributions to the IUCN rewilding group throughout the year, including contributing legal input to their developing rewilding guidance.
**Science – Law**
## **Rewilding Legal Briefings**
We have been collaborating with Rewilding Britain and Rewilding Europe to develop detailed rewilding legal briefing notes for England & Wales, Scotland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Italy, Poland and Germany. These briefing notes will consider key legal issues as they relate to rewilding, with a view to providing legal guidance which will allow rewilding practitioners to understand relevant legal frameworks in their respective jurisdictions. This will remove barriers to rewilding and reduce legal risks in the rewilding projects of other charities and non-profits.
**Law – Economics – Culture – Science**
## **Kept Wild Large Herbivores**
Working with a group of organisations eager to see the reintroduction of large herbivores in England in a wild or semi-wild state in order to boost biodiversity and ecological processes, we have started a new project which will seek to identify legal barriers to this vision. We will engage with relevant governmental bodies to seek changes to legislation and guidance documents in order to remove these barriers.
**Law – Science – Economics**
## **Legal Mechanism to Protect Nature**
We have continued to explore with various estates and networks the potential application of legal protections to rewilding sites, including conservation covenants/burdens and our own protective legal mechanism. This is inevitably a slow paced project, but we have ongoing conversations with several groups and hope to implement such protections in future years.
**Law – Science – Economics – Culture**
## **Litigation for Nature**
- **Beavers** : In October 2021 we received judgment in this important legal challenge which found that beaver culling licences were issued unlawfully by NatureScot as they failed to provide written reasons. This was a huge win for Lifescape, Trees for Life and most critically for nature recovery in Scotland. As a result of this judgment and wider pressure, the Scottish government has now reversed its prior ban on out of range translocation of beavers in Scotland, instead pursuing a policy which actively supports translocation as the solution to removing beavers from conflict areas.
- **Protecting Rivers** : We are working with Save our Rivers in Cumbria who are seeking to prevent heavy works on the River Kent which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation. We are engaging with Save our Rivers to explore possible breaches of legal obligations to protect the river and to prepare a robust response to the forthcoming planning application.
- **Caledonian Pine Forests** : Working with local conservation groups, we have challenged the illegal development of parking areas immediately adjacent to protected areas of Caledonian Pine forests in the Cairngorms National Park. The work was undertaken without any planning permission or environmental impact assessments and has already caused damage to veteran Caledonian pine trees.
**Law – Science – Economics – Culture**
## **Forest Litigation Collaborative**
- **UK OECD** : In October 2021, the Forest Litigation Collaborative filed a greenwashing complaint against Drax Group plc which owns the world’s largest wood fired power station, burning trees from natural forests in countries including Estonia, Latvia and Canada. The complaint was filed under the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to the UK National Contact Point for the OECD. Our cocomplainants were the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Biofuelwatch, Save Estonia’s Forests and Conservation North. The complaint secured significant press and social media coverage including in the Financial Times, the New Statesman, the Telegraph, the Global Legal Post and Le Figaro, getting an important message out to an audience many millions strong. Greta Thunberg also tweeted about our complaint, further increasing our reach.
- **EU Taxonomy** : In February 2022, the Forest Litigation Collaborative coordinated and supported seven European NGOs to formally request the European Commission to undertake an Internal Review of the labelling of woody biomass energy and business as usual forest management as “sustainable” economic activities under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Regulation. Our NGO partners are Robin Wood (Germany), Save Estonia’s Forests (Estonia), Clean Air Committee (Netherlands), Workshop for All Beings (Poland), ZERO (Portugal), 2Celcius (Romania) and Protect the Forest (Sweden). The request was also supported by nearly 50 other international NGOs who wrote to the European Commission confirming their support for our challenge. The challenge received significant press coverage including by Reuters and some of the major press outlets in the Netherlands and Portugal.
- **Natura 2000** : Despite the commencement of infringement proceedings by the EU Commission, Estonia continues to permit logging of trees within Natura 2000 sites without first undertaking the required environmental impact assessments. This is causing irreparable harm to these important ecosystems. We have instructed local counsel to seek an injunction to stop any logging permits being issued in stateowned Natura 2000 forests without the requisite environmental impact assessments first being undertaken.
- **UK Biomass Policy** : We have become engaged in the debate around UK biomass policy, including engaging with the wider NGO network working on these issues and submitting a number of detailed legal and scientific responses to key consultations and calls for evidence including those published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Environmental Audit Committee.
- **Marjamaa Forest, Estonia** : As reported in our last annual report, this case seeks to prohibit the felling of a community forest in Estonia. An interim ruling provided important judicial precedent for the realisation of a logging ban during the bird breeding season. We subsequently received a negative first instance judgment which we appealed in July 2021. As part of this appeal, we filed important expert evidence on the wind and noise protection provided by the forest and the ecological impact of the proposed felling on a nearby Natura 2000 site.
- **General** : we have continued to receive pro bono advice on other potential avenues of legal challenge and are continuing to expand our network of NGOs working on similar issues, including regarding further potential cases in the Netherlands, the UK, Massachusetts, Italy and Estonia.
**Law – Science – Economics – Culture**
## **WildSide**
Over the reporting period the WildSide website received a total of 14,595 visits. This is up 55% from the previous year and reflects steady monthly growth in users, meaning more people are using the site to connect with nature. By the end of this period WildSide had received a total of 501 user reports, created 295 website pages and 18 blogs, and attracted a total of 1,007 followers on Instagram. Over this period work was undertaken with a marketing company to help determine how to best present WildSide to the public and communicate its mission.
**Technology – Science – Economics – Culture**
## **Wetland and Forest Restoration in Rwanda**
We were able to deliver detailed natural capital assessments for two ecosystem restoration sites run by our partners in Rwanda. We were able
to show that the Umusambi Village wetland site produced US$13.3 million of environmental benefits over the three and a half years since the restoration took place, while the Murwa site contributed US$460,000 in the year since restoration activities began. We also provided training to the local team on natural capital economics and created a plan for a future project to assess the feasibility of scaling up their work by selling ecosystem services to beneficiaries, such as companies needing to offset carbon emissions or local companies requiring cleaner water or air.
**Law – Science – Economics – Culture**
## **The Natural Capital Laboratory**
During the year we have pursued and enacted multiple projects including assessing the fungi diversity on site, planning for the restoration of our deep peatland, assessing carbon sequestration utilising drone imagery and delivering an extensive report on the species missing from Birchfield’s ecosystems, including recommendations for restoration action in the future.
We have also engaged in exploratory discussions with a potential second natural capital laboratory in Australia and look forward to confirming its formation in our next report, as we take the concept global.
**Economics – Technology – Science - Culture**
## Funders
**Becky Holmes**
**Ben Goldsmith**
**Cumbria Wildlife Trust**
**James Raynor**
**Lady Annabel Goldsmith**
**Lily Marcel**
**Partnership for Policy Integrity**
**Panthera**
**Rewilding Britain**
**Roger Leese**
**The Clifford Chance Foundation**
**Trees for Life**
**Universitry of Cumbria**
## Time Donors
## **Individuals**
Alexander Cooper Ben Mitchell Daniel Zani Faye Whiley Annie Hope Carole Munro Edward Millet Hanna James
Cassie Vetterlein Joseph Premier Katharine Blatchford Rob Espin
Pat Eagle Petrina Rowcroft Steven Lipscombe Preslava Todorova Peter Lockley Hannah Timmins Tom Hyatt Andrew Isherwood
## **Organisations**
AECOM (7 individuals) - Burness Paull LLP (17 individuals) - Clifford Chance LLP (77 individuals) - Mishcon de Reya LLP (10 individuals) - Shearman and Sterling LLP (7 individuals) - Sidley Austin LLP (9 individuals) - University of Cumbria (6 individuals) – BugleLab (4 individuals)
## Financial Report
## **Financial Review**
Total income for the year was £576k, an increase of £311k over 2020-21. The income for the year includes donations of voluntary time valued at £315k (£183k in 2020-21). The increase in operations reflects the increasing diversity of projects described in the trustees’ report.
Unrestricted income for the year was £147.1k, compared to £97.4k achieved in 2020-21. Of this, £64.4k (£28.9k) came from regular and oneoff donations from individuals and £30k (£67.2k) was received in voluntary time from partner organisations and individuals. A grant for £3k was applied to the Lynx Special Project. Fees of £45k were achieved and £4.8k (£1.3k) national insurance refund was received.
Restricted income for the year was £428.7k (compared to £167.6k achieved in 2020-21). Of this, £138.8k (£51.4k) was donated by Trusts and Foundations. £284.5k (£116.2k) came from voluntary time donations.
Expenditure related to unrestricted funds was £101k (£79.1k). Unrestricted expenditure relates to the management time of key staff and operational expenses such as computer equipment, insurance, trademarks and licences, travel and subsistence.
Expenditure on restricted funds £426.7k (£165k) met the cost of staff time dedicated to projects, independent experts, equipment and costs associated with travel and subsistence for staff visiting projects and attending meetings.
A £48k (£20.4k) surplus was achieved in the year, increasing total reserves from £17.1k to £65k. This included a windfall in the form of £17.5k gift aid on a donation paid gross instead of net and the generosity of the donor in allowing us to keep the funds.
In addition to a £46k unrestricted surplus in the year, there is a small surplus of £2k (£2.6k) in restricted funds and this will be carried forward and deployed on the associated projects in 2022-23. Accrued income to 30 April 2022 of £102.1k (£102.5k) includes income received in respect of 2022-23 for Biomass £52.5k and Rewilding Briefings £49.6k.
During the year the Board received financial updates at each bi-monthly meeting, and the Governance Committee met regularly to assist the Board in its responsibilities. The Board reviewed financial control processes in August 2021 and is satisfied that these are sufficient. A new appointment of a full time Finance and Operations Officer is planned for 2022-23 and recognises the need to move from voluntary support to a a paid officer as the Charity continues to grow.
## **Financial Reserves Policy**
The Board considered its approach to financial reserves in January 2022. As a new charity it is recognised that the ability to build reserves is limited and will take place over a period of several years. The aim is to hold reserves sufficient to meet a minimum of 3 months operating costs. The budget for 2022-23 excluding volunteers is £350k, requiring £87.5k compared with the £65k held in reserves.
## **Fundraising approach and performance**
Over half our income, excluding volunteer time, comes from Trusts & Foundations. These funds have enabled significant parts of our substantive work, including our ongoing anti-biomass and lynx work and our new rewilding briefings project. We are focused on developing these existing relationships and identifying new sources of income to further our aims. Support from individuals is enabling us to fund crucial core salary costs that enable us to grow and develop our influence and to manage the large numbers of volunteers who are supporting all aspects of the charity’s work. We are indebted to these volunteers who are all making a significant contribution to the achievement of our objectives to restore, create and protect wild landscapes.
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Independent examin¢r's report to the trustees of the "The Lrfespc Proj¢¢t Limited-
I report on the accounts of the above cl)arity number 1191303 for the year ended 30 April 2022
Respective responsibillties of trustces and examin¢r
The charity's trustees are responsible for th¢ preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
Charilieg Act 2011 (the Act). The charity's Irustees Consider that an audit is not required for this year
under section 144 of the Act 1993 and thal an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounls under section 145 of the Act:
io follow the procedures laid doNvn in the general DIrtiOnS given by the Charity
Commission under seclion 145(5Xb) of the ACL and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's r¢port
My examinalion was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review ol the accounting COrdS kept by the charity and a
comparison of the accounls presented with those records. li also includes Consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounls, and seeking explanations from you as truslees
concerning any such matters. The procedur¢s und¢rtaken do not provide all the evidence that would
be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether th¢ accounts present a
'true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement bclow.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable
cause to believe that in any material respect".
the accounting records were not kepl in accordanc¢ with section 130 of the Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fomi and
content of accounts set out in the Charitics (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a rnatter
considered as part of an independent examinatio
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in Connection with the eXami10n lo
which attentton should be drawTA in this rep)rt in ord¢r to enable a prop¢r und¢rstanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Peter Bussey FFA FIPA
25th January 2023
**The Lifescape Project Limited Unaudited Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 April 2022**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022**
|**Categories by Activity**
**Incoming Resources (Note 1)**
**Income from:**
Donations
Charitable Activities
Separate material items of income
Other
**_TOTAL_**
**Resources Expended (Note 2)**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising Funds
Charitable Activities
Sale of Services
**_TOTAL_**
**Net income (expenditure)**
**Extraordinary Items**
**Transfers between funds (Note 3)**
**Other recognised gains (losses)**
**_Net Movement in Funds_**
**_Reconciliation of Funds:_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total Funds carried forward_**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|||**Restricted**
**Funds**||||**Total**
**Funds**||**Prior Year**
**Funds**|||
|||**£**|||**£**|||**£**|||**£**||
||||||||||||||
|||94,396|||289,912|||384,308|||207,320||
|||3,000|||138,769|||141,769|||51,433||
|||0|||0|||0|||5,000||
|||49,753|||0|||49,753|||1,249||
|||**147,149**|||**428,681**|||**575,830**|||**265,002**||
||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||
|||6,978|||0|||6,978|||8,291||
|||50,670|||426,706|||477,376|||236,287||
|||43,434|||0|||43,434|||0||
|||**101,082**|||**426,706**|||**527,788**|||**244,578**||
||||||||||||||
||||46,067|||1,975|||48,042|||20,424|
||||0|||0|||0|||0|
||||0|||0|||0|||0|
||||0|||0|||0|||0|
||||**46,067**|||**1,975**|||**48,042**|||**20,424**|
||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||
||||14,280|||2,831|||17,111|||(3,313)|
||||**60,347**|||**4,806**|||**65,153**|||**17,111**|
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## **The Lifescape Project Limited - Unaudited Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 April 2022**
|**Balance Sheet at 30 April 2022**
**Fixed Assets**
**Tangible Assets (Note 4)**
**_Total fixed assets_**
**Current Assets**
**Debtors Accrued Income and Prepayments**
**(Note 5)**
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 6)**
**_Total current assets_**
**Creditors falling due within one year (Note 7)**
**_Net current assets (liabilities)_**
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
**Provisions for liabilities -Income in advance (Note 7)**
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
**Funds of the Charity(Note 8)**
Restricted Income Funds
Unrestricted Funds
**_Total Funds_**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|||**2021**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|||**Restricted**
**Funds**|||**Total**
**Funds**||**Prior Year**
**Funds**||
|||**£**|||**£**|||**£**||**£**|
||||1,796||631|||2,427||989|
||||**1,796**||**631**|||**2,247**||**989**|
||||||||||||
||||4,227||1,648|||5,875||0|
|||67,009|||114,146||181,155|||124,121|
|||**71,236**|||**115,794**||**187,030**|||**124,121**|
|||12,685|||9,481||22,166|||5,542|
|||**58,551**|||**106,313**||**164,864**|||**118,579**|
|||**60,347**|||**106,944**||**167,291**|||**119,568**|
|||0|||0||0|||0|
|||0|||102,138||102,138|||102,457|
|||**60,347**|||**4,806**||**65,153**|||**17,111**|
||||||||||||
||||||4,806||4,806|||2,831|
|||60,347|||||60,347|||14,280|
|||**60,347**|||**4,806**||**65,153**|||**17,111**|
## **Basis of Preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the small company provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 102 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable to charitable companies.
## **Company Information**
The company is registered in England and its registered number is 11334803. The company is a company limited by guarantee established for charitable purpose. Charitable status was granted by the Charities Commission in September 2020. The registered office is 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ
For the financial year ended 30 April 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006, S477 relating to small companies’ and the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with S476. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006 s444(1)(a) only the Balance Sheet (and related footnotes) from these accounts must be delivered to the registrar, however the company has (given its charitable nature) opted to file a copy of their SOFA at Companies House.
The accounts were approved by the Board of Directors on 25 January 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
Roger Leese
………………………………………….. Director Company Number 11334803
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
1. Incoming Resources: Income is normally included in the SOFA when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, it is more likely than not that trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. However, where income is dependent on the achievement of project outcomes, income is recognised as project outcomes are achieved. The significant time provided by volunteers has been quantified at £314,553 and is included in the SOFA.
|**Analysis of Income**
**Donations**
Support for Charity Operating Costs
Support for Specific Projects
Support in kind – volunteers time
**Grants for Charitable Activities**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
Rewilding Legal Briefings
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
Lynx Feasibility
UK Rewilding Legal Briefings (Rewilding Britain)
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
Lynx Special Project
**Other Income**
Sales
Bank charges and National Insurance refunds
Loan converted to donation in year
**TOTAL INCOME**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**||||**Restricted**
**Funds**|||**Total**
**Funds**||**Prior Year**
**Funds**||||
||||**£**|||**£**||**£**|||**£**|||
||||53,363|||0||53,363|||23,872|||
||||11,000|||5,412||16,412|||0|||
||||30,033|||284,500||314,533|||183,448|||
||||**94,396**|||**289,912**||**384,308**|||**207,320**|||
|||||||||||||||
|||||0||62,237||62,237||||32,378||
|||||0||12,005||12,005||||0||
|||||0||9,287||9,287||||2,160||
|||||0||42,840||42,840||||4,395||
|||||0||5,400||5,400||||0||
|||||0||7,000||7,000||||12,500||
|||||3,000||0||3,000||||0||
|||||**3,000**||**138,769**||**141,769**||||**51,433**||
|||||||||||||||
||||44,997|||0|||44,997||||0|
||||4,756|||0|||4,756||||1,249|
||||0|||0|||0||||5,000|
||||**49,753**|||**0**|||**49,753**||||**6,249**|
|||**147,149**||||**428,681**||**575,830**|||**265,002**|||
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
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2. Resources Expended: Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. The time provided by volunteers has been costed based on the value to the charity had it been purchased and is included in professional fees.
|**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of Expenditure**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Expenditure on Raising Funds**
**6,978**
**0**
**6,978**
**8,291**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Corporate Governance
7,091
0
7,091
12,491
Professional Fees (including in-kind time)
21,805
290,581
312,386
208,036
Salaries and employer overheads
25,127
106,981
132,108
12,179
IT Equipment and expenses
1,180
987
2,167
1,396
Equipment Non-IT
(1,795)
0
(1,795)
0
Operating Expenses
2,446
1,620
4,066
1,496
Travel, Accommodation and Subsistence
2,198
5,233
7,431
0
Insurance
1,170
64
1,234
0
Depreciation
1,378
0
1,378
689
Contribution to Management and Operations
(9,930)
21,240
11,310
0
**Total Expenditure on charitable activities**
**50,670**
**426,706**
**477,376**
**236,287**
**Separate material items of expense**
Cost of delivering sales contracts
**43,434**
**0**
**43,434**
**0**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**101,082**
**426,706**
**527,788**
**244,578**
**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**Grant**
**Funding of**
**Activities**
**Support**
**Costs**
**Total**
**Total**
**Restricted Funds**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
122,254
0
10,372
132,626
109,694
Rewilding Legal Briefings
171,627
0
1,561
173,188
0
Kept Wild
24,510
0
833
25,343
0
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
14,423
0
0
14,423
752
NCL
0
0
0
0
1,208
Lynx Feasibility
45,392
0
6,407
51,799
5,699
UK Rewilding Legal Briefings (Rewilding
Britain)
4,969
0
900
5,869
0
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
22,291
0
1,167
23,458
48,086
**Total Restricted**
**405,466**
**0**
**21,240**
**426,706**
**165,439**
**Unrestricted Funds**
Non-Income generating charitable activity
(formerly re-wilding projects)
11,670
0
8,348
20,018
50,084
Lynx Special Project – Designated Fund
9,307
0
0
9,307
0
White Tailed Eagles Feasibility
2,636
0
417
3,053
0
Corporate Governance
0
0
7,091
7,091
12,491
Management and Operations
0
0
11,201
11,201
8,273
**Total Unrestricted**
**23,613**
**0**
**27,057**
**50,670**
**70,848**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**429,079**
**0**
**48,297**
**477,376**
**236,287**|**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of Expenditure**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Expenditure on Raising Funds**
**6,978**
**0**
**6,978**
**8,291**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Corporate Governance
7,091
0
7,091
12,491
Professional Fees (including in-kind time)
21,805
290,581
312,386
208,036
Salaries and employer overheads
25,127
106,981
132,108
12,179
IT Equipment and expenses
1,180
987
2,167
1,396
Equipment Non-IT
(1,795)
0
(1,795)
0
Operating Expenses
2,446
1,620
4,066
1,496
Travel, Accommodation and Subsistence
2,198
5,233
7,431
0
Insurance
1,170
64
1,234
0
Depreciation
1,378
0
1,378
689
Contribution to Management and Operations
(9,930)
21,240
11,310
0
**Total Expenditure on charitable activities**
**50,670**
**426,706**
**477,376**
**236,287**
**Separate material items of expense**
Cost of delivering sales contracts
**43,434**
**0**
**43,434**
**0**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**101,082**
**426,706**
**527,788**
**244,578**
**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**Grant**
**Funding of**
**Activities**
**Support**
**Costs**
**Total**
**Total**
**Restricted Funds**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
122,254
0
10,372
132,626
109,694
Rewilding Legal Briefings
171,627
0
1,561
173,188
0
Kept Wild
24,510
0
833
25,343
0
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
14,423
0
0
14,423
752
NCL
0
0
0
0
1,208
Lynx Feasibility
45,392
0
6,407
51,799
5,699
UK Rewilding Legal Briefings (Rewilding
Britain)
4,969
0
900
5,869
0
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
22,291
0
1,167
23,458
48,086
**Total Restricted**
**405,466**
**0**
**21,240**
**426,706**
**165,439**
**Unrestricted Funds**
Non-Income generating charitable activity
(formerly re-wilding projects)
11,670
0
8,348
20,018
50,084
Lynx Special Project – Designated Fund
9,307
0
0
9,307
0
White Tailed Eagles Feasibility
2,636
0
417
3,053
0
Corporate Governance
0
0
7,091
7,091
12,491
Management and Operations
0
0
11,201
11,201
8,273
**Total Unrestricted**
**23,613**
**0**
**27,057**
**50,670**
**70,848**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**429,079**
**0**
**48,297**
**477,376**
**236,287**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**||**Restricted**
**Funds**||**Total**
**Funds**||**Prior Year**
**Funds**||
|||**£**||**£**||**£**||**£**||
|||**6,978**||**0**||**6,978**||**8,291**||
|||||||||||
|||7,091||0||7,091||12,491||
|||21,805||290,581||312,386||208,036||
|||25,127||106,981||132,108||12,179||
|||1,180||987||2,167||1,396||
|||(1,795)||0||(1,795)||0||
|||2,446||1,620||4,066||1,496||
|||2,198||5,233||7,431||0||
|||1,170||64||1,234||0||
|||1,378||0||1,378||689||
|||(9,930)||21,240||11,310||0||
|||**50,670**||**426,706**||**477,376**||**236,287**||
|||**43,434**||**0**||**43,434**||**0**||
|||**101,082**||**426,706**||**527,788**||**244,578**||
|||||||||||
|||**2022**|||||||**2021**|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**||**Grant**
**Funding of**
**Activities**||**Support**
**Costs**||**Total**||**Total**|
|||||||||||
||122,254||0||10,372||132,626||109,694|
||171,627||0||1,561||173,188||0|
||24,510||0||833||25,343||0|
||14,423||0||0||14,423||752|
||0||0||0||0||1,208|
||45,392||0||6,407||51,799||5,699|
||4,969||0||900||5,869||0|
||22,291||0||1,167||23,458||48,086|
||**405,466**||**0**||**21,240**||**426,706**||**165,439**|
|||||||||||
||11,670||0||8,348||20,018||50,084|
||9,307||0||0||9,307||0|
||2,636||0||417||3,053||0|
||0||0||7,091||7,091||12,491|
||0||0||11,201||11,201||8,273|
||**23,613**||**0**||**27,057**||**50,670**||**70,848**|
||**429,079**||**0**||**48,297**||**477,376**||**236,287**|
Agreement has been reached with grant funders that a percentage of their funding (20% normally) may be used as a contribution to the management and operating costs of the charity. Grants are shown at their
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
4
Company Number: 11334803
gross value and the agreed percentage charge is shown as expenditure to the restricted fund and income to unrestricted fund - management and operations.
3. Transfers: There have been no transfers between restricted and unrestricted funds during the year.
4. Tangible Fixed Assets: These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £250. Office Equipment is valued at cost and depreciated over three years. Field Equipment is valued at cost and depreciated over five years. Assets funded by the Lynx Project and valued at £922 remain the property of Panthera, the funder, and have not been capitalised.
|**Cost of Valuation**
At the beginning of the year
Additions
Revaluations
Disposals
Transfers
At end of the year
**Depreciation and Impairments**
Basis
Rate
At the beginning of the year
Disposals
Depreciation
Impairment
Transfers
At end of the year
**Net book value**
Net book value at the beginning of the year
Net book value at the end of the year|**Fixtures, fittings**
**& equipment**|**Field**
**Equipment**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**||**£**|
||2,067|0|2,067|
||946|1870|2,816|
||0|0|0|
||0|0|0|
||0|0|0|
||3,013|1,870|4,883|
|||||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Straight line
33.333%|Straight
line
25%||
||1,078|0|1,078|
||0|0|0|
||1,004|374|1,378|
||0|0|0|
||0|0|0|
||2,082|374|2,456|
|||||
|||||
||989|0|989|
||931|1,496|2,427|
5. Debtors, accrued income and prepayments:.
|5.
Debtors, accrued income and prepayments:.|||
|---|---|---|
|**Analysis of Debtors**
Accrued Income
Prepayments
**Total**|**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
||4,227|0|
||1,648|0|
||**5,875**|**0**|
6. Cash at bank and in hand: All funds comprise cash at bank.
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
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Company Number: 11334803
7. Creditors falling due within one year: the charity has accruals in respect of services which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts.
|settlement amounts less any trade discounts.|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Analysis of Creditors**
**Trade Creditors**
Trade
Taxation & Social Security
**Total**|**Amounts falling due**
**within oneyear**||**Amounts falling due after**
**more than oneyear**||
||**2022**
**£**|**2021**
**£**|**2022**
**£**|**2021**
**£**|
||||||
||18,930|4,534|0|0|
||3,236|1,008|0|0|
||**22,166**|**5,542**|**0**|**0**|
|**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of Creditors (due within one year)**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**Income Received in Advance from:**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
0
52,500
52,500
33,000
Rewilding Legal Briefings
0
27,781
27,781
0
Rewilding Legal Briefings 2
0
21,857
21,857
0
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
0
0
0
5,000
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
0
0
0
9,287
Lynx Feasibility
0
0
0
22,654
Contribution to Management & Operations
0
0
0
32,516
**_TOTAL_**
**0**
**102,138**
**102,138**
**102,457**
8.
Material Funds held and movement during current reporting period:|**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of Creditors (due within one year)**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**Income Received in Advance from:**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
0
52,500
52,500
33,000
Rewilding Legal Briefings
0
27,781
27,781
0
Rewilding Legal Briefings 2
0
21,857
21,857
0
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
0
0
0
5,000
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
0
0
0
9,287
Lynx Feasibility
0
0
0
22,654
Contribution to Management & Operations
0
0
0
32,516
**_TOTAL_**
**0**
**102,138**
**102,138**
**102,457**
8.
Material Funds held and movement during current reporting period:|**2022**
**2021**
**Analysis of Creditors (due within one year)**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**Income Received in Advance from:**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Forest Litigation Collaborative (Biomass)
0
52,500
52,500
33,000
Rewilding Legal Briefings
0
27,781
27,781
0
Rewilding Legal Briefings 2
0
21,857
21,857
0
Beaver Litigation (Trees for Life)
0
0
0
5,000
Rwanda Ecosystem Restoration (Kigali)
0
0
0
9,287
Lynx Feasibility
0
0
0
22,654
Contribution to Management & Operations
0
0
0
32,516
**_TOTAL_**
**0**
**102,138**
**102,138**
**102,457**
8.
Material Funds held and movement during current reporting period:|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**||**Restricted**
**Funds**||**Total**
**Funds**||||**Prior Year**
**Funds**||
||||**£**|||**£**|||**£**|||**£**|
||||0|||52,500|||52,500|||33,000|
||||0|||27,781|||27,781|||0|
||||0|||21,857|||21,857|||0|
||||0|||0|||0|||5,000|
||||0|||0|||0|||9,287|
||||0|||0|||0|||22,654|
||||0|||0|||0|||32,516|
||||**0**|||**102,138**|||**102,138**|||**102,457**|
||||||||||||||
|**Fund Name**|**Fund**
**Type**|**Purpose**|**Fund**
**Bal**
**b/fwd**|**Income**||**Expend-**
**iture**||**Transfers**||**Gains**
**&**
**Losses**||**Fund**
**Bal**
**c/fwd**|
|Forest Litigation
Collaborative
(Biomass)|R|Legal action for the
protection and
restoration of forests|1,876|130,750||132,626||0||0||0|
|Rewilding Legal
Briefings|R|Providing legal guidance
to others involved in
ecological restoration|0|174,317||173,189||0||0||1,128|
|Kept Wild|R|Exploring legal barriers to
ecological restoration|0|27,510||25,343||0||0||2,167|
|Rwanda Ecosystem
Restoration (Kigali)|R|Providing environmental
economics support to
ecosystem restoration in
Rwanda|1,918|12,737||14,423||0||0||232|
|Lynx Feasibility|R|Scientific FeasibilityStudy|(148)|53,695||51,799||0||0||1,748|
|UK Rewilding Legal
Briefings (Rewilding
Britain)|R|Providing legal guidance
to others involved in
ecological restoration|0|5,400||5,869||0||0||(469)|
|Beaver Litigation
(Trees for Life)|R|Legal action for the
protection of the
Eurasian beaver|(815)|24,273||23,458||0||0||0|
|Income Earning
Contracts|UR|Rewilding advice and
guidance|0|44,721||43,434||636||0||1,923|
|Non-income
generating
charitable activity
(formerlyRewilding)|UR|Activities to support
charitable work
associated with re-
wilding|(4,306
)|11,669||20,017||0||0||(12,654)|
|Lynx Special Project|UR|Ecological modelling of
hypothetical lynx
populations|0|14,000||9,307||0||0||4,693|
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
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Company Number: 11334803
|**Fund Name**|**Fund**
**Type**|**Purpose**|**Fund**
**Bal**
**b/fwd**|**Income**|**Expend-**
**iture**|**Transfers**|**Gains**
**&**
**Losses**|**Fund**
**Bal**
**c/fwd**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|White Tailed Eagles
Feasibility|UR|Scientific Feasibility Study|0|2,500|3,053|553|0|0|
|Management and
Administration of
the Charity|UR|Establishing, supporting,
and developing projects|18,586|74,258|25,270|(1,189)|0|66,385|
|**Total Funds**|||17,111|575,830|527,788|0|0|65,153|
## **Independent Examination**
An independent examination of the accounts has been undertaken by Abacus Accounting.
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these financial statements
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## Administrative & Governance Details
## **Board of Trustees:**
Chris White - Darrell Smith - Ian Convery - Lily Marcel - Max Heaver - Roger Leese (Chair) - Sally Hawkins - Steve Smith
## **Details:**
- The Lifescape Project is a charitable limited liability company incorporated and registered in England and Wales under company number 11334803 and whose registered office is at 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ.
- The Lifescape Project's registered name is The Lifescape Project Limited. The Lifescape Project does not use another name.
- The Lifescape Project's governing document is in the form of articles of association which were filed with Companies House on 28 April 2018 and are available for download there.
- The Lifescape Project is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under charity number 1191303.
- While The Lifescape Project does not have a formal recruitment process for trustees at this stage, it recruits persons with the appropriate expertise to carry out the role from a range of backgrounds. Article 20 of The Lifescape Project's articles of association provides that a person may be appointed as a director/trustee by ordinary resolution and the directors may appoint a person who is willing to act as a director/trustee.
- None of the trustees hold title to property belonging to the charity as at the date of approval of this report.
- None of the trustees served as a trustee for the charity in holding the title to property belonging to the charity in the reporting period.