## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 01/10/2023 (** Period start date **) To: 30/09/2024 (** Period end date **)**
## **Charity name: RangerLab**
## **Charity registration number: 1198948**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit, to relieve the needs
of those individuals working as wildlife
rangers in any part of the world who lack
the means to meet basic personal welfare
or working standards in particular but not
exclusively through the provision of grants
and the provision of goods directly related
to improving their personal and working
welfare such as socks, boots, uniforms and
dental and hygiene products. For the
purposes of this clause, ‘wildlife ranger’ is
defined as ‘the person involved in the
practical protection and preservation of all
aspects of wild areas, historical and cultural
sites.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The main activities in relation to those
purposes for the public benefit include the
making of financial grants, the making of
grants of equipment, and assisting
conservation partners with equipment
logistics as required.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|RangerLab Trustees have had regard to
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|RangerLab works in partnership with
conservation partners on the ground to
ensure that grants are effectively utilised.
Our conservation partners are well-known
in our sector to have consistently complied
with other, larger, grant-making bodies and
part of the project selection process has
included speaking with these bodies prior
to commencing grant-making. The grant|
making process includes consultation between our local partners and the potential grant recipient, consideration of the utility of a grant by the RangerLab Trustees. RangerLab monitors the application of grants to ensure that they have been applied for the purposes for which they have been given by asking for photographic evidence of procurement, and where appropriate, breakdowns of receipts of expenditure. In the instance of donations of equipment being made to wildlife rangers, photographic evidence of the equipment being deployed and worn by beneficiaries gives our Trustees enough surety on the effective usage of this grant making activity. Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|In January 2024, a sum of £4,000 was
granted to National Park Rescue (a
Zimbabwean Registered Trust which also
has a UK “friends of” charity of the same
name, registered charity number 1170025):
our Zimbabwean conservation partners.
This grant was important to support the
building and maintenance of outdoor
exercise facilities in Chizarira National
Park. These facilities help ensure wildlife
rangers have physical and mental fitness.
In March 2024, a sum of £3,000 was made
to the Ulinzi Africa Foundation, our Kenyan
conservation partners, to supply their
wildlife rangers with new uniforms, boots
and a field phone for communications on
the ground. This has improved the working
conditions of the wildlife rangers working in
the Kipini and Tana regions.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The Trustees are satisfied that the charity’s
achievements as outlined above match the
charity’s objective of adding significant
impact to its beneficiaries.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position at the end of
the period was stable. The position at the
end of the period included a surplus of
£10,356 which was carried over to the next
period. This surplus gave financial
robustness to the organisation.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves were held in the period to protect
the financial robustness of the charity from
any fundraising risks. The organisation held
at least 10% of their income as reserves
across the financial period.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|See above.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The Trustees recognise that charities are
currently operating in a difficult fundraising
environment. They will therefore monitor
carefully the charity’s fundraising target and
budget and adapt the charity’s activities
accordingly.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|In this period, the charity's principal sources
of funds were generated across two key
areas; grants and voluntary receipts.
Firstly, the organisation was grateful to
receive the support of grant funding from:
Olsen Animal Trust, registered charity
number 1169982 (OAT)
Covey Environmental Trust (CET)
Endangered Species Fund (ESF)
In addition to these grant funding receipts,
the organisation received crucial support
from voluntary public donations.
We are most grateful for all financial
support in the financial period.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Continuing fundraising challenges are a
key risk to the organisation. Building a
financial base from which we can operate,
has required us to invest in fundraising
capability, events and the diversification of
income streams.|
Trustees, to mitigate future fundraising risks, are aware of the importance of cashflow projections to ensure the continued financial viability of the organisation. Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution Foundation Model|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|New trustees are appointed by the existing
trustees of the charity.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|RangerLab Trading Ltd, company number
14300749 (“the Trading Co”), was
incorporated as a company limited by
shares on 16 August 2022. RangerLab
Studios CIC, company number 14973014
(“the CIC”) was incorporated as a
community interest company limited by
guarantee on 30 June 2023.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Trading subsidiaries designed principally to
generate income for the charity.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|RangerLab|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1198948|
|Charity’s principal address|23 Little Orchard Way
Shalford
Guildford
Surrey
GU4 8JY|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Douglas Flynn||||
||Stephen Pomphrey||||
||Michael Geldard
OBE||||
||Crispin Lyden-
Cowan||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members**
Lewis Bedford – Honorary Executive Director
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** _Stephen Pomphrey_ **Full name(s)** Stephen Pomphrey **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee ] **Date** 29/07/2025
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Charity Name No (if any)
RangerLab 1198948
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01-Oct-23 30-Sep-24
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Voluntary receipts 14,329 - - 14,329 16,251
Grants 5,766 3,450 - 9,216 23,000
Events - - - - 24,528
Goods in kind - - - - 4,736
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 20,095 ] 3,450 - 23,545 68,515
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 20,095 3,450 - 23,545 68,515
A3 Payments
Cost of charitable activities 3,550 3,450 - 7,000 31,648
Other costs 5,498 - - 5,498 1,597
Cost of fundraising 691 - - 691 31,423
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 9,739 ] 3,450 - 13,189 64,668
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Other cash items from financing activities
(Loan) 3,134 - - 3,134 3,134
- - - -
Sub total [ 3,134 ] - - 3,134 3,134
Total payments 12,873 3,450 - 16,323 67,802
Net of receipts/(payments) 7,222 - - 7,222 713
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 7,222 - - 7,222 713
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
_Stephen Pomphrey_
**Details**
**Details**
Community Direct Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Recoverable loans due to the charity
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,222**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,222**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,134**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Stephen Pomphrey|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
29/07/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
29/07/2025
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