2025-04-05-accounts - Bonobo Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 26 04 2024 05 04 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1208027

BONOBO FOUNDATION

Charity's principal address 2 CLARE AVENUE Postcode CH2 3HS CHESTER

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	ANNA ILONA ROBERTS
	SAMUEL GEORGE BRADLEY ROBERTS
	HUGO JAN BRADLEY ROBERTS
	SANDER VAN DEN ENDE
	IAN SINGLETON
	MARION LAPORTE

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March 2012

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for wholeyear

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

CONSTITUTION

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

APPOINTED BY TRUSTEES

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

TAR

March 2012

The objects of the CIO are to promote and advance conservation of the bonobos and their habitat in Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo. The objects are to raise awareness in Summary of the objects of the any part or parts of the world, in particular but not limited to, through charity set out in its research development, and provision of public education, scientific study governing document and training. Activities and achievements during the year During the reporting period, the charity undertook limited operational activity. The trustees determined that the priority should be to complete and disseminate the results of previous conservation work before seeking additional funding for new programmes in the Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As part of advancing the charity’s objectives to promote research, awareness, and scientific understanding of bonobo conservation, the Chair prepared and submitted an academic paper to the journal African Primates . The paper outlines the importance of bonobo habituation work in Iyondji and the need to resume conservation research that was Summary of the main suspended in 2016. This work contributes to the charity’s objective of activities undertaken for the promoting scientific study and raising awareness of the conservation public benefit in relation to needs of bonobos and their habitat. these objects (include within this section the statutory The trustees believe that completing and publishing this research is an declaration that trustees have important step in strengthening the evidence base for conservation activity had regard to the guidance in Iyondji and in supporting future funding applications. issued by the Charity Commission on public Plans for future periods benefit) The charity was established in part to enable applications for conservation funding to support work in the Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve. However, the trustees consider it prudent to complete the previous research project and ensure that its findings are disseminated before seeking new funding. Once this work is finalized and published, the charity intends to pursue grant opportunities to support bonobo conservation, research, and community-based initiatives in Iyondji in line with its charitable objectives. During the period, the charity therefore focused on maintaining its governance arrangements and preparing the groundwork necessary for future programme activity and fundraising.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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March 2012

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policy on grantmaking;
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Section D Achievements and performance

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March 2012

Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

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March 2012

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) ANNA ILONA ROBERTS Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIR etc)

Date 5/03/2026

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March 2012

BONOBO FOUNDATION 1208027 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Apr-24 Apr-25 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

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05/03/2026

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 Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name ANNA ROBERTS	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		ANNA ROBERTS	05/03/2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

05/03/2026