Intelligent Giving

AMBITIOUS CONSERVATIONISTS REGROUP

Last year we asked ourselves if this veteran organisation is juggling too many balls in its efforts to protect all endangered plant and animal species. This year it has had to cut back owing to lack of income (as the previous year). However the accompanying restructuring will hopefully breathe new life into its wide portfolio of work, supporting local green projects worldwide. The annual report is far more forthcoming than last year.

Read the charity's reply

QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	72 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Medium
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	£60k to £79k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
RESERVES WOULD LAST... What is this?	0 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

• The charity's website
• View their work on the Big Give
• GuideStar financial overview
• Charity Commission entry and link to annual report

Fauna & Flora International does have a rich and diverse portfolio of work and we are proud to be ambitious. Underlying this is the fact that our work is undertaken with and through local conservation partners, an approach which enables us to achieve widespread and significant on the ground results for relatively modest direct expenditure. We are committed to having a big impact on the natural world - not to having a big infrastructure.

We now directly contribute to the conservation of an area larger than Cuba and almost the size of England and plan to increase this by 50% over the next five years. In 2007 our income grew by 7.5%.

FFIs Vice President, Sir David Attenborough, says:

"If you value the natural world, if you believe it should be conserved for its own sake as well as for humanity's, then do please support FFI. Extraordinary results can come from relatively small amounts of money, properly deployed. Investment in the work of FFI is, truly, an investment in the future of our planet."