| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Website: http://www.rspb.org.uk
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| Alias: | RSPB |
| Activity: | The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment. Nature is amazing – help us keep it that way. RSPB is part of birdlife international, the global partnership of bird conservation organisations. |
| a) to conserve wild birds and the wider environment on which wild birds depend, maintaining bird numbers, diversity and natural geographic distribution, b) to conserve natural and semi natural habitats and to re-create habitats, c) to encourage others to practise the conservation of wild birds and habitats, d) to promote knowledge of conservation through education and research |
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| Income: | £122 million |
| Accounts: | 31 Mar 2010 |
| Registrar: | Charity Commission 207076 |
Context
The RSPB is one of Britain’s oldest and most respected charities. It used to exist on voluntary donations. Not any more.
The RSPB formed Stop Climate Chaos in September 2006 and were amongst the first environmental groups to call for a 80% reduction in UK carbon emissions by 2050.
Details
In 2010 RSPB reported received a staggering £22.6 million in public money, including:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: £4.5 million
- Landfill Communities Fund: £2.3 million
- European Union: £2.1 million
- National Lottery Funds £1.4 million
- Scottish Natural Heritage: £1.4 million
- Environment Agency: £1.2 million
- Natural England: £1.1 million
- Scottish Executive: £1 million
- Department for International Development: £308,000
- Department of Environment, Northern Ireland: £260,000
- Countryside Council for Wales: £252,000
- Forestry Commission: £180,000
- National Assembly for Wales: £179,000
- East Midlands Development Agency: £111,000
- South East England Development Agency: £90,000
- Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, NI: £26,000
- Local councils & other £6.2 million
— - Total: £22.6 million
The charity’s total income was £122 million. Other major items include:
- Membership subscriptions: £36.9 million
- Legacies: £27.9 million
As such, the RSPB does raise a substantial percentage of its money from voluntary contributions; however, 18.5% of its income comes from the pockets of the taxpayer in involuntary contributions.
Pathetic whining from someone who clearly hates the environment.
Probably a moronic Daily Mail reader.
Isn’t the public money for specific projects which has to be spent on specific project achieving specific results for society? Also I’d guess it’s audited too. What with the push for big society it looks likemoney well spent. Verdict – a real charity doing real valuable work.
I guess R Devonshire and GreenWeegie are members of RSPB. I am too, and value its work immensely but I nonetheless think your research is a great public service. The only criticism I would make is that the verdict of fake should be preceded by the % of government funding. RSPB is 18.5% fake, which would enable us to distinguish it instantly from the 0%fake like the RNLI, and the 100% fake like ASH. The fact that more than 50% of its large income is from voluntary contributions is surely remarkable and commendable, so it is not wholly fake. I think you need a terminology that is more sensitive to variations in the degree of involuntary support a charity receives but anyway -right on!