The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited

Analysis

The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08250951). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited reported income of £6.2m and spending of £6.7m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £8.6m to £6.2m (-28%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yehudi Menuhin School Limited (£6.1m), Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust (£6.2m) and The Geological Society of London (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, trading 33% and donations and legacies 7.5%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. It employed 172 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.