GCT's annual report and audited accounts for 2009 are now available. Highlights are:
* Raising over £700,000 income for the first time in our history, an increase of 34% over the previous year and at a time of economic uncertainty
* Providing grant funding of over £335,000 for Galapagos, including direct grants of over £200,000 to the Charles Darwin Foundation
* Raising close to £150,000 for Project Floreana and launching our Donate a Darwin Appeal to save its flagship, the Floreana Mockingbird, at the Bank of England in February
* Engaging a record number of young people - our combined Junior membership and Tortoise Club for Primary Schools saw a 35% increase in membership during the year
* Recruiting a record number of Life Members - 32 in all during the year
* Establishing a £400,000+ joint research fund with Cambridge University to develop lasting links between the University and Galapagos
* Capitalising on the Darwin anniversaries to raise GCT's profile and put Galapagos conservation firmly in the spotlight, and leveraging increased funds as a result.
A copy of the report and accounts can be seen and downloaded by clicking on the following link:
FINAL accounts for 2009.pdf
* Raising over £700,000 income for the first time in our history, an increase of 34% over the previous year and at a time of economic uncertainty
* Providing grant funding of over £335,000 for Galapagos, including direct grants of over £200,000 to the Charles Darwin Foundation
* Raising close to £150,000 for Project Floreana and launching our Donate a Darwin Appeal to save its flagship, the Floreana Mockingbird, at the Bank of England in February
* Engaging a record number of young people - our combined Junior membership and Tortoise Club for Primary Schools saw a 35% increase in membership during the year
* Recruiting a record number of Life Members - 32 in all during the year
* Establishing a £400,000+ joint research fund with Cambridge University to develop lasting links between the University and Galapagos
* Capitalising on the Darwin anniversaries to raise GCT's profile and put Galapagos conservation firmly in the spotlight, and leveraging increased funds as a result.
A copy of the report and accounts can be seen and downloaded by clicking on the following link:
FINAL accounts for 2009.pdf
