Common questions about South West Environmental Parks Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is South West Environmental Parks Limited a good charity? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited scores 56 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is South West Environmental Parks Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists South West Environmental Parks Limited as a registered charity (charity number 300923). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=300923&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is South West Environmental Parks Limited's charity number? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited's charity number is 300923. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is South West Environmental Parks Limited's charity rating? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited scores 56 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does South West Environmental Parks Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for South West Environmental Parks Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches South West Environmental Parks Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of South West Environmental Parks Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are South West Environmental Parks Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2022–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at South West Environmental Parks Limited. South West Environmental Parks Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does South West Environmental Parks Limited receive? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited reported £11m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are South West Environmental Parks Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-29). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is South West Environmental Parks Limited based? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited's registered contact address is in Torquay (TQ4 7EU). It tells the regulator it operates in Cornwall, Devon, Torbay, with a focus on animals.
How much is South West Environmental Parks Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. South West Environmental Parks Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does South West Environmental Parks Limited's money come from? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited reported £11m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £8.8m (81%), donations and legacies £1.2m (11%), investments £728k (7%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £637k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to South West Environmental Parks Limited? +
The register records South West Environmental Parks Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are South West Environmental Parks Limited's trustees paid? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was South West Environmental Parks Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for South West Environmental Parks Limited: The Paignton Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
When was South West Environmental Parks Limited registered as a charity? +
South West Environmental Parks Limited was entered on the register on 3 April 1964. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00792877).
How does CharityCompare score South West Environmental Parks Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in South West Environmental Parks Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and South West Environmental Parks Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.