Loadsamoney! Increase in legacies helps bird charity turn in another tidy profit

                                                                        

THE RSPB made a handsome profit of £51.4-million in 2021 according to its annual report.

The income of £157.7-million was boosted by increases in legacies, membership subscriptions and miscellaneous donations.

Expenditure amounted to £106.3-million of which £46.6 million was spent on managing its 222 nature reserves.

The Bedfordshire-based charity says its total financial reserves, as of March 31 this year, stood at £278.9-million.

Number of staff is 2,231 - up from 2,101 the previous year.

Current membership stands at about 1.1-million.