Overall GiG Score: 25 based on 19 data points
Finance: 6
Governance: 5
Support: 14
Good reserves management: +3, Fundraising costs low: +3,
12+ Trustees: -1, Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3,
Supporters: +14

SUSTAIN: THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER FOOD & FARMING 

Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity. We represent around 100 national public interest organisations, and are independent from the agri-food industry.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 31 years

www.sustainweb.org

sustain@sustainweb.org

02035596777

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£1,573£1,468£105£18£1,083£6885.6295
31/03/21£2,569£2,239£330£8£977£6143.32510
31/03/20£1,556£1,507£50£17£647£4133.32332
31/03/19£1,298£1,299£-2£16£597£3753.52230
31/03/18£1,195£1,070£124£10£599£3714.22230
31/03/17£1,196£1,380£-184£24£475£3493180
31/03/16£1,196£1,088£108£8£658£3483.8170
31/03/15£1,439£1,614£-175£43£551£4043130
31/03/14£1,507£1,528£-22£26£726£4863.8150
31/03/13£2,095£2,091£4£24£747£4672.7170
31/03/12£2,311£2,074£237£23£744£4532.6180
31/03/11£2,076£2,107£-31£22£507£4462.5260
31/03/10£1,832£1,890£-58£12£538£4342.8240
31/03/09£1,556£1,598£-42£16£596£3963170
31/03/08£1,223£891£332£26£638£3414.6140
31/03/07£628£564£64£24£306£2635.6130
31/03/06£448£533£-85n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/05£529£484£45n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/04£435£446£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 29 employees
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Thirty Percy Foundation£750,000
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£650,837
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust£315,000
City Bridge Trust£277,664
Samworth Foundation£250,000
Rothschild Foundation£157,500
John Ellerman Foundation£150,000
Friends Provident Foundation£90,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
£165,000 08/07/2023
Derisking an Agroecological Transition
Rothschild Foundation
£7,500 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£10,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Barrow Cadbury Trust
£80,800 15/11/2022
Grow the infrastructural support for Community Food Enterprises to reach social investment.
Rothschild Foundation
£150,000 08/07/2022
Local Food Retail: a multi-organisational programme to catalyse better, fairer and more resilient trading in local food, to support nature friendly farmer-focused supply chains across the UK
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
£558,900 25/01/2022
A campaign for a new tax on unhealthy food and/or drink
The Aim Foundation
£25,000 08/10/2021
Policy about introducing universal free school meals
Trust for London
£180,000 03/03/2021
The funding is for Sustain’s London Food Poverty Campaign, targeting local government to take action to reduce food poverty during and after Covid-19 through an annual report and engagement ....more
City Bridge Trust
£246,500 08/12/2020
36
£246,500 over 3 years (£84,500; £83,000; £79,000) towards salary costs of the Project Co-ordinator (3dpw), Project Officer (3dpw) and associated running costs to deliver a range of activities to ....more
City Bridge Trust
£31,164 11/09/2020
towards the costs of a community gardening programme, as outlined in your application
Friends Provident Foundation
£90,000 01/07/2020
We are in a time of climate and nature emergency, with land use and commodification key drivers of ecosystem harm, but also with major opportunities to cut emissions, restore nature and become more ....more
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£50,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Samworth Foundation
£250,000 11/03/2020
60
core funding to support their climate and nature emergency work
Thirty Percy Foundation
£750,000 28/02/2020
Core costs
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
£91,937 08/01/2020
Funding to Sustain
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
£150,000 12/07/2019
36
Farming, trading and climate resilience
DCMS
£55,332 01/04/2019
Engaging older volunteers in community gardens across London to grow food and share good practice
John Ellerman Foundation
£150,000 24/01/2019
36
Towards core costs of the "Campaign for a Better Food Britain" and its policy advocacy work on sustainable fishing and farming
The Baring Foundation
£76,439 11/12/2018
To coordinate a collaborative alliance and movement of third-sector organisations, working with academics and legal and advocacy advisors, towards achievement of new Food Rights.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
£10,000 06/12/2018
Growing Culture: Celebrating London's past and future food growing heritage
Greater London Authority
£5,000 24/09/2018
To support publication of Good Food for London and Beyond the Food Bank 2018 reports.
Greater London Authority
£5,000 24/09/2018
To support publication of Good Food for London and Beyond the Food Bank 2018 reports.
Greater London Authority
£5,000 24/09/2018
To support publication of Good Food for London and Beyond the Food Bank 2018 reports.
Greater London Authority
£5,000 24/09/2018
To support publication of Good Food for London and Beyond the Food Bank 2018 reports.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£500,000 19/09/2018
60
Towards core revenue support that will enable Sustain to take forward its key strategic aims over the next five years.
Greater London Authority
£15,000 30/07/2018
To support Captial Growth Programme - including the jobs and skills elements
Trust for London
£150,000 14/06/2018
30
The funding is to provide a roadmap of policies to reduce food poverty. Our work will be two-fold: working with local authorities and key stakeholders to implement strategic and affordable actions to ....more
Greater London Authority
£5,500 12/09/2017
Contribute to the production of the 2017 Good Food for London and Beyond the Food Bank Reports
The Baring Foundation
£73,561 16/05/2017
We will coordinate a collaborative alliance and movement of third-sector organisations, working with academics and legal and advocacy advisors, towards achievement of new Food Rights.
Friends Provident Foundation
£75,000 07/06/2016
Mobilising Sustain's influential alliance and advocacy we will: Establish a UK target of 1 million good jobs in better farming and land-use; Systematically address barriers and opportunities: ....more
The National Lottery Community Fund
£50,000 31/05/2016
6
This development funding will be used to help establish an alliance of groups aiming to ensure everyone in the UK has access to good food. It will bring together major national organisations working ....more
City Bridge Trust
£144,800 23/09/2015
36
£144,800 over three years (£49,980; £54,900; £39,920) for 2dpw of the Project Officer’s salary; 2dpw of the Project Support Officer’s salary; plus related costs of the London Grows Project.
Greater London Authority
£34,000 13/05/2015
Delivery of Capital Growth programme of food growing spaces in London
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£300,000 06/11/2014
Towards the cost of enabling Sustain to consolidate and continue to deliver the Campaign for Better Hospital Food, securing binding standards of quality and sustainability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-68
  • JOSIE COHEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Policy And Campaigns
  • ROB PERCIVAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Food Policy
  • SHEFALEE LOTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nutritionist And Writer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/1993, number: 1018643
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/1991, number: 02673194
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Main office

The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
LONDON
E2 9DA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO INITIATE OR CARRY ON RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH FOOD IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED AND THE EFFECTS THIS CAN HAVE ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON WHICH HUMANS DEPEND

Defined Area of Benefit: IN PRACTICE THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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