Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 6

SUSTAINABILITY FIRST

Research and publication of policy papers and sustainability eg. water, waste, energy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£294	£411	£-117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£357	£357	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£259	£355	£-97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£406	£317	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£300	£273	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£407	£291	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£306	£278	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£270	£231	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£154	£131	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£33	£90	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£144	£164	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£228	£132	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£95	£68	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£66	£42	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	*	£11	£56	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08	*	£61	£28	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	*	£47	£43	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	*	£20	£42	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£32	£1	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 28%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000

Established: 25 years

www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk

info@sustainabilityfirst.org.uk

02031379798

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Land or water management

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Nuffield Foundation - Strategic fund grant
£5,000	04/02/2020	Climate change: how to ensure affordability doesn't detract from decarbonisation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-78

AMY LOUISE WHITNEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

DAVID SIGSWORTH Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Generation Director

DEREK LICKORISH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

EDWARD STANLEY DE SALIS YOUNG Appointed: 2024

EUGENIO LUPI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

JOE PERKINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Economist

JOHN MATTHEW LUNN (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Management Consultant

LUCY JANE HOLDAWAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director

SARAH HELEN DEASLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Economist

STEVEN JOHN HARMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Relations

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2000, number: 1078994
Registered at Companies House on 21/12/1999, number: 03897720

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR09: 142 days late, AR08: 34 days late, AR07: 5 days late, AR06: 20 days late,

Main office

Sustainability First
85 Great Portland Street
First Floor
London
W1W 7LT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND TO UNDERTAKE AND PROCURE RESEARCH AND STUDY AND TO PUBLISH ANY USEFUL RESULTS. TO PROMOTE IDEAS, ACTIONS AND CHANGES TO FURTHER THE INTEGRATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, INCLUDING THE COMBATING OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; AT A COMMUNITY, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL..

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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