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
  • Grant maker 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

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/12/23£294£411£-117n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22£357£357£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£259£355£-97n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£406£317£89n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£300£273£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£407£291£116£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£306£278£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£270£231£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£154£131£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£33£90£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£144£164£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£228£132£97£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£95£68£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£66£42£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£11£56£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£61£28£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£47£43£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£20£42£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£32£1£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 28%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Established: 24 years

www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk

info@sustainabilityfirst.org.uk

02031379798

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UN SDGs
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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'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.

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 (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-78
  • JADE MCGHEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing And Communications Manager
  • PHIL BARTON (Chair) Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Chief Exec Encams
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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