Overall GiG Score: 28 ?
Finance Score: 10
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +12

HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK 

Overview

Hubbub Foundation design campaigns in partnership with corporate supporters that inspire ways of living that are good for the environment and relevant to contemporary lifestyles. They offer practical and realistic solutions to help cut waste, make clothes last longer, save money and create cleaner spaces to live and work.

Campaigns are aided by Hubbub Enterprise, a social enterprise owned by Hubbub Foundation that explore whether ideas are commercially scalable and aid revenue generation. Having worked with hundreds of organisations in the past, their team has spread awareness to millions nationally and look to continue influencing the environmental movement in the future.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Encouraging people to adopt more sustainable lifestyles
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 10 years

www.hubbub.org.uk

hello@HUBBUB.ORG.UK

02037017541

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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
31/10/22£8,281£7,404£878£110£3,940£3,3415.453750
31/10/21£4,670£4,274£396£6£3,062£2,9878.444230
31/10/20£3,001£3,303£-303£6£2,666£2,6459.637360
31/10/19£4,520£2,343£2,177£5£2,756£2,71713.9250
31/10/18*£2,409£1,780£628£7£785£7605.1200
31/10/17£1,789£1,718£72£8£156£1170.8190
31/10/16£1,481£1,371£110£10£85£670.6120
31/10/15£629£654£-25£18£-25£-36-0.760

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Comment: Growth has been stimulated by corporate backers providing funding for their campaigns and this base has enabled their innovative ideas to flourish. Their most significant collaborator has been Starbucks, and the Hubbub Foundation has been the beneficiary of their 5p cup charge which makes up a large proportion of their income. This funding is supported by their social enterprise, Hubbub Enterprise, that is wholly owned by the Hubbub Foundation and provides additional financial security.

Source: Giving is Great

What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
The Hubbub Foundation creates environmental campaigns with positive and playful designs that inspire people to make healthier, greener lifestyle choices. Their campaigns are designed to give people easy and actionable ways of living that are good for the environment, and their experimental approaches mean they are accessible so can be recreated anywhere by anyone.
Who works here?
  • 53 employees
  • 750 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • Charity Times 2023 Awards Charity of the Year, Income £1m-£10m
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
Co-Operative Group£2,000,000
Esmee Fairbairn£270,000
Wates Family Enterprise Trust£240,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£150,000
Rothschild Foundation£136,400
National Lottery Community Fund£93,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hubbub
£2,000,000 25/05/2023
Grant to grow the Community fridge and food hub network across the UK between 2023 and 2026
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Hubbub UK
£4,400 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£20,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Greater London Authority - Hubbub
£30,000 28/11/2022
A service to reduce food waste, by working with businesses to redistribute edible food that would otherwise be thrown away to a network of community kitchens across London. Food Connect support ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Hubbub Foundation
£3,440 16/05/2022
Big Give Green Match
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 01/10/2021
Tackling Climate Change
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Hubbub Foundation
£15,000 15/07/2021
Unrestricted
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Hubbub UK
£132,000 02/07/2021
Expansion of the Community Fridge initiative
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Fridge Network- 1 Year Grant Extension
£93,600 11/02/2021
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The funding will help to work with communities across the UK to establish and maintain over 110 Community Fridges (CFs) which reduce food waste and normalise a spirit of sharing at a local level. ....more
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Grant-Hubbub Foundation
£120,000 16/07/2020
The grant will support a pioneering collaborative campaign exploring how a greener physical environment in disadvantaged neighbourhoods can drive greater engagement with climate change.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Grant-Hubbub Foundation
£120,000 16/07/2020
The grant will support a pioneering collaborative campaign exploring how a greener physical environment in disadvantaged neighbourhoods can drive greater engagement with climate change.
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Hubbub Foundation UK
£250,000 17/06/2020
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Towards the Climate Emergency Campaign - underwrite campaign costs to be repaid by corporate sponsorship.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 29/05/2020
Tackling Climate Change
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hubbub Enterprise
£10,000 26/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Hubbub Foundation
£15,000 15/05/2020
Coronavirus appeal
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£500,000 12/02/2019
60
Towards unrestricted core costs to develop innovative campaigns tacking all forms of waste, bringing communities together and promoting more sustainable living.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£77,250 23/11/2017
36
£77,250 over three years (£33,750; £23,500; £20,000) for the Co-ordination costs, dinghy and crew hire, marketing and associated running costs for the Plastic Fishing project in the Docklands ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Fridge Network
£161,930 02/10/2017
36
This project will use the funding to create a national network of Community Fridges that redistribute good quality surplus food to those facing hardship within the community. Community Fridges are ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£69,560 26/07/2017
18
Towards project costs including the salary of a development worker to design, pilot and evaluate interventions to prevent and reduce fly-tipping in Oldham with a view to a wider roll-out.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£52,500 15/07/2017
36
The Street that Shares
The Funding Network - Community Fridge UK
£19,963 25/04/2017
To create a flourishing network of community fridges that redistribute perishable food that would have otherwise been wasted to those most at need within the community
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£90,000 02/03/2016
36
Towards innovative ways to challenge the environmental impact of fast fashion.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£50,000 27/01/2016
12
Towards the planning and set-up of a trading subsidiary which aims to commercialise successful products and services created by Hubbub.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hubbub Foundation UK
£27,800 23/02/2015
12
Towards a project to create an influential movement promoting sustainable fashion, working with grass-roots initiatives and large companies to change behaviours.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-73
Anna is Head of Environment for Tesco Plc and is responsible for the Group’s global climate change, sustainable agriculture, marine and forest sustainability agendas. She is also responsible for Tesco’s flagship partnership with WWF. Prior to joining Tesco, she was Head of Sustainability for Nestlé UK & Ireland, where she led the....more
Catherine has worked in large and small businesses, the NHS, and most recently was CEO of the Food Standards Agency, where she developed an interest in supporting people to make behaviour changes that were good for them and the planet. Currently, as well as being part of the Hubbub Foundation Board, she is on her local NHS Board in Abergavenny and....more
Debbie has over 16 years broad industry experience in fashion and textiles. For over a decade she has led the Product department at the pioneering, sustainable outdoor clothing brand, Finisterre. She heads up the Design, Development and Sourcing of all Finisterre product. As Product Director she has led ambitious initiatives to reduce the....more
  • DAN SMITH Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Partner at Headland
Dan Smith is a Partner at Headland, a leading corporate reputation consultancy. He is a campaigning specialist, and advises global brands, FTSE-listed businesses, NGOs and charities on all aspects of their communications and reputation. He has devised and delivered campaigns which have resulted in the adoption of free school meals in the UK,....more
Jonathan has a commercial background and has held a number of senior positions in strategy, business development, line management and finance for both large public companies and more recently as the chair of various entrepreneurial and private equity backed ventures. Over the last few years, as the chair of smaller high growth businesses his....more
Along with his business partner, Ryan leads a team of 40 from their offices in London selling more than 4 million packs of their popcorn per month. Prior to his time at Propercorn, he founded his own environmentally-friendly property company. Aged just 25, he was recognised for his innovative development work, being awarded the best single unit....more
Sheetal is a seasoned banker with over 20 years of experience creating tailored and innovative financial solutions for corporate clients all over the world. She has a personal passion for protecting the world's environments and has spent many years volunteering for conservation-based organisations. The forefront of this work has been educating the....more
Stephanie has 20 years of brand-building, media and marketing experience. She’s held various leadership positions across major multinational corporations where she’s led through times of transformational change. She joined Facebook in 2013 where, as Facebook’s Head of Industry for the FMCG vertical in the UK, she strives to forge deep....more
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2014, number: 1158700
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/05/2014, number: 09038107
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR18: 24 days late,
Main office

New Wing
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO MAN OR OTHER LIVING SPECIES AND TO PLANETARY ECOLOGY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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