Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

PLASTIC FREE NORTH DEVON

Our mission is to protect & improve our environment through community-led action to combat plastic pollution.We aim to achieve this by helping people to recognise the relevance and value of the environment to their lives; to see and experience first-hand the impact of plastic pollution on nature; and to support good choices in purchasing, use and disposal of plastics.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£124	£106	£17	n/a
31/12/22?	£119	£64	£55	n/a
31/03/21	£43	£28	£15	n/a
31/03/20	£47	£37	£10	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.plasticfreenorthdevon.org

info@plasticfreenorthdevon.org

07768174590

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Devon,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Postcode Local Trust	£21,451
The Badur Foundation	£20,995
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£21,451	29/09/2023	Funding helped grow and develop our Repair Cafe network which offers the tools to enable and encourage a repair culture to flourish.
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Plastic Free North Devon
£12,000	03/10/2022	Towards year 2 of the Ocean Explorer pilot
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Plastic Free North Devon
£8,995	26/04/2021	Towards an environmental project supporting inclusive engagement with nature
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/05/2020	Plastic Free Ambassador Virtual Reality Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMMA JANE REED Appointed: 2023

HAMISH FERGUSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020

JAMES SZYMANKIEWICZ Appointed: 2018

LYN STRAHAN Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/03/2019, number: 1182464

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from WA CUP on 23/12/2021

Main office

Plastic Free North Devon
Unit 6
Velator Way
Velator
BRAUNTON
Devon

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTICS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES WHICH AIM TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE ENVIRONMENT.· RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PLASTIC POLLUTION THROUGH TOURIST AWARENESS AND BEACH AMBASSADOR SCHEMES.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FOCUSING ON PLASTIC USE AND POLLUTION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

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