Overall Score: 27 based on 17 data points
Finance: 7
Governance: 3
Support: 17
Poor Liquidity: -1, Fundraising costs low: +3, Future income +5,
Dynamic board: +3,
Large volunteers +3, Supporters: +14

STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 

Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) is an educational charity created by students and staff at NUS in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis. We support students to learn, act and lead for sustainability.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

How you can help

Established: 4 years

www.sos-uk.org

hello@sos-uk.org

07738883451

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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
30/09/22£1,788£1,418£370£2£927£2422351,345
30/09/21£1,404£1,103£301£0£557£2162.3327,665
30/09/20£1,244£1,082£162£0£162£1251.4191,250
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 2.0484436483647 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 1,345 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
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:
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation£276,604
Friends Provident Foundation£150,000
J J Charitable Trust£69,962
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust£50,000
The Blagrave Trust£35,000
Gower Street£30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£26,500

Specific Donations

Amount When
Months		 To be used for
J J Charitable Trust
£24,500 10/10/2023
To deliver engagement with senior decision-makers and regulators in university education
J J Charitable Trust
£25,462 10/10/2023
Towards its PR and influencing campaign
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£13,216 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£5,923 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Grocers' Charity
£500 23/11/2022
to support youth
OVO Foundation
£348,850 22/11/2022
This grant will be used to deliver SOS-UK's 'Teach the Teacher' programme, supporting students to run training sessions for their teachers on different climate issues and how climate education can be ....more
Gower Street
£5,000 19/10/2022
Track Changes project
J J Charitable Trust
£20,000 09/06/2022
For the 1.5 Degrees league table, on the condition that marketing and PR are the focus for the campaign.
The Grocers' Charity
£6,000 29/04/2022
Towards programme costs of organising campaigns to improve the English education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis. It supports school pupils to run campaigns, and it ran a ....more
The Grocers' Charity
£6,000 29/04/2022
Towards programme costs of organising campaigns to improve the English education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis. It supports school pupils to run campaigns, and it ran a ....more
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£59,225 23/03/2022
18
Towards project costs bringing Green 2.0 to the UK to catalyse the sustainability sector into action on race equity
Friends Provident Foundation
£150,000 01/03/2022
24
We want to mobilise student power and university influence to drive transformative change in the finance sector. Over two years, we will focus on three areas of significant impact identified by our ....more
Gower Street
£5,000 25/01/2022
PR support for the second phase of work on govt climate strategy
Gower Street
£20,000 17/11/2021
Phase 2 of influencing DFE
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£10,000 24/08/2021
5
Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) is a student-led education charity focusing on sustainability, with work spanning issues of social justice and wellbeing. This grant supports ....more
The Blagrave Trust
£25,000 16/03/2021
To support Teach The Future’s campaign to ensure that the climate justice is taught and taught well in UK schools.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£198,240 26/02/2021
36
Towards core costs repurposing university offset money to support farmers in capturing carbon, improving soils and bringing back nature
Mark Leonard Trust
£15,000 25/02/2021
Towards phase 2 of SOS’s work
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£16,500 01/09/2020
Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) is a student-led education charity focusing on sustainability. This grant supports the development of SOS-UK's 'Teach the Future' campaign, a ....more
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
£50,000 10/07/2020
12
Core costs and the Teach the Future Campaign
The Blagrave Trust
£10,000 27/03/2020
Teach the Future campaign - policy and influence work
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2019, number: 1184011
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Main office

c/o NUS Services
Snape Road
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2NZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SO AS TO FURTHER THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BY REDUCING AND MAKING SUSTAINABLE THE USE OF ENERGY AND WATER AND ENSURING THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL AND HUMAN-MADE RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.”

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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