Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

GROWGREENCARBON 

GrowGreenCarbon facilitates projects which build green carbon in the environment. Working with the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, the charity will lead the curation of the Oxfordshire Treescape Opportunity Mapping Project, which was initiated by the Oxfordshire Lieutenancy late in 2019, to increase the number of trees, in all their forms, in rural and urban Oxfordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

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 was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£8,396£10,795£-2,3992
31/03/22£6,990£2,476£4,5140
31/03/21£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.growgreencarbon.org/

tormacnamara@gmail.com

01869340109

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Climate emergency
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - The Oxfordshire Treescape Project
£6,490 15/10/2021
This group will use the funding to create reports that show where woodlands hedgerows community orchards and agroforestry systems can be introduced. They have already developed a free service for ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2020, number: 1188709
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Heyford Manor
Church Lane
Lower Heyford
BICESTER
OX25 5NZ

Objectives

I) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY SUPPORTING PROJECTS WHICH ENRICH GREEN CARBON AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF INCREASING GREEN CARBON AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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