Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CITY TO SEA CIO 

At City to sea we're on a mission to prevent plastic pollution at source and make it easier for everyone to live with less waste. Our award winning campaign and community work tackles the most polluting single-use plastic items, focusing on upstream solutions so our oceans and beaches wont need to be cleaned in the future. We help make a lasting impact.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/01/23£123,855£1,430£122,4250
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.citytosea.org.uk

admin@citytosea.org.uk

01173735870

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Return Refill Repeat - a whole-system approach to reuse/refill and packaging as a service
£180,958 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10010117

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2022, number: 1197989
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

City to Sea
5 YORK COURT
WILDER STREET
BRISTOL
BS2 8QH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF RIVERS AND SEAS, INPARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) INSPIRING BEHAVIOUR-CHANGE AMONGST INDIVIDUALS TO CUT DOWN ON EVERYDAYSINGLE-USE PLASTICS;(II) ENCOURAGING RETAILERS AND VENUES TO CHANGE POLICIES AROUND THE BUYINGAND SELLING OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS;(III) CHALLENGING INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURERS TO REFUSE, REUSE, RECYCLE ORREDESIGN;(IV) SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT AND POLICYMAKERS IN DECISIONS AFFECTING WASTE,LITTER AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT;(V) CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS TO CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIESAND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT WATERWAYS AND COASTLINES; AND(VI) PROVIDING GRANTS OR OTHER MEANS OF PRACTICAL HELP OR GUIDANCE TO OTHERACTORS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF MARINE CONSERVATION.(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSERVATION,PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF RIVERS AND SEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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