Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST 

EJF protects biodiversity and defends the most basic human rights to a secure environment. EJF trains and equips environmental defenders and works at the grassroots to investigate, expose and resolve threats to the natural world. Our high-level campaigns take local issues to influential decision makers who can change global environmental governance and protection for good.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 gender
Established: 23 years

www.ejfoundation.org

info@ejfoundation.org

02072393310

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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
31/12/22£5,042£4,519£523£36£5,713£3,1548.4904
31/12/21£3,657£2,867£790£56£5,020£3,42014.3205
31/12/20£4,792£2,716£2,076£34£4,175£2,66711.81811
31/12/19£2,613£2,347£266£54£2,188£6883.5407
31/12/18£2,070£1,797£273£22£1,921£3192.14113
31/12/17£2,349£1,920£430£20£1,648£1951.2350
31/12/16£2,269£1,961£308£20£1,218£1020.6290
31/12/15£1,728£1,490£238£27£911£-63-0.5130
31/12/14£1,324£1,065£259£81£672£-39-0.4300
31/12/13£693£849£-156£53£413£-7-0.1130
31/12/12£834£643£191£62£569£571.1100
31/12/11£596£466£130£59£378£842.270
31/12/10£482£434£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£420£363£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£300£269£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£260£304£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£239£230£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£217£191£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£156£156£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 112.6
Asset Split ?
Comment: Income in 2018 was made up almost entirely by grants from trusts and foundations. Other revenue came from public donations from individual supporters, special events and ethical businesses, along with sales of film, photos and clothing.

Source: Giving is Great

What it does
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 90 employees
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Netherlands, Philippines, Senegal, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

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
ARCADIA - Oceans Campaign
£1,000,000 01/10/2017
To support the Environmental Justice Foundation's Oceans Campaign to end illegal fishing and protect marine biodiversity, with a focus on West Africa and South-East Asia.
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£105,000 16/06/2016
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Support towards the salary of a Digital Campaigner and the development of a new website
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£105,000 31/05/2016
Support towards the salary of a Digital Campaigner and the development of a new website
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Environmental Justice Foundation Charitable Trust
£30,000 28/04/2014
Towards co-ordination of the Bee Coalition looking to strengthen the environment sector's voice towards greater awareness of pollinators and to halt and reverse their decline.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2001, number: 1088128
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 43 days late, AR08: 142 days late, AR07: 104 days late, AR06: 64 days late,
Main office

Environmental Justice Foundation
2nd floor, Gensurco House
3-5 Spafield Street
Farringdon
London
EC1R 4QB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:(I) TO PROMOTE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE AWARD OF GRANTS OR OTHER MONETARY PAYMENTS;(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL MATTERS INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OR CONCERN; AND(III) TO CARRY OUT OR ASSIST IN THE CARRYING OUT OF RESEARCH INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND THE IMPACT ON THESE OF BOTH NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC (HUMAN-INDUCED) ACTIVITIES AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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