Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

COOL EARTH ACTION

Provides grant funding to rainforest communities to support their work in protecting at-risk forest and ensure their voice is heard in agreements that affect the future of rainforest.Promotes a greater understanding of the role that forest communities play in keeping rainforest ecosystems intact and the role that rainforests play in supporting life across the planet.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
31/01/23		£6,097	£6,010	£87	£1,005	£4,779	£3,305	6.6	98	0
31/01/22		£3,868	£3,052	£816	£551	£4,692	£3,554	14	28	0
31/01/21		£2,341	£2,151	£190	£410	£3,876	£3,453	19.3	21	0
31/01/20		£3,223	£2,698	£525	£499	£3,686	£3,606	16	22	22
31/01/19		£2,494	£2,056	£438	£493	£3,160	£3,010	17.6	18	0
31/01/18		£2,262	£1,794	£468	£382	£2,723	£2,623	17.5	16	0
31/01/17		£1,672	£1,504	£168	£382	£2,254	£2,254	18	18	0
31/01/16		£1,556	£1,339	£217	£350	£2,086	£2,086	18.7	16	0
31/01/15		£1,321	£1,163	£159	£364	£1,869	£1,869	19.3	9	0
31/01/14		£1,176	£920	£256	£139	£1,711	£1,711	22.3	10	0
31/01/13		£1,422	£823	£599	£210	£1,498	£1,482	21.6	5	0
31/01/12		£1,517	£826	£691	£161	£899	£883	12.8	3	0
31/01/11		£492	£536	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10		£787	£619	£168	£23	£251	£251	4.9	4	0
31/01/09		£375	£355	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/08	*	£357	£294	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 33.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 17 years

www.coolearth.org

info@coolearth.org

01326567200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ecuador, Honduras, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Peru,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

98 employees

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£200,000
Dulverton Trust	£30,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£200,000	05/11/2021	The Queen's Green Canopy
Dulverton Trust - Queen's Green Canopy - The QGC Green Skills Programme
£30,000	28/10/2021	Queen's Green Canopy - The QGC Green Skills Programme
Quartet Community Foundation - The Queen's Green Canopy
£2,000	01/10/2021	As directed by the fund holder towards the Platinum Jubilee project: The Queen's Green Canopy, national tree planting initiative. The campaign will see communities, charities, schools, scout groups, ....more As directed by the fund holder towards the Platinum Jubilee project: The Queen's Green Canopy, national tree planting initiative. The campaign will see communities, charities, schools, scout groups, councils and landowners planting trees across the four nations to create a lasting legacy... that will enhance our environment and the landscape, for generations to come. The campaign will encourage the planting of healthy native trees that will thrive in their environment. Funds will go towards planting trees and creating green spaces in deprived urban areas and schools across the UK.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-84

GILLIAN BURKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Broadcaster/Writer

ANTHONY JUNIPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Environmentalist

BARON JOHN SELWYN DEBEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Member Of Parliament

CHARLES HENRY MARK ELLINGHAM Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Publisher

JOHAN ELIASCH Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Chairman

JOHAN ROCKSTROM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Professor

LORD FRANK FIELD CH, PC, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION YEARS INFORMATION AND RESEARCH, FEEDING BRITAIN, NUMBER SEVEN,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2007, number: 1117978
Registered at Companies House on 15/01/2007, number: 06053314

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR08: 98 days late,

Main office

Cool Earth
Tremough Innovation Centre
PENRYN
TR10 9TA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES;B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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