Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 26

CHEM TRUST

CHEM Trust works to protect humans and wildlife from harmful chemicals CHEM Trust's vision is a world where humans and wildlife co-exist with a sustainable chemical industry, and where chemicals play no part in causing impaired reproduction, deformities, disease, or deficits in neurological function.

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
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£1,253	£1,124	£129	£97	£986	£881	9.4	11	0
31/12/22	£943	£722	£221	£67	£857	£798	13.3	8	0
31/12/21	£839	£697	£143	£51	£636	£576	9.9	8	0
31/12/20	£736	£705	£31	£57	£493	£417	7.1	7	0
31/12/19	£639	£545	£94	£49	£462	£297	6.5	6	0
31/12/18	£510	£395	£115	£38	£368	£230	7	6	0
31/12/17	£331	£244	£88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£221	£224	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£235	£221	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£241	£212	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£230	£221	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£196	£155	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	£63	£160	£-96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10	£107	£149	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	£152	£153	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08	£252	£143	£109	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	£216	£103	£113	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 14.3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

www.chemtrust.org

governance@chemtrust.org

07759 308 140

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Esmee Fairbairn	£716,000
Samworth Foundation	£120,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CHEM Trust
£56,000	13/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£120,000	15/10/2021	To support the organisational structure needed by Chem Trust to effect and advise on policy change in an area that although essential is not currently viewed as being central to the climate debate.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CHEM Trust
£560,000	14/09/2021 60	Towards core costs supporting CHEM Trust’s ongoing work on hormone disrupting chemicals.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core Costs
£100,000	28/01/2021	Towards core costs of achieving protective chemicals policy at both EU and UK levels whilst raising awareness amongst UK consumers of the harm they can do to health, wildlife and the environment.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£60,000	07/05/2020	The Chemicals Threat: A grave concern for families, society and the environment
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£40,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£60,000	09/12/2019 18	Towards core costs support for the UK to remain in alignment with European Union chemical laws post-Brexit, as a means to protect high standards of human and ecosystem health in the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£60,000	27/11/2017 18	Towards core costs in co-ordinating work on the future regulation of chemicals during the process of the UK leaving the European Union, to ensure equivalent or better regulations for chemicals to be used in the future in the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£400,000	19/04/2016 60	Towards the next phase of the development of the organisation to achieve greater profile and results on harmful hormone disrupting chemicals.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£215,000	15/12/2011	Towards the salary of the director and the costs of annual projects on wildlife and chemicals.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Chemicals, Health, and Environmental Monitoring Trust
£113,700	12/06/2008 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the director and two projects to benefit UK wildlife conservation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-78

ANDREW PHILIP WRIGHT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Director

ARIADNA RODRIGO JANARIZ Appointed: 2022

CATHERINE LUCY DAVIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Policy Director

DR COLIN CHURCH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

GARETH SIMKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Communications Adviser

GEOFFREY LANE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

JOANNA CLAIRE WALTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Communications And People

JUSTIN WILKES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

LESLIE JONES OBE Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Consultant

LISA MARIE SHARPLES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Associate Director People & Transformation (Hrd)

RACHEL LOUISE YOXEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer (Cfo)

SHARON HELEN DARCY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2007, number: 1118182
Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2006, number: 05933897

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

Impact Hub London Euston
1 Triton Square
LONDON
NW1 3DX

Objectives

OBJECTS 3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PURSUE ALL OBJECTS WHICH ARE REGARDED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING:3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE EFFECTS OF NOXIOUS CHEMICALS;3.2 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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