Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE MOVEMENTS TRUST LIMITED 

Supporting Charitable Movements focused on the intersection between society and climate change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities

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 ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£458,495£407,336£51,1591
31/03/22£16,025£13,505£2,5200
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.themovementstrust.org

together@themovementstrust.org

07904 351 246

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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How you can help
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Movements Trust Limited
£60,000 20/09/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to strengthen communities working to protect the natural world and achieve systemic change, networking them and helping them access support to make real impact
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Movements Trust Limited
£6,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Gower Street - Core Costs
£10,000 05/10/2022
Core capacity funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Movements Trust Limited
£60,000 15/12/2021
Towards core costs for a programme of movement mapping, movement building and ecosystem development focused on Climate and Environmental movements.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-66
  • DEBRA HAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Responsible Business Senior Manager
  • TARA BAJARIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Financial Services
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2021, number: 1194447
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/01/2021, number: 13121923
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT ('OBJECTS') IS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BYA) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.C) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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