Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

SUSTRANS 

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We are engineers and educators, experts and advocates.We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute.Sustrans works in partnership, bringing people together to find the right solutions. We make the case for walking and cycling with robust evidence.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 40 years

www.sustrans.org.uk

supporters@sustrans.org.uk

01179268893

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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
31/03/23£112,463£109,684£2,779£2,150£12,961£9,54017003,500
31/03/22£114,715£114,819£-104£1,732£10,182£8,1560.96443,500
31/03/21£66,945£66,261£684£911£10,286£8,0831.55923,500
31/03/20£63,498£63,436£62£1,300£9,602£7,8721.55363,500
31/03/19£45,685£46,020£-335£863£9,540£8,0232.14894,000
31/03/18£46,811£46,816£-5£716£9,875£8,4922.25050
31/03/17£48,644£48,439£205£826£9,880£8,4902.15390
31/03/16£50,057£50,617£-560£1,026£9,675£7,8731.96510
31/03/15£43,774£43,675£99£2,044£10,235£9,0562.55700
31/03/14£49,576£49,210£366£1,579£10,136£9,3902.35140
31/03/13£78,694£78,005£689£1,254£9,770£9,0051.44110
31/03/12£48,872£48,598£274£1,147£9,081£8,23823480
31/03/11£47,493£45,240£2,253£757£8,807£7,2511.94300
31/03/10£40,715£39,784£931£704£6,554£5,6661.73080
31/03/09£26,097£25,368£729£756£5,623£4,6382.23030
31/03/08£24,006£23,312£694£627£4,894£3,79822150
31/03/07£26,481£26,586£-105£652£4,200£2,9771.31780
31/03/06£21,914£21,478£436£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£23,563£23,828£-265£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£12,243£12,136£107£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 93%
Liabilities/Income: 145%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 700 employees
  • 3,500 volunteers

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
Department for Transport£23,600,000
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£130,009
Road Safety Trust£115,732
Sport England£63,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Inwood Inclusive Cycle Hub
£30,000 30/08/2023
towards the expansion of Inwood Inclusive Cycle Hub in Hounslow
Department for Transport - Sustrans - Supporting HE Walking & Cycling
£3,600,000 15/08/2022
To undertake Detailed Design for the creation of 14.6km of high quality walking and cycle routes that align with our strategic objectives and the vision of the Department for Transport (Gear Change), ....more
Sport England - Sustainability Planning
£21,060 08/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's Commercial Support Services funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sustainability Planning. This project lists its main activity as Cycling.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Sustrans
£15,530 02/03/2021
5
Address barriers to cycling that residents of the Oriel Estate face and to enable young people to engage with cycling.
Sport England - COVID-19 Innovative Solution
£42,790 09/11/2020
6
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Innovative Solutions funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Innovative Solution. This project lists its main activity as Cycling
Department for Transport - National Cycling Network
£20,000,000 01/04/2020
Pop-up bike lanes with protected space for cycling, wider pavements, safer junctions, and cycle and bus-only corridors will be created in England within weeks as part of a £250 million emergency ....more
Road Safety Trust - Grant to Sustrans
£95,147 06/11/2019
22
School Street Closure Traffic Displacement and Road Safety Concerns
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Space changer phase 2
£130,009 03/07/2019
Sustrans space changer project phase 2
Road Safety Trust - Grant to Sustrans
£20,585 10/05/2019
23
Evaluation of Albion Green/All Hallows Road design commission and public events programme
Greater London Authority - Grant to Sustrans
£1,300 01/05/2019
National Park City Festival 2019 events
Department for Transport - National Cycling Network (NCN)
£22,000,000 01/04/2019
Upgrading of Poor on-road sections to change the character to become quiet-way sections with reduced speed limits, better signage and road markings. Creating traffic-free alternatives to busy or ....more
Department for Transport - National Cycling 19/20
£900,000 01/04/2019
to help local authorities do small scale transport improvements such as bus priority and cycle measures
Department for Transport - CYCLE RAIL 19/20
£2,845,640 01/04/2019
Reduce carbon emissions and boost economic growth
Department for Transport - Cycle Rail
£6,859,000 01/02/2019
To support the functions to deliver cycle rail in England in line with the aims set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, to make cycling a natural mode of travel for all.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sustrans
£3,553 19/11/2018
After a successful seating trial and lots of positive feedback from everyone, we'd like to buy three permanent benches for Malden Manor.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Bike It phase 2
£118,580 18/04/2018
Bike It plus: behaviour change programme for six schools in the area
Greater London Authority - Grant to Sustrans
£15,000 31/01/2018
Hogsmill Open Space Nature Trail
Sport England - Opportunity Fund
£147,193 02/11/2017
36
Funding under Sport England's Opportunity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Opportunity Fund'. This project lists its main activity as Cycling.
Sport England - Opportunity Fund
£147,193 02/11/2017
41
Funding under Sport England's Opportunity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Opportunity Fund. This project lists its main activity as Cycling
Road Safety Trust - Grant to Sustrans
£88,919 26/10/2017
46
Developing and Evaluating Light Touch Traffic Calming Measures to Improve Road Safety Outside Schools
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Bike-It
£38,500 03/10/2017
To run the Sustrans Bike It behaviour change programme for 3 schools in Southwark, aiming to normalise riding a bike and to increase the number of pupils regularly cycling to school.
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£3,835 01/04/2017
Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sustrans Ltd
£400,000 15/12/2016
36
Towards an ecologist and regional project officers to deliver the next phase of Greener Greenways to improve transport routes for nature, expanding its spread in England and Wales.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sustrans
£40,000 23/09/2015
Rediscovering Bennerley Viaduct
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sustrans Ltd
£60,000 07/09/2015
14
Towards an ecologist post to work on Greener Greenways in the final stages of this project to maximise nature conservation opportunities along Sustrans and other transport routes.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sustrans
£909,000 23/09/2014
Tracks of the Ironmasters (Ironmasters)
National Lottery Community Fund - Great British Bike Ride
£359,950 05/04/2013
12
This project aims to harness the energy and enthusiasm of the 2012 Olympic Games in order to demonstrate how local environments can be shaped to support active travel and promote greater ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sustrans Ltd
£223,188 13/02/2013
Towards the Greener Greenways project to help make Sustrans routes more ecologically sound.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustrans Cymru Volunteer Champions - Expansion and Development
£298,545 25/05/2011
48
The project will recruit and train dedicated Network Champions together with Wildlife Champions to monitor, protect and enhance biodiversity along the Network's Greenways (traffic free routes) in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-60
  • HEATHER PREEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • TESSA DWYER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/1984, number: 326550
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/1984, number: 01797726
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

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Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE, BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY OF, AND THE PROVISION OF SAFE ROUTES, PATHS AND FACILITIES FOR, CYCLING, WALKING AND OTHER FORMS OF LOW ENERGY TRANSPORT AND TO UNDERTAKE AND CARRY ON PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE WHICH WILL ASSIST IN PROMOTING HEALTHY RECREATION, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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