THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1039378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE

The Environment Centre provides a focus for environmental information, education and activities as well as having a visitor facility to promote environmental & sustainable principles.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£440k
Latest spending
£447k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,817 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted fund reserves from £37,922 to £31,105. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured £391,370 in new funding during the year despite a challenging funding environment. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: above that represented by fixed assets to meet its ongoing obligations and contingencies (held: £31k)
“The trustees’ policy is to maintain reserves above that represented by fixed assets to meet its ongoing obligations and contingencies.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
City & County of SwanseaEnvironmental Partnership Framework——

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£440k£447k
31/03/2024£370k£384k
31/03/2023£330k£316k
31/03/2022£223k£241k
31/03/2021£126k£132k

Common questions

Is THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,817 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted fund reserves from £37,922 to £31,105. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured £391,370 in new funding during the year despite a challenging funding environment. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£155k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026£54k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kChristmas Challenge
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kOne-off Grant
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kOne-off Grant
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2026£20kParticipation Project
Postcode Lottery07/05/2025£20kMillionaire Street 2025 05w1 Year 1
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2024£20kSupporting Sustainable Food Systems in Swansea
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2023£10kWALES COL - Cyfoeth Y Coed
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£21kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2022£10kOur Swansea Our Climate Action
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2011£5kDisability Access Lift for the Enviroment Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund18/10/2005£5kUnspecified

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE (TEC).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD£440k—0above—no doubt
THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE (TEC) FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£126k—0within—no doubt
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED FY2024£1.4m—0above—material uncertainty
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
CARYMOOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FY2025£328k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.