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THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST

Registered charity 1064144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ONYX ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, THE ONYX ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST (LIMITED)

Veolia Environmental Trust supports community and environmental projects in England that fulfill the objectives set out in the regulations of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) regulated by ENTRUST. Applications for funding are received through our website (www.veoliatrust.org) and are assessed by the Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £290,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite this, the Trustees confirm a robust financial position with strong cash reserves and adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £195,000 for wind up and £500,000 for day-to-day running costs (held: £1.7m)
“It is the policy of the Trust to hold £195,000 to cover costs in the event of the wind up of the Trust. It is the policy of the Trust to hold a minimum of £500,000 in its current account to meet day-to-day running costs” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.7m£5.0m
31/03/2024£4.0m£4.0m
31/03/2023£4.3m£5.4m
31/03/2022£5.4m£5.7m
31/03/2021£4.8m£4.6m

Common questions

Is THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £290,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite this, the Trustees confirm a robust financial position with strong cash reserves and adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST2£7.4m
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST1£225k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£131k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£51k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£40k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON1£4k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST£4.7m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED FY2024£1.4m—0above—material uncertainty
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FY2025£693k—0unclear—no doubt
MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FY2025£218k——unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.3m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear4.2%no doubt

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