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)

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported an unrestricted operating deficit of £1,072,000 for the year ended 31 March 2023, compared to a £320,000 deficit in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the Trust holds free reserves of £1,763,894 and maintains a strong balance sheet with cash reserves of £3,143,000. The Trustees confirm that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WR Partners.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Caroline Schwaller — Chair (source)
• James Dennison — Vice Chair (source)
• Andrew Brown — Executive Director (source)

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).

• Veolia UK

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Caroline Schwallerchair
• Donald Macphail · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Dennison
• Joanne Demetrius
• Katie Harrison
• Luke Bailey
• Mark Langabeer
• Mohammed Junaid Akhtar · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rachel Titchen
• Richard Hulland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rituja Rao
• Sarah Poulter

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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