RECYCLING OF USED PLASTICS LIMITED

Registered charity 1072029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RECOUP, RECOUP LIMITED, RECYCLING OF USED PLASTIC (CONTAINERS) LIMITED

To promote and facilitate plastics packaging recycling, to advance public education as to the provision and development of efficient plastics recycling schemes and to further educate those who are or may become involved or interested in all aspects of the same. To research, survey and assemble information connected with plastics packaging recycling and publish the results.

Objects

To advance the education of the public on the subject of plastic circular economy, resource efficiency, recycling and re-use so as to protect the environment.To preserve and protect the physical and natural environment for the public benefit through the promotion of reduction, re-use and recycling of plastics.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £10,801, falling below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £45,000 to £60,000. Despite this reduction, the trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to meet liabilities for the foreseeable future and adopted the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JIM ARMSTRONGchair
• Adrian Whyle
• Ahmed Raza Detta
• Daniel Cheke
• Ermis Panagiotopoulos
• IAIN LESLIE FERGUSON
• Ian Anthony Burman · trustee of 9 other charities
• MICHAEL BAXTER
• STUART HAYWARD-HIGHAM

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RECYCLING LIVES CHARITY.

• RECYCLING LIVES CHARITY income £2.6m
• PROPER JOB RESOURCE CENTRE income £239k
• CLIMATE RESPONSE LIMITED income £545k
• PLOIEST ESTATES LIMITED income £152k
• JUST HELPING income £1.7m
• RECYCLING OLLERTON AND BOUGHTON income £850k

Side by side with its peers

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