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CONTAMINATED LAND: APPLICATIONS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS

Registered charity 1075611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CL:AIRE

CL:AIRE's objectives are: to advance education and promote study and research for the benefit of the public about the protection of the environment generally, and without limitation the remediation of contaminated land; and to promote the consevation, rehabilitation, reclamation and improvement of the physical and natural environments for the benefit of the public in the United Kingdom.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £49,788 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted income of £1,539,067 against expenditure of £1,489,279. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £620,215, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000, and the board confirmed the entity remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable trading subsidiary income (78% of income)
“Charitable trading subsidiary income 1,203,660”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ core operating costs (held: £620k)
“For unrestricted reserves, the Charity aims to maintain a minimum of £500,000, which is a sufficient level to meet at least six months’ core operating costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Chairman R Froggatt received £40,000 for consultancy services.
“The Chairman R Froggatt received remuneration for consultancy services during the year of £40,000 (2024: £40,000) in an arrangement approved by both Charity Commission and the Trustees.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Chairman R Froggatt received remuneration for consultancy services
“The Chairman R Froggatt received remuneration for consultancy services during the year of £40,000 (2024: £40,000) in an arrangement approved by both Charity Commission and the Trustees.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£786k
Reserves (reported)
£620k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (78% 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: 51.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.5m£1.5m
30/09/2024£1.4m£1.2m
30/09/2023£1.1m£1.2m
30/09/2022£1.2m£1.1m
30/09/2021£713k£571k

Common questions

Is CONTAMINATED LAND: APPLICATIONS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £49,788 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted income of £1,539,067 against expenditure of £1,489,279. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £620,215, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000, and the board confirmed the entity remains a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James Cowper Kreston.

What does the highest-paid employee of CONTAMINATED LAND: APPLICATIONS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 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
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST2£6k
LOCAL TRUST1£871k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST1£295k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£224k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£150k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION1£30k
SAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL1£28k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION1£27k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESTORE OUR PLANET.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CONTAMINATED LAND: APPLICATIONS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS£1.5m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt
RESTORE OUR PLANET FY2025£162k——unclear—no doubt
NORTHCLIFFE ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERPRISES TEAM FY2025£715k—0above—no doubt
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY UK FY2024£6.6m——below—no doubt
LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING FY2025£3.2m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST FY2025£8.2m——unclear—no doubt

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