EARTHWORKS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1079866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE

OPERATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE as an independent education and learning centreMission Statement:To demonstrate, develop and promote knowledge, skills, technologies and lifestyles that improve people's quality of life without damaging the local and global environment.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT WAYS OF LIVING AND WORKING AND USE OF RESOURCES WHICH DO NOT DAMAGE THE LOCAL OR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE IMPROVEMENT, PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE LOCAL OR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

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.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hampshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £32,261 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £467,095. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds totaling £2,880,694.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sustainability Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Mamie Mollan Trust — “The Mamie Mollan Trust” (source page)
• The Ernest Cook Trust — “The Ernest Cook Trust” (source page)
• Natural England — “South Downs Way National Trail (Natural England)” (source page)
• The South Downs Society — “The South Downs Society” (source page)
• Community Sustainable Energy Programme — “Community Sustainable Energy Programme” (source page)
• Low Carbon Buildings Programme — “Low Carbon Buildings Programme” (source page)
• The Onyx Environmental Trust — “The Onyx Environmental Trust” (source page)
• East Hants District Council — “East Hants District Council” (source page)
• Hampshire County Council — “Hampshire County Council” (source page)
• South Downs Joint Committee — “South Downs Joint Committee” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (81% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEFF LANEchair
• Cherelyn Sowton
• Claire Suzanne Crothers
• Janet McKenzie
• Karolina Mabel de Jonge
• Paddy Cox
• Patricia Janet Ruzewicz
• Paul Andrew Ciniglio
• Peter Michael Wilcock
• Stephen Cummins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Trevor Thwaites
• Victoria Ruzewicz

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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 EARTH TRUST.

• EARTH TRUST income £2.6m
• THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION income £211k
• GROUNDWORK LONDON income £27.9m
• EARTHWORKS ST. ALBANS income £288k
• CHARITYWORKS income £443k
• ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST income £244k

Side by side with its peers

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