TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST

Registered charity 1093327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The protection and promotion of the natural environment through the provision of nature reserves, the management of habitats,the conservation of habitats and species, the conservation of the historic environment and the provision of eduction on the natural environment.

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

Latest income
£693k
Latest spending
£152k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that accumulated funds were £2,048,385 as of 31 March 2025, with the charity confirming it has adequate resources to meet expenditure as it falls due. The trustees note that the principal risk facing the charity is any changes to its principal provider of funds, the Landfill Community Fund, whose agreement is set to expire in 2026/27.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Stockton Borough Council manages conservation work funded by DEFRA; no specific transaction amount disclosed.
“Conservation and habitat enhancement funded by DEFRA Green Finance initiative and managed by Stockton Borough Council.”
“The creation of one of the rarest forms of habitat, intertidal, on steel works slag adjacent to The River Tees funded and managed by The Environmental Agency.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Environmental Agency funded intertidal habitat creation; no specific transaction amount disclosed.
“Conservation and habitat enhancement funded by DEFRA Green Finance initiative and managed by Stockton Borough Council.”
“The creation of one of the rarest forms of habitat, intertidal, on steel works slag adjacent to The River Tees funded and managed by The Environmental Agency.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chipchase Manners. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£693k
Total spending
£152k
Reserves (reported)
£769k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~60.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (64% 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

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£693k£152k
31/03/2024£741k£118k
31/03/2023£571k£594k
31/03/2022£561k£218k
31/03/2021£497k£212k

Common questions

Is TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that accumulated funds were £2,048,385 as of 31 March 2025, with the charity confirming it has adequate resources to meet expenditure as it falls due. The trustees note that the principal risk facing the charity is any changes to its principal provider of funds, the Landfill Community Fund, whose agreement is set to expire in 2026/27. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chipchase Manners.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation14/03/2006£250kGrant awarded to Teesside Environmental Trust (Tees Valley)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEES VALLEY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST£693k—0unclear—no doubt
TEES VALLEY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD FY2025£708k—0above—no doubt
WORLD LAND TRUST FY2025£9.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION FY2026£211k£60,001 - £70,000—no_policy—no doubt
THE NATURESAVE TRUST FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
PAKISTAN ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2023£455k—0unclear—no doubt

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