GRANTSCAPE

Registered charity 1102249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GrantScape's main activity is grant-making from donations received from landfill operators under the Landfill Communities Fund. The charity also delivers grant and community benefit programmes in other sectors, such as wind and solar energy and provides grant administration services to other organisations.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT ITS CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDING): 3.1 TO PROMOTE RECLAMATION, REMEDIATION, RESTORATION OR ANY OTHER OPERATION TO FACILITATE THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL USE OF LAND WHERE ITS USE HAS BEEN PREVENTED OR RESTRICTED BY POLLUTION DAMAGE BECAUSE OF ITS PREVIOUS USE;3.2 TO PROMOTE ANY OPERATION INTENDED TO PREVENT OR REDUCE ANY POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR POLLUTION OR TO REMEDY OR MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF ANY POLLUTION OR LAND WHICH HAS SUFFERED OR MAY SUFFER POLLUTION AS A RESULT OF A PREVIOUS ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT ON THE LAND; 3.3 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH) AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; 3.4 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH) AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING WASTE;3.5 TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC PARK, RECREATION GROUND, OPEN SPACE OR OTHER PUBLIC AMENITY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDED THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE OPERATED FOR PROFIT;3.6 TO PROMOTE, WHERE IT IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF A BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE WHICH IS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OR OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; 3.7 TO PROMOTE, WHERE IT IS FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY OF THE NATURAL HABITAT OF LAND OR IN WATER;3.8 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES TO CHARITIES;3.9 TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES:PROVIDED THAT, AS REQUIRED BY REGULATION 33 OF THE LANDFILL TAX REGULATIONS 1996, THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO EXTEND TO THE CARRYING OUT OF WORKS WHICH AT THE TIME THEY ARE CARRIED OUT ARE REQUIRED WHOLLY OR PARTLY TO BE CARRIED OUT BY A NOTICE OR ORDER WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION 33(4) OR A RELEVANT CONDITION AS DEFINED BY REGULATION 33(10), OR THE ACCRUAL OF ANY BENEFIT TO ANY PERSON WHO HAS CARRIED OUT OR KNOWINGLY PERMITTED THE PREVIOUS USE IN QUESTION, OR (IN THE CASE OF CLAUSE 3.5) THE OPERATION OF ANY SUCH PUBLIC PARKS OR OTHER PUBLIC AMENITIES OR FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH A VIEW TO PROFIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND, WALES, NORTHERN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £222,164, which the trustees note is not practicable to set financial targets for until a more balanced mix between unrestricted and restricted fund activities is achieved. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer and Hole LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04914470 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COETZEE, Mark — director, appointed 14/04/2026not on trustee list
• PELTENBURG, Simon Aiden — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• FOSTER, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/12/2023on trustee list
• VAUGHAN, Timothy John Maurice — director, appointed 20/12/2023on trustee list
• COOPER, Elizabeth Jayne — director, appointed 02/10/2023on trustee list
• LANE, Danielle Claire — director, appointed 02/10/2023on trustee list
• FRENCH, Gillian — director, appointed 05/12/2022on trustee list
• WALLIS, Andrew Paul — secretary, appointed 25/09/2017

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Danielle Claire Lane
• Elizabeth Jayne Cooper
• Gillian French
• Helen Elizabeth Foster
• Mark Coetzee
• Simon Peltenburg
• Timothy Vaughan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED.

• LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED income £1.1m
• THE SCS TRUST income £166k
• THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
• GRAFF FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• NORTH SOUTHWARK ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £108k
• THE LIFESCAPE PROJECT LIMITED income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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