THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1102909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Climate Group's mission is to accelerate climate action to achieve a world of no more than 1.5 degrees C of global warming & greater prosperity for all. We do this by bringing together powerful networks of business & governments that shift global markets & policies. We focus on the greatest global opportunities for change, take innovation & solutions to scale, & build ambition and pace.

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Latest income
£16.8m
Latest spending
£17.6m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £0.8m for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves to £1.1m, which is below the Trustees' revised target range of two to three months of expenditure. However, the Trustees note a robust cash position with £5.4m in short-term cash reserves, sufficient to cover 3.7 months of average monthly expenditure, and assert there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership and partnership income (34% of income)
“Membership and partnership income: £5.7m” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m; policy: two to three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“unrestricted reserves were reduced to £1.1m, which is below the Trustees’ target range of two to three months expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subgrants to partner organisations
“Expenditure also included collaborative subgrants to partner organisations, including Institute For Essential Service Reform, I4CE – Institute for Climate Economics, Expertise France, Society For Technology And Action For Rural Advancement, Korea Sustainability Investing Forum and Responsible Steel.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Climate Change Organisation Services Ltd
“The Charity also has a dormant trading subsidiary in the UK called The Climate Change Organisation Services Ltd (registered on 1 May 2007).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Climate Group (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 30/06/2025)

Total income
£16.8m
Total spending
£17.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
165

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 10.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: China · India · Netherlands · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£16.8m£17.6m
30/06/2024£15.1m£15.3m
30/06/2023£12.9m£13.9m
30/06/2022£11.2m£11.4m
30/06/2021£10.5m£10.2m

Common questions

Is THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £0.8m for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves to £1.1m, which is below the Trustees' revised target range of two to three months of expenditure. However, the Trustees note a robust cash position with £5.4m in short-term cash reserves, sufficient to cover 3.7 months of average monthly expenditure, and assert there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION£16.8m——below—no doubt
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT FY2025£742k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
The Global Returns Project Limited FY2026£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
CLIMATE RESPONSE LIMITED FY2026£545k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FY2024£422k—0above—no doubt
CLIMATE STEWARDS FY2024£362k—0unclear—no doubt

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