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THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT

Registered charity 1109973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Climate Coalition is the UK's largest group of people dedicated to action on climate change and limiting its impact on the world's poorest communities. We are more than 100 organisations, from environment and development charities to unions, faith and community groups. We demand practical action by the UK to keep global warming as far as possible below the 2 degree C danger threshold.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£742k
Latest spending
£683k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £742,436 against expenditure of £683,425, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £75,965, which the trustees note are below their stated policy target of twelve weeks of unrestricted spend, as the current reserve is equivalent to only eight weeks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)
“One (2024: no) employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) in the range from £60,000 to £70,000 in the year.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One (2024: no) employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) in the range from £60,000 to £70,000 in the year.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £76k; policy: twelve weeks of unrestricted spend)
“The current reserve is equivalent to eight weeks of unrestricted spend and the trustees aim to build this up to the equivalent of twelve weeks of unrestricted spend.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states: 'Although the Charity received membership income and support from the other charities within which they are involved, there were no relevant related party transactions during the year.'
“As noted in the Trustees' report, many of the Trustees work within other charities, such as CAFOD, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, The National Trust, Oxfam and WWF. Although the Charity received membership income and support from the other charities within which they are involved, there were no relevant related party transactions during the year.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

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

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

Total income
£742k
Total spending
£683k
Cost of raising funds
£55k
Reserves (reported)
£75k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£742k£683k
31/03/2024£665k£636k
31/03/2023£938k£952k
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2021£808k£568k

Common questions

Is THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £742,436 against expenditure of £683,425, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £75,965, which the trustees note are below their stated policy target of twelve weeks of unrestricted spend, as the current reserve is equivalent to only eight weeks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£25kEnvironmental education
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch16/09/2021£12kClimate Coalition
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch03/03/2021£9kClimate Coalition

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
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION2£150k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION2£22k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£15k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST2£3k
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION1£220k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£110k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST1£97k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST1£68k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT£742k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION FY2025£16.8m——below—no doubt
Climate Outreach FY2025£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FY2024£422k—0above—no doubt
GALLERY CLIMATE COALITION FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
The Movements Trust Limited FY2024£631k—0above—no doubt

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