PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION (BRITAIN)

Registered charity 1116699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q419956 · Wikipedia · also registered in Scotland as SC041695 (OSCR)

The Permaculture Association's vision is a world in which we care for the earth, care for each other and future generations, and live within the earth's natural limits. We work to empower people to design a flourishing Britain and contribute to permaculture worldwide.

Objects

(3.1.A.) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PERMACULTURE, THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED SUBJECTS(3.1.B) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO PERMACULTURE AND RELATED SUBJECTS AN TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH WITH OR WITHOUT CHARGE.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small unrestricted surplus of £5,989 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £100,458. This figure is slightly below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £111,000 (representing six months of running costs). The trustees consider the reserves sufficient to cover major risks and maintain the charity as a going concern.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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

• Sonja Breuerchair
• Alessandro Lisi
• Anne-Marie Mayer
• Dominic Howe
• Jane Elizabeth Lumb
• Mark Jonathan Shipperlee
• Paul Christopher Mehew
• Tammi Dallaston

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

• THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING income £3.2m
• REWILDING BRITAIN income £2.3m
• TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• PENISTONE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LTD income £226k
• TROPICAL BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION income £731k

Side by side with its peers

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