Climate Outreach

Registered charity 1123315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLIMATE OUTREACH AND INFORMATION NETWORK

The Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) is a charity formed in 2004 to directly engage the public about climate change. COIN inspires lasting changes in attitudes and behaviour through the use of innovative action learning methods and by assisting people to communicate their own messages to their peers.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £306k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £951k to £646k. However, unrestricted reserves increased by £161k to £507k, which the trustees describe as providing a stronger foundation for financial resilience. The trustees confirm the charity is on a sustainable footing and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£128k
Reserves (reported)
£507k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 12.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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£1.0m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.3m
31/03/2022£1.8m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.2m£1.0m

Common questions

Is Climate Outreach financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £306k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £951k to £646k. However, unrestricted reserves increased by £161k to £507k, which the trustees describe as providing a stronger foundation for financial resilience. The trustees confirm the charity is on a sustainable footing and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Ross Brooke.

Who funds Climate Outreach?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Climate Outreach as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AURORA TRUST, THE MARK LEONARD TRUST, POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£125kTowards core costs in support of the charity growing sustainably and continuing to play a crucial role in achieving a 1.5-degree world.
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£55kFor Climate Visuals to run a pilot for Britain Sees Climate over six months from January 2023
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£13ktowards the Action on Climate Empowerment Coalition to support the delivery of the Government’s first national Net Zero Public Participation Strategy
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£13kTowards the Action on Climate Empowerment Coalition to support the delivery of the Government’s first national Net Zero Public Participation Strategy
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2025£13kTowards the Action on Climate Empowerment Coalition to support the delivery of the Government’s first national Net Zero Public Participation Strategy.
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/10/2025£1.5mGamechanging Futures
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch18/09/2025£75kClimate Outreach core support
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation31/03/2025£10kListening and talking to communities in and around Luton to understand local views on climate and nature, and using this to provide communications and engagement education to support local messengers.
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£250kYear 2 of Special Award
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch07/06/2024£130kClimate Outreach
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£250kTwo Year Special Award - Climate Outreach
Unbound Philanthropy13/11/2023£150kGrant to Climate Outreach Information Network
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch23/06/2022£200kClimate Outreach
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch27/09/2021£50kClimate Outreach
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch08/01/2021£21kClimate Outreach
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch19/11/2020£75kClimate Outreach
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch23/01/2020£50kClimate Outreach

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Climate Outreach£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT FY2025£742k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST FY2025£1.2mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION FY2024£10.5m——above—no doubt
Leo Lion Foundation FY2025£2.4m—0above—no doubt
THE COHESION AND INTEGRATION NETWORK FY2025£656k—0unclear—no doubt

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