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UKGBC

Registered charity 1135153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UK GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

1. to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment by radically improving the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated; 2. to advance the education of the public in the sustainability, conservation, protection and improvement of the built environment;3. to promote the sustainability, conservation, protection and improvement of the built environment

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Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £3,511,665 while total expenditure fell to £3,673,288, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Free reserves stood at £290,809, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of between £56,000 and £740,000, and the charity continues to operate on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions (58% of income)
“Membership subscriptions are the primary source of income, accounting for 58% of total income”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £56,000 and £740,000 (held: £291k)
“The trustees consider that, based on current estimates, the minimum level of reserves plus deferred income for 2025/26 would be between £56,000 and £740,000, as determined by the two tests above.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

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

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£3.7m
Reserves (reported)
£291k
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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£3.5m£3.7m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.7m
31/03/2023£2.9m£3.3m
31/03/2022£3.1m£3.0m
31/03/2021£2.3m£2.1m

Common questions

Is UKGBC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £3,511,665 while total expenditure fell to £3,673,288, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Free reserves stood at £290,809, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of between £56,000 and £740,000, and the charity continues to operate on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Who funds UKGBC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UKGBC as a grant recipient include MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£40kAdvancing Net Zero
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kMSR Programme
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£30kAccelerator Cities
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kAccelerator Cities
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£21kMass Scale Retrofit - Local Authority Support Costs
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£15kAccelerator Cities
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kMSR Programme
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£6kAdvancing Net Zero
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kAccelerator Cities
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kLARA Support Costs

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
THE PRUDENCE TRUST1£264k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£238k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£120k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY1£65k
Fuel Bank Foundation1£47k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£39k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION1£25k
MAUDSLEY CHARITY1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UKGBC£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2025£2.7m£170,000 - £179,999—above—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK UK FY2024£3.7m—0below—no doubt
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK FY2025£7.4m——unclear—no doubt
LTPP FY2024£3.1m—0above—no doubt

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