SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION
Our Charity has the working name of SLACCtt and has worked to support KENDAL and its DISTRICT as a Transition Town, with education and projects that seek to conserve, protect and improve the natural environment, since 2010. Our activities aim to increase the local awareness of local and global issues surrounding climate change and sustainability, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,630, retained while awaiting the resolution of its campaign. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern, although there are uncertainties regarding when the legal efforts by the mining company will cease and when the charity will be closed.
What the accounts disclose
“There are no uncertainties about the charity as a going concern. However, as at the end of 2025 there are uncertainties about when the mining company will stop their legal efforts, and when the Charity will be closed.”
Policies the charity declares
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 1
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 10
Trustees
- Alan Lovett
- Anna Hall
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL ROWLEY
- David Plumb
- Henry Adams
- John Christoper Hall
- Margaret Mason
- Susanne Walley
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £65k | £1k |
| 31/12/2024 | £50k | £79k |
| 31/12/2023 | £38k | £73k |
| 31/12/2022 | £57k | £46k |
| 31/12/2021 | £186k | £175k |
Common questions
Is SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,630, retained while awaiting the resolution of its campaign. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern, although there are uncertainties regarding when the legal efforts by the mining company will cease and when the charity will be closed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 14/07/2023 | £10k | Developing Waste into Wellbeing |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/04/2021 | £10k | Beyond Covid |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/02/2011 | £7k | Lakes Active Travel |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/01/2009 | £2k | CycleFest |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION | £65k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION | £131k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |