GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK
Registered charity 1151527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Global Greengrants Fund UK makes grants to local communities to protect people and the environment, restore places and ways of life, and transform systems to create a sustainable future where people live with dignity and in harmony with the environment.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at $1,259,925, which meets the charity's stated policy of maintaining six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of $165,651 for the year and holds total net assets of $2,938,333, indicating a stable financial position with adequate resources to continue in operational existence.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months' worth of operating costs (held: £1.6m)
“The charity's reserves policy is to maintain the equivalent of at least six months' worth of operating costs as unrestricted funds” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from sister organisation
“During the year, the charity also received a donation of $6,925,326 from Greengrants Fund Inc. The donation is to be applied to grant-making in 2026 and 2027 and is therefore recognised as deferred income (note 17) at the year-end.”
“Global Greengrants Fund Inc. make payments and receive donations on behalf of the charity which are then recharged to the charity. During the year $1,069,930 (2024: $2,097,792) was recharged.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharges from sister organisation
“During the year, the charity also received a donation of $6,925,326 from Greengrants Fund Inc. The donation is to be applied to grant-making in 2026 and 2027 and is therefore recognised as deferred income (note 17) at the year-end.”
“Global Greengrants Fund Inc. make payments and receive donations on behalf of the charity which are then recharged to the charity. During the year $1,069,930 (2024: $2,097,792) was recharged.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant from QCF with trustee connection
“During the year, the charity also received a donation of $6,925,326 from Greengrants Fund Inc. The donation is to be applied to grant-making in 2026 and 2027 and is therefore recognised as deferred income (note 17) at the year-end.”
“Global Greengrants Fund Inc. make payments and receive donations on behalf of the charity which are then recharged to the charity. During the year $1,069,930 (2024: $2,097,792) was recharged.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Global Greengrants Fund UK (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£246k
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Rose Longhurstchair
- Aditi Shah
- Ali Torabi
- Laura Garcia Coudurier
- Lauren Emily Stevenson
- Liam Michael McAleese
- Marion Osieyo
- Rafael Palomino
- Sureya Gulzar · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Argentina · Armenia · Bolivia · Botswana · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chile
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at $1,259,925, which meets the charity's stated policy of maintaining six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of $165,651 for the year and holds total net assets of $2,938,333, indicating a stable financial position with adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK as a grant recipient include MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND, GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION, EARTHPERCENT.
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