EARTH BUILDING UK AND IRELAND LTD

Registered charity 1155507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARTH BUILDING UK LIMITED, EBUK

To advance education and knowledge for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively by providing skills and knowledge on the use of earth as a building material through training, advocacy, consultancy, promoting research and disseminating the useful results of such research.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ON THE USE OF EARTH AS A BUILDING MATERIAL THROUGH TRAINING, ADVOCACY, CONSULTANCY, PROMOTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,336 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £57,179. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £10,000, meaning the current reserves are above this stated goal. The financial position is described as being in good shape with the ability to project forward for at least two years.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06857784

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Proudly funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, we are planning a community build programme for summer 2026” (source page)
• Charities Aid Foundation — “EBUKI recently received an incredibly generous anonymous donation of £10,000 through the Charities Aid Foundation!” (source page)
• H.G. Matthews — “We were delighted H.G. Matthews partnered with us in 2024 and 2025 to bring you an in-person Clayfest! After long pandemic years, we are ext…” (source page)

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.

• BRAVINGTON, Christopher Nicholas — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
• SHITTU, Theophilus Adeyinka, Dr — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
• CARLETON-PRANGNELL, Tobias — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• CARLETON-PRANGNELL, Tobias — secretary, appointed 13/03/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Louise Cookechair
• Christopher Nicholas Bravington
• Dr Theophilus Adeyinka Shittu
• Robin Brittain
• Tobias Carleton-Prangnell

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Common questions

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 EARTH TRUST.

• EARTH TRUST income £2.6m
• THE LIVING EARTH LAND TRUST income £53k
• EARTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £417k
• BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m
• BE THE EARTH FOUNDATION income £60k
• Property Research Trust Limited income £93k

Side by side with its peers

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