SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 1157064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SD

To advance health and well-being by promoting healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, relief poverty, advance education, protect the environment through the promotion of renewable energy, recycling and sustainable development. The promotion of racial and religious harmony, The advancement of citizenship and community development by promotion of volunteering

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY 3.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION 3.4 TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 3.5 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY A PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS. 3.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING AND PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,885 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £62,927 from £19,453 in the prior year. However, the trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at a deficit of £2,542, which is below the stated policy target of covering three months of running costs (£3,469) plus redundancy provisions. The charity relies heavily on restricted grant funding, which constituted the majority of its total income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At the end of the financial year unrestricted funds totalled a surplus of £482 comprising of £3,024 tangible assets, leaving a deficit reserve of £2,542. The charitable company requires £351 for redundancy provision and £3,469 for three months running costs, (total £3,820).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustee O Onowighose received remuneration of £768 for services.
“The trustee O Onowighose, also being a director, received remuneration of £768 (2024: £767) for services and are included in the number of employees [4c.]. No out-of-pocket expenses were reimbursed to trustees in the year (2024: £nil)” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £44,368 — grants £44,368 (2); 71% of the £62,927 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £9,559 — grants £9,559 (1); 49% of the £19,453 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 3% of the £33,258 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£63k£42k
31/03/2024£19k£17k
31/03/2023£33k£54k
31/03/2022£83k£67k
31/03/2021£33k£24k

Common questions

Is SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,885 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £62,927 from £19,453 in the prior year. However, the trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at a deficit of £2,542, which is below the stated policy target of covering three months of running costs (£3,469) plus redundancy provisions. The charity relies heavily on restricted grant funding, which constituted the majority of its total income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT as a grant recipient include SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/08/2020£10k"COVID19 SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT"
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2019£10kCreating Content and Media
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/04/2019£58k"Traditions of Black & Racial Minority"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/06/2017£45k"Heritage of Migrants"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2016£10kPREVENT HATE & CRIMES
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2015£10kProspects & Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2014£10kHEALTHIER LIFESTYLE
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2012£294kMUSIC WORKSHOP & RECREATION
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2011£10kJob Skills & Social Bonding
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2010£10kCombatting Worklessness and Joblessness for Young People

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT£63k—0below—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
SIMPLE REASON FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
Litter Watch FY2025£92k—0above—no doubt
LTPP FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FY2025£32k—0above—no doubt

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