INVISIBLE DUST

Registered charity 1171156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Invisible Dust works with leading artists and scientists to produce unique and exciting works of contemporary art and new scientific ideas exploring our environment and climate change.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A.THE PROMOTION OF ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PRODUCTION AND PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF HIGH QUALITY WORKS OF VISUAL AND DIGITAL ART INFORMED BY SCIENTIFIC STUDY ON SUBJECTS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; ANDB.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND LECTURES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON SUBJECTS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.IN THIS ARTICLE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS THAT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£393k

Latest spending

£446k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £52,303 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £216,445 to £164,142. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £106,256, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £53,000, and the trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000 during the year” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of core costs, one month core R&D staff cost, and any financial commitments and legal fees (reserves figure: £106k)

“The updated policy requires us to build and maintain reserves at a level to meet the following areas of cost: three months of core costs, one month core R&D staff cost, and any financial commitments and legal fees. These three cost items totalled an estimated £53,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 3
Government income: £15,500 — grants £15,500 (1); 4% of the £393,351 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £32,200 — grants £32,200 (3); 7% of the £454,422 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £75,767 — grants £75,767 (2); 18% of the £424,475 total gross income on the same return

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income

£734k

Total spending

£506k

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£81k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ansuman Biswas · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Magnus Laurence Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
Fiona Fieber · trustee of 1 other charity
GILLEAN DICKIE
SUSAN JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
Yuki Sumner

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£393k	£446k
31/03/2024	£454k	£383k
31/03/2023	£424k	£383k
31/03/2022	£481k	£624k
31/03/2021	£734k	£506k

Common questions

Is INVISIBLE DUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £52,303 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £216,445 to £164,142. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £106,256, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £53,000, and the trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of INVISIBLE DUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds INVISIBLE DUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INVISIBLE DUST as a grant recipient include CLEAN AIR FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CLEAN AIR FUND	FY2023	£152k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority	16/05/2023	£26k	Forecast 2023
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	09/12/2019	£14k	Invisible Dust
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	17/02/2017	£12k	Invisible Dust

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.3m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£682k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£282k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DUST PROJECT.

THE DUST PROJECT income £103k
INVISIBLE FLOCK CO income £467k
FULL FACT income £3.1m
INTERCLIMATE TRUST income £79k
FAITH FOR THE CLIMATE income £44k
SCIENCE PROJECTS income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INVISIBLE DUST	£393k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DUST PROJECT FY2025	£103k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INVISIBLE FLOCK CO FY2025	£467k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025	£3.1m	£110,000 - £119,999	9	above	—	no doubt
INTERCLIMATE TRUST FY2025	£79k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAITH FOR THE CLIMATE FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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