THE CONFLICT AND ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATORY

Registered charity 1174115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q127604894 · also known as CEOBS

CEOBS monitors and collects data on the impact of armed conflicts and military activities on the environment, human health and livelihoods. We work with a range of stakeholders to research and develop tools to allow those affected by conflicts to collect environmental and health data, and monitor the state of legal protection for the environment in relation to armed conflicts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS FROM THE EFFECTS OFENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE RELATED TO ARMED CONFLICTS AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES.THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE FULFILLED BY UNDERTAKING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:1. BY MONITORING AND COLLECTING DATA ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND DERIVED HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF ARMEDCONFLICTS AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES,2. BY DEVELOPING TOOLS AND UNDERTAKING CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERTAKESUCH MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION,3. BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, DECISION MAKERS, POLICY MAKERS, RESEARCHERS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL ANDINTERNATIONAL MEDIA ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND DERIVED HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED CONFLICTS ANDMILITARY ACTIVITIES,4. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF LEGISLATION AND COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION.5. BY UNDERTAKING RELEVANT ACTIVITIES IN THESE FIELDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS SHARING A SIMILARPURPOSE, WHERE THE TRUSTEES HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CIO’S OBJECTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITYPROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO ANEXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITYCARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small net income of £2,947 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves falling to £1,343. The trustees note that reserves are below the stated policy target of £119,850 due to funding withdrawals and delays, but remain satisfied the charity will continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House CE010690

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID PAUL EDWARD CULLENchair
• Dr Sarah Njeri
• Kevin Peter Gascoigne
• Micol Martini
• Oliver Duncan Brown
• Rachel Parry
• Serene Murad

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 CONFLICT RESEARCH SOCIETY.

• CONFLICT RESEARCH SOCIETY income £35k
• CONCORDIS INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £3.7m
• THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE LTD income £440k
• COMMONWEALTH HUMAN ECOLOGY COUNCIL LIMITED income £29k
• THE NASEBY BATTLEFIELD PROJECT income £57k
• BRADFORD ORGANIC COMMUNITIES SERVICE LTD income £193k

Side by side with its peers

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