SUSTAINABLE NITROGEN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1180511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AZOTIC FOUNDATION

The Sustainable Nitrogen Foundation undertakes and supports scientific research associated with biological nitrogen fixation and its use in agriculture to reduce the use of harmful nitrogen fertilisers and to improve crop yields. The Foundation is particularly concerned with the development and use of biological nitrogen fixation in crops grown by small-holder and subsistence farmers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS, WITH A VIEW TO SECURING OUTCOMES IN THE MITIGATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND WATER POLLUTION DERIVED FROM NITROGEN FERTILISERS IN AGRICULTURE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds no reserves and its expenditure was wholly in support of scientific research and field trial preparations. The trustees have declared the Foundation a going concern, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr David Roy Dentchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jonathan Wadsworth
• Janet Marie Muir · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mungo Park
• Rebecca Gim Suan de Souza
• Sarah Anne Hill · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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