ECOACTIVE

Registered charity 1180582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We undertake sessions in schools and workshops with local community groups. In the course of these, we impart information, offer a range of possible courses of action and show how individuals can have a positive impact on their local environment and community, and gain confidence through their understanding of sustainability issues and possible solutions.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION IN:A) SUBJECTS RELATING TO ALL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY – SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC;B) ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£235k

Latest spending

£231k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £13,679, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of expenditure or around £56,000. However, the trustees note that the incremental increase in reserves evidences the charity is heading in the right direction. The charity received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted grants (70% of income)

“We used restricted grants from 17 different funders during the period. This made up around 70% of our income over the year.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“While we haven't yet reached the long-term reserve level we believe is a necessary buffer for operational costs (as our reserves don't yet meet the level proposed under our reserves policy), we believe the incremental increase in our unrestricted reserves evidences that we are heading in the right direction.” — page 9

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £4,064 — grants £4,064 (1); 2% of the £234,849 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £19,677 — grants £19,677 (2); 8% of the £236,994 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £22,547 — grants £22,547 (2); 14% of the £158,128 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ecoACTIVE (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

The Leaside Trust — “Our Funders and Partners ecoACTIVE The Leaside Trust, Spring Lane, Clapton, London E5 9HQ” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anshul Singh Bhamra
Casey Manser
Hannington Sserwanga
Hylton Matthew Laker
Michelle Emma Green
Peter James Watts
Rebecca Gentzane McCulloch Damm
SARBJIT KAUR DHARIWAL
Simon Eccles
Taylor Marie Welborn

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£235k	£231k
31/03/2024	£237k	£194k
31/03/2023	£158k	£188k
31/03/2022	£183k	£161k
31/03/2021	£194k	£178k

Common questions

Is ECOACTIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £13,679, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of expenditure or around £56,000. However, the trustees note that the incremental increase in reserves evidences the charity is heading in the right direction. The charity received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ECOACTIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ECOACTIVE as a grant recipient include THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, The Portal Trust, THE BADUR FOUNDATION, THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2023	£18k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
The Portal Trust	FY2025	£13k	ecoACTIVE Forest School: outdoor learning for children living in areas of high deprivation
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£13k
The Portal Trust	FY2023	£12k	ecoACTIVE Forest School: outdoor learning for children living in areas of high deprivation
THE BADUR FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified read£4k
THE BADUR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2023	£3k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	Unverified read£3k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£2k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2021	£500
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£500

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/09/2026	£20k	Youth and Community Outdoor Learning and Green Skills Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/02/2024	£249k	"The Hackney Buzzline"
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2023	£10k	King’s Park Gardening Together Project
City Bridge Foundation	25/04/2023	£51k	Grant to ecoACTIVE
London Borough of Hackney	28/09/2022	£10k	Grant to ecoACTIVE Education
Hackney Council	28/09/2022	£10k	Grant to ecoACTIVE Education
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/01/2022	£10k	Providing access to outdoor natural play for children with additional needs
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2020	£30k	"COVID19:ECOACTIVE"
City Bridge Foundation	26/09/2019	£70k	Grant to ecoACTIVE
City Bridge Foundation	13/02/2013	£84k	Grant to ecoACTIVE
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2010	£9k	Reclaim
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/02/2006	£5k	Workshops
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/10/2004	£5k	Big Foot

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
SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND	1	£210k
ASPEN TRUST	1	£105k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£35k
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£20k
CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k
BRIAN D NEWMAN FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT	1	£11k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£9k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION income £32k
ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST income £244k
PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENDEAVOURS income £252k
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
ENVIRO ABILITY income £223k
THIRD SECTOR RENEWABLES income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ECOACTIVE	£235k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FY2025	£32k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST FY2025	£244k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENDEAVOURS FY2025	£252k	—	0	below	—	noted
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS FY2025	£627k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENVIRO ABILITY FY2025	£223k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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