STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Registered charity 1184011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOS
Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) is an educational charity created by students and staff at NUS in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis. We support students to learn, act and lead for sustainability.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £137,540 were held at year-end, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months of unrestricted costs. The trustees attribute this shortfall to planned investment in transformational growth and have stated a focus for the coming year to ensure reserves meet the policy target.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants and donations (72% of income)
“Grants and donations accounted for 72% of the income (£2,853,931)” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £138k; policy: three months of unrestricted reserves available)
“At the year-end we had £137,540 in unrestricted reserves. This equates to 44 days’ worth of unrestricted costs, meaning that our reserves policy target has not been met.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Miss E de Saram is a trustee of the Charity.
“During the year, the Charity paid £1,361 to Miss E de Saram for project management services. Miss E de Saram is a trustee of the Charity.” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Murray Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Students Organising for Sustainability UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dr Hazel Norman — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Jamie Agombar — Executive Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£100k
Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Hazel Normanchair
- Emma de Saram
- Harriet Williams
- Jodie Bailey-Ho
- Larissa Kennedy · trustee of 1 other charity
- Scarlett Westbrook
- Serene Esuruoso
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £137,540 were held at year-end, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months of unrestricted costs. The trustees attribute this shortfall to planned investment in transformational growth and have stated a focus for the coming year to ensure reserves meet the policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Murray Smith LLP.
Who funds STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY as a grant recipient include FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST, GOWER STREET.
Known funders
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