THE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L.E.A.F

LEAF funds and undertakes projects aiming to reduce the negative impacts of humankind: our major focus is on tree planting and other forms of habitat restoration.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT 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: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £28,236 to £79,855, resulting in a net incoming resource of £51,619 for the year. The charity maintains a reserve policy of three months' operational expenditure, and its unrestricted funds of £79,855 significantly exceed this target. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Raby
• Dr Harry Fonseca Williams BSc, MSc
• Dr Toral Bimal Shah
• Mariah Cristina Magallanes BSc, MSc

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Bhutan · Bolivia · Botswana · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Cape Verde · Chad · Chile · Colombia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEAF - LOCALLY ENCOURAGING ALL TO FLOURISH.

• LEAF - LOCALLY ENCOURAGING ALL TO FLOURISH income £245k
• BIG LEAF FOUNDATION income £269k
• ANA LEAF FOUNDATION income £114k
• INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• NEWLEAF FOUNDATION income £142k
• LOTE TREE FOUNDATION income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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