THE CONTAINER BASED SANITATION ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1185842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CBSA

Our vision is a world where access to dignified, safe and affordable sanitation is no longer out of reach for families and communities in dense urban areas. To support, this we aim to support greater quality and availability of container based sanitation (CBS) services through researching, sharing, and promoting CBS as a cost effective, climate-smart solution to the urban sanitation crisis.

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Latest income

£176k

Latest spending

£167k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £4,200,000 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees confirm that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Kory Christ Russelchair
Arturo Javier Llaxacondor Gonzales
Clarissa Brocklehurst
Jeremy David Gorelick
Nancy Mulee Ngao

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

Operates in: Ghana · Guatemala · Haiti · India · Kenya · Madagascar · Peru · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£176k	£167k
31/03/2024	£180k	£223k
31/03/2023	£185k	£138k
31/03/2022	£163k	£91k
31/03/2021	£92k	£81k

Common questions

Is THE CONTAINER BASED SANITATION ALLIANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £4,200,000 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees confirm that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deloitte LLP.

Who funds THE CONTAINER BASED SANITATION ALLIANCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CONTAINER BASED SANITATION ALLIANCE as a grant recipient include THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£100k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£7k

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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WSUP CHARITY.

THE WSUP CHARITY income £2.0m
HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY income £551k
SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £158k
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Foundation income £1.6m
THE SANITA MERALI TRUST income £1.0m
CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF WASTES MANAGEMENT income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CONTAINER BASED SANITATION ALLIANCE	£176k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WSUP CHARITY FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY FY2025	£551k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Foundation FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SANITA MERALI TRUST FY2024	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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