GLOBAL GOALS CENTRE

Registered charity 1187048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Global Goals Centre is an educational charity inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN that aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequality, and address the climate emergency. Our mission is to equip young people, and the general public, with the passion, knowledge, and skills to address the most important challenges of our time and speed up the path to sustainability.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BRISTOL AND BEYOND IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING:A) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;B) THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;D) CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND HOW THOSE MAY BE IMPROVED;E) ECONOMIC GROWTH AND URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION AND HOW THESE THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE EDUCATION AND VISITOR CENTRE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.IN THESE OBJECTS, ‘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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£152k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £33,051 against a stated policy target of one month of costs and salaries. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records for the year ended 30 June 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month of costs and salaries (held: £33k)
“The reserves policy still stands at one month of costs and salaries” — page 28
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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 195

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 177

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 46
  • Government income: £8,500 — grants £8,500 (2); 4% of the £210,537 total gross income on the same return

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£152k£149k
30/06/2024£179k£162k
30/06/2023£211k£198k
30/06/2022£90k£85k
30/06/2021£55k£80k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL GOALS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £33,051 against a stated policy target of one month of costs and salaries. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records for the year ended 30 June 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GLOBAL GOALS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL GOALS CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION, JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2024£21k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2021£5kEducation – Others

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2024£233kSparks will fly!
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£24kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund26/04/2023£100kSparks Bristol
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2022£49k"Refugee Voices"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL GENERATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL GOALS CENTRE£152k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GENERATION FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
GOAL (INTERNATIONAL) FY2025£5.2m——unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK FY2025£1.6m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear3.0%no doubt
GLOBAL FOOTSTEPS FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION CHANGE FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt

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