REDUCE OUR CARBON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the foundation is to help the move to a low carbon economy. This is achieved through connecting individuals and businesses that want to offset in full or part their annual carbon footprint with reforestation projects in the UK and low income, rural farming communities in Central America

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THEREIN WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DEFORESTATION AND OTHER EFFECTS OF THE RELEASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AFFORESTATION.

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small operating deficit of £910 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to a negative balance of £900. The Trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, supported by ongoing sponsorship from Your Eco Construction and disciplined cost management, with a strategic objective to return to operating surplus in FY26.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/10/2024, 251 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 02/02/2022, 2 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reduce Our Carbon Charitable Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Walsh-Perez
• Richard Walters
• Tim Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Nicaragua · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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