ALTON CLIMATE ACTION AND NETWORK

Registered charity 1189431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACAN

ACAN focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing waste, restoring our natural environment for the benefit of wildlife and the wellbeing of local people, building community by encouraging sharing, building awareness of the climate and environmental crisis, encouraging people to change their habits to protect the environment and lobbying all levels of government on the climate crisis.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE EFFECTIVE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND LOW CARBON LIVING.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT THAT 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: Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £18,858 at the year end, with unrestricted funds specifically at £759. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization employed no staff during the financial year, relying instead on volunteers and consultancy support.

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alton Climate Action Network (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Jane Gullifordchair
• David Paul Tickner
• Emma-Jane Jones
• Jennifer Griffiths
• Louise Helen Hilton
• Mark Angus Berry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rodney Painell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Jane Branch

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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