FINAL STRAW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FINAL STRAW SOLENT C.I.C.

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROTECTING COASTLINES, WATERWAYS AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES FROM LITTER AND PLASTIC POLLUTION RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PLASTIC POLLUTION AND SINGLE-USE PLASTIC.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• PROTECTING COASTLINES, WATERWAYS AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES FROM LITTER AND PLASTIC POLLUTION• RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PLASTIC POLLUTION AND SINGLE-USE PLASTIC.

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: Havant, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £34,600 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by planned investments in programme delivery and team capacity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £90,307, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to cover the dissolution fund and manage cashflow, despite being lower than the charity's preferred target.

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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Final Straw Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Hawkinschair
• George Yeoman
• Ian Sanderson Jubb
• Nicola Smith
• Pollyanna Abbe Smithson
• Thomas Granville Handley
• Wendy Bessant

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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