ZERO CARBON GUILDFORD

Registered charity 1192880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote for the public benefit the conservation, protection and improvement of thephysical and natural environment in particular but not exclusively by:(a) supporting strategies and methods of reduction, mitigation and adaptation inresponse to climate change;(b) educating the public in the causes, impact, mitigation of and adaptation to climatechange and related issues.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) SUPPORTING STRATEGIES AND METHODS OF REDUCTION, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE; B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES, IMPACT, MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED ISSUES.

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

Latest income

£262k

Latest spending

£216k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,105 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with free reserves increasing to £77,581. The trustees confirm that these reserves are in line with their policy of maintaining 9-12 months of current expenditure and that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants

“This was largely as a result of the National Lottery and Community Energy grants won during the year.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 9-12 months of current expenditure (held: £78k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to maintain free reserves at a level of 9- 12 months of current expenditure.” — page 19

Per its FY2024 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.

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Kerry Mariam Lewischair
Adam Bourn
Alastair Luke Atkinson
CAROL DUNNETT
Dr Patricia Lesley Evans
Dr Stephen John Davis
Eris Malory Roberts
Fr Nicholas John Edwards
Helen Louise Harris
Isabel Francesca Robson
Katherine Clowser
Meghna Das
Olivia Delilah James Carpenter-Lomax
Prashant Kumar

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£262k	£216k
31/12/2023	£130k	£90k
31/12/2022	£112k	£85k
31/12/2021	£48k	£18k

Common questions

Is ZERO CARBON GUILDFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,105 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with free reserves increasing to £77,581. The trustees confirm that these reserves are in line with their policy of maintaining 9-12 months of current expenditure and that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/02/2024	£350k	Zero: The Next Phase

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
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£382k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£40k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD.

TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD income £185k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE-NEXT-GUILDFORD income £536k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT SAVIOUR GUILDFORD income £877k
CARDIFF VINEYARD income £1.2m
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £152k
KING'S CHURCH, GUILDFORD income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ZERO CARBON GUILDFORD	£262k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD FY2025	£185k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE-NEXT-GUILDFORD FY2024	£536k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT SAVIOUR GUILDFORD FY2025	£877k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CARDIFF VINEYARD FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£152k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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