FAITH FOR THE CLIMATE

Registered charity 1194434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with local faith communities to strengthen and resource their environmental strategies and we bring their commitment to the attention of policy makers in the interests of challenging and ending climate change and environmental degradation

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE 1) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF FAITH, PARTICULARLY IN LEADERSHIP ROLES TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.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: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £11,694 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £36,961 to £25,267. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £15,054, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of a quarter of a year’s operating expenditure (£13,968). The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/12/2022, 54 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Giles Goddardchair
• Amandeep Kaur Kaur
• Colette Marie Joyce
• Dr Christopher Ives
• Dr Sachi Patel
• Jo Chamberlain
• Lucy Plummer
• Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
• Sue Curd
• Suraiya Nailah Rahman

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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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

• HOPE FOR THE FUTURE income £422k
• WORD OF FAITH MISSION income £57k
• INTERCLIMATE TRUST income £79k
• THE FAITH & BELIEF FORUM income £921k
• THE UNITY OF FAITHS FOUNDATION income £34k
• CHRIST FOR THE WORLD income £422k

Side by side with its peers

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