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ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Registered charity 1195467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A4S

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Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £112,420 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,132,736 to £1,020,316. The trustees attribute this to a planned approach to reduce reserves and invest in charitable activities, noting that unrestricted reserves of £187,396 are below the stated policy target of approximately £1,047,000. The charity remains dependent on securing sufficient funding to deliver its strategy, with a particular emphasis on increasing unrestricted income.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: circa three months of running costs (held: £187k)
“The level of unrestricted reserves that the trustees believe to be appropriate and sufficient to fulfil its core commitments is defined as unrestricted reserves equivalent to circa three months of running costs. For the 2025/26 financial year, three months of total budgeted running costs would be approximately £1,047,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.8m
Cost of raising funds
£127k
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Australia · Brazil · Canada · China · France · Germany · Hong Kong · India · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Netherlands

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.7m£3.8m
31/03/2024£3.6m£3.9m
31/03/2023£3.2m£2.7m
31/03/2022£2.0m£998k

Common questions

Is ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £112,420 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,132,736 to £1,020,316. The trustees attribute this to a planned approach to reduce reserves and invest in charitable activities, noting that unrestricted reserves of £187,396 are below the stated policy target of approximately £1,047,000. The charity remains dependent on securing sufficient funding to deliver its strategy, with a particular emphasis on increasing unrestricted income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.