OPPORTUNITY GREEN

Registered charity 1199413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Opportunity Green is an NGO working to unlock the opportunities from tackling climate change using law, economics and policy. Opportunity Green helps countries, civil society and business access the solutions that reduce emissions and bring enormous opportunities for economic development, improved health and increased democracy.

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Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £935,037 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,839,404 against total expenditure of £1,904,367. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern and hold unrestricted reserves of £1,263,140, which they consider sufficient to cover four months of charitable expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: ClimateWorks Foundation (22% of income)
“ClimateWorks Foundation - 622,647”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The charity incurred no costs other than staff time in raising funds.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months of charitable expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level at least equivalent to four months of charitable expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£76k
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£4.0m£2.5m
31/03/2025£2.8m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.2m
31/03/2023£709k£296k

Common questions

Is OPPORTUNITY GREEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £935,037 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,839,404 against total expenditure of £1,904,367. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern and hold unrestricted reserves of £1,263,140, which they consider sufficient to cover four months of charitable expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds OPPORTUNITY GREEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OPPORTUNITY GREEN as a grant recipient include T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£63kConservation

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREEN JOBS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OPPORTUNITY GREEN£4.0m——unclear0.0%no doubt
GREEN JOBS FOUNDATION FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GREEN CORRIDOR FY2025£1.6m£90,001 - £100,0001above—no doubt
THE GREEN ROOM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GREEN ALLIANCE TRUST FY2025£3.7m£120,001 - £130,000—above—no doubt
GREETS GREEN COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt

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