DIRT - THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REGENERATION OF EARTH

Registered charity 1199510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DIRT works toward regenerating soils that have been degraded by conventional agriculture and mining. Dirt's aim is to increase soil fertility, biodiversity, community wellness, water retention and absorption, greenhouse gas sequestration and educate about health land management including bio-dynamic farming.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £153,440 and spent £147,519 during the period, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, distributing funds immediately to pay the team or send grants to farming projects. The charity identifies securing funds for core costs as a principal risk due to competition from immediate global crises.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Brand partners (25% of income)
“£37,595 was received from brand partners through one-off sponsorship contributions to the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Zero reserves; money immediately distributed
“The charity does not hold reserves, when the charity receives a donation the money immediately is distributed to pay the team and/or is sent to farming projects as a grant.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/03/2025£154k£148k
30/03/2024£114k£129k
30/03/2023£154k£137k

Common questions

Is DIRT - THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REGENERATION OF EARTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £153,440 and spent £147,519 during the period, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, distributing funds immediately to pay the team or send grants to farming projects. The charity identifies securing funds for core costs as a principal risk due to competition from immediate global crises.

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 THE GOOD SOIL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DIRT - THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REGENERATION OF EARTH£154k—0no_policy—no doubt
THE GOOD SOIL TRUST FY2025£185k£28,4920below—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE FY2024£712k——unclear—no doubt
BE THE EARTH FOUNDATION FY2024£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST FY2025£639k—0below—no doubt
INITIATIVE EARTH FY2024£375k—0unclear—no doubt

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