The Better Coffee Foundation

Registered charity 1200021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DOING GOOD FOUNDATION

The Better Coffee Foundation addresses the broader issues impacting the coffee industry. Our mission includes enhancing positive & mitigating negative aspects within the coffee value chain. We engage local agents of change globally to address social & ecological issues. Operating across geographies, we support sustainable actions and maximise the positive impact on communities and the environment.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY MAKING GRANTS: 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;3.1.2 FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.1.3 FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £68,750 in donations and incurred £68,678 in expenses, resulting in a small surplus of £72. The trustees report that no material reserves are held because all funds are allocated to plastic recovery activities. The document notes no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David William Abrahamovitchchair
• Alexandra Faith Smith
• Daniel Mark Sherfield
• Edward Robinson
• James Antony Gadsby Peet

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

Operates in: Brazil · Egypt · Ghana · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Philippines · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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