CARBON GAP LTD

Registered charity 1200562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARBON GAP

Carbon Gap is promoting and advancing the science-based case for carbon removal laid out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other respected international scientific bodies, and through this, delivering a fundamental component of the IPCC-recommended mitigation strategy for climate change.

Objects

THE CHARITY EXISTS TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE ATMOSPHERE AND GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM, AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF CARBON REMOVAL AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE OROTHER IDENTIFIED GREENHOUSE GASSES FROM THE ATMOSPHERE (REFERRED TO AS “CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL”);(B) CARRYING OUT AND COMMISSIONING EVIDENCE-LED RESEARCH IN THE SUBJECT OF CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS;(C) ORGANISING, CONVENING, FUNDING AND DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS; AND(D) BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ACADEMICS, POLICYMAKERS, NGOS, THE PUBLIC AND OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND,ENGAGE WITH AND EVALUATE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the result for the year was £nil, with a significant currency loss of £125,431.56 related to USD funding. The cash position is described as satisfactory, with funding held at year-end covering approximately 11 months' expenditure, and the company is confirmed to be a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill. Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £200,001–£250,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£70,001–£80,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · France · Germany · Greece · Ireland · Norway · Scotland · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.7m£2.7m
31/12/2024£2.5m£2.5m
31/12/2023£2.8m£2.8m

Common questions

Is CARBON GAP LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the result for the year was £nil, with a significant currency loss of £125,431.56 related to USD funding. The cash position is described as satisfactory, with funding held at year-end covering approximately 11 months' expenditure, and the company is confirmed to be a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill.

Who funds CARBON GAP LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARBON GAP LTD as a grant recipient include Quadrature Charitable Foundation, LTPP, THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Quadrature Charitable FoundationFY2024£12.3m
Quadrature Charitable FoundationFY2023£1.3m
LTPPFY2025£120kWork to build a Nordic Trade association on Carbon Dioxide Removal and assess options around including removals in the EU ETS scheme
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£10k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Tinsley Charitable Trust1£40k
CAMBRIDGE FORUM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY1£8k
TRANSITION NETWORK1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE CARBON FOOTPRINT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARBON GAP LTD£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE CARBON FOOTPRINT FY2025£151k—0below—no doubt
THE CARBON COMMUNITY FY2025£246k——above—no doubt
CARBON COPY NETWORK FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
ZERO CARBON GUILDFORD FY2025£363k—0within—no doubt

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