COMMONWEALTH HUMAN ECOLOGY COUNCIL LIMITED

Registered charity 272018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C H E C

CHEC's aim is to further the importance of a holisitc and sustainable view of the world and the continuing empasis on development through the implementation of human ecology. CHEC's programme and projects strive to awaken the official world to the need for deeper, human and ecological philosophies and a wider coalition between every level of society and the natural world on which they depend.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCIENCE OF ECOLOGY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £35,962 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a net income of £5,916. The charity notes its dependence on member contributions and voluntary work to sustain its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00966772 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

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

• Commonwealth Foundation — “Many foundations and trusts, particularly the Commonwealth Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat , support the work of the Commonwe…” (source page)
• Commonwealth Secretariat — “Many foundations and trusts, particularly the Commonwealth Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat , support the work of the Commonwe…” (source page)
• UNESCO — “CHEC also receives help from UN agencies such as UNESCO , UN Habitat , and UNEP , the governments of the UK, and other countries and the v…” (source page)
• UN Habitat — “CHEC also receives help from UN agencies such as UNESCO , UN Habitat , and UNEP , the governments of the UK, and other countries and the v…” (source page)
• UNEP — “CHEC also receives help from UN agencies such as UNESCO , UN Habitat , and UNEP , the governments of the UK, and other countries and the v…” (source page)
• Human Ecology Foundation — “The Human Ecology Foundation (HEF), a subsidiary charity, manages CHEC's trust fund and has its own board of trustees that supervises its ca…” (source page)

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.

• ROBINSON, Emily Lynne — director, appointed 23/05/2022on trustee list
• MITTERBAUER, Philipp — director, appointed 22/03/2022on trustee list
• SAMUELS, Jane — director, appointed 20/11/2014on trustee list
• MUTTER, Michael Neilson — director, appointed 13/06/2012not on trustee list
• KALRA, Ripin — director, appointed 13/06/2012on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Mark Noel Foster — director, appointed 13/06/2012on trustee list
• BONHAM, John Sebastian — director, appointed 31/01/2008on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Emily Lynne — secretary, appointed 24/11/2021

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emily Robinson
• JOHN BONHAM
• Jane Samuels
• MARK ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL MUTTER OBE
• Philipp Mitterbauer
• RIPIN KALRA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Australia · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana · Brunei · Cameroon · Canada · Cyprus · Dominica

Income and spending

Common questions