GREENPEACE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST
Registered charity 284934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREENPEACE ENVIROMENTAL TRUST
The Trust aims to achieve its objectives by funding work that includes education, scientific research, investigations and promoting sustainable development.In the medium to long term we are prioritising work in the areas of Climate change, Forests, and Oceans.We work closely with other Greenpeace entities around the world so as to maximise the impact of our charitable work.
Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased by approximately 32.7% to £13.4 million, driven by major gifts and legacy income. The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £5,350,633, which is significantly in excess of its stated policy target range of £381,000 to £508,000. The trustees have a medium-term plan to reduce reserves by maintaining grant expenditure above expected income.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £381,000- £508,000 (held: £5.4m)
“At present this is in the range £381,000- £508,000, which is equivalent to less than one month’s budgeted income.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greenpeace (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£948k
Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MR STEVE WARSHALchair
- Andrew McParland
- COLIN HINES
- DEBORAH JAN TRIPLEY
- GEORGE CRAIG MACFARLANE
- MARTYN DAY
- Moira Alison Reynolds
- Susan Ann Cooper
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: China · Indonesia · Islington · Japan · Russia
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GREENPEACE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by approximately 32.7% to £13.4 million, driven by major gifts and legacy income. The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £5,350,633, which is significantly in excess of its stated policy target range of £381,000 to £508,000. The trustees have a medium-term plan to reduce reserves by maintaining grant expenditure above expected income. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds GREENPEACE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GREENPEACE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST as a grant recipient include The Brindle Foundation, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE FRAXINUS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION.
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