2024-11-30-accounts - The Climate Justice Fund

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
01 12 2023 30 11 2024
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Climate Justice Fund Other names charity is known by CJF Registered charity number (if any) 1176223

Charity's principal address 20 Westdean Avenue

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London
Postcode SE12 9NL
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Ezio Costa
1
Cordella
2 Robert Chimambo 01/12/23-27/01/24
3 Richard Lord
Christoph
4
Schwarte
Margaretha
5
Wewerinke-Singh
6 Alaya de Leon
7 Anne Pakoa
Andrea Rodriguez
8
Osuna
9 Stephen Leonhard
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name	Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Association Model Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are appointed in line with Arts.12 to 14 of the CJF’s constitution. Trustee selection methods This includes a geographical and gender balance. New members are (eg. appointed by, elected by) invited to join the board based on their expertise and skill set, following recommendations by existing board members.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Sadly, one of the CJF’s board members, Robert Chimambo, passed away You may choose to include on 27 January 2024. additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment at a community, regional, national and international level. The education of the public at a community, regional, national and international level in subjects relating to climate change, the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment (including the causes, impact, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and related issues) and their legal rights in respect of environmental matters.

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In collaboration with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), their “offspring” Youth for Adaptation Finance (YAF) in Africa as well as a local partner, the CJF held two events, on 6 and 7 June 2024 during the meeting of the UNFCCC in Bonn (Germany).

On 6 June from 5-9 pm, the local partner DJ Darius Roncoszek played a free outdoor event next to the river Rhein near the UNFCCC conference venue on his “Soundbike” – a cargo bike with sound system. Visitors received information about small scale adaptation projects in the Global South, mainly in Africa. They were invited to dance and – if possible – to support the projects through donations in cash or the crowed funding platform climatebeats.net.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

On 7 June the local partner held a “silent disco” where people listen to music on headphones in the centre of Bonn. The CJF had a stand with donation boxes again and the DJs had also mixed some tunes using voice recordings from climate justice campaigners.

As part of the events, the CJF with its partners explained how people in the Global South are affected by and deal with the climate catastrophe. Both events promoted international climate solidarity and the protection of the global environment in a party atmosphere, partially reaching out to a new audience.

Subsequently, the CJF supported the six projects presented in Bonn with USD 1,000 each. They are: Supporting women and girls of climate vulnerable communities in Vanuatu; Protecting nature reserves in Zambia; Building a community climate change adaptation centre in Cameroon; Organic fertilizer and farming in Ethiopia; Planting mangroves in Benin; and Supporting women’s agriculture businesses in Kanem, Chad.

The trustees had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit as available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-benefit-rulesfor-charities.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Bonn events and support to adaptation projects (see above) Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Section E Financial review

At present the CJF’s running costs are extremely low (£6 per month to Brief statement of the maintain a bank account) which can easily be covered by the current charity’s policy on reserves reserves for many years. In the longer term, however, the charity aims to fundraise and establish a reserve to manage fluctuations in income in the future, employ staff and allow the CJF to support organisations in the Global South.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

At the end of the financial year the CJF had unrestricted reserves in the amount of £ 6923.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Christoph Schwarte

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Trustee

Date 23/07/2025

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The Climate Justice Fund 1176223
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/12/2023 30/11/2024
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ - ] - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts - - - - -
A3 Payments
Bank charges 72 - - 72 -
Vanuatu 854 - 854 -
Cameroon, Benin, Chad - 2,474 - 2,474 -
Ethiopia - 800 - 800 -
Zambia - 854 - 854 -
Event expenses - 574 - 574 -
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Sub total [ 72 ] 5,556 - 5,628 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 72 5,556 - 5,628 -
Net of receipts/(payments) - 72 - 5,556 - - 5,628 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 6,551 6,000 - 12,551 -
Cash funds this year end 6,479 444 - 6,923 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

23/07/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature loan by C Schwarte to open bank account Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - 6,923 - Agreement Error Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) 500 - - - - Print Name Christoph Schwarte	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -
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			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 23/07/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

23/07/2025