2025-03-31-accounts - Sustainable Nitrogen Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Sustainable Nitrogen Foundation
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1180511
Charity's principal address Cutbush House, White Hall Lane, Saham Toney,
Norfolk
Postcode IP257HB
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 David Dent Chair & Trustee Founder Foundation Board
2 Mungo Park Trustee Acted for full year Foundation Board
3 [Rebecca de ] Trustee Acted for full year Foundation Board
Souza
Trustee Acted for full year Foundation Board
4 [Jonathan ]
Wadsworth
5 [Sarah Hill (nee’ ] Trustee Acted for full year Foundation Board
Cocking)
6 Janet Muir Trustee Acted for full year Foundation Board
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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

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Dr Nathalie Narraidoo: Lead Scientist

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Current Board elect individuals on the basis of unanimous decision.

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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You may choose to include 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

To advance environmental protection or improvement for the benefit of the public by carrying out scientific research into biological nitrogen fixation and publishing the useful results, with a view to securing outcomes in the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution derived from nitrogen fertilisers in agriculture.

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The Trustees have at all times had full regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and have made decisions consistent with the objects and purposes of the Foundation. The main activity undertaken by the Foundation is scientific research in order to isolate, identify and characterise nitrogen fixing strains of bacteria and to elucidate attributes favourable to their use as a seed inoculants for crops for use by small-holder farmers. For the period the Trustees have sought grant funding and donations for research projects to expand the development, formulation, production and use of biological nitrogen fixation in small holder agricultural production systems. Of particular note is a project secured Summary of the main activities for a project in Rwanda but funding and collaboration has also been undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these sought in Mauritius, Senegal and Belize. objects (include within this In Mauritius the Foundation has a project providing advice to the section the statutory declaration that trustees have Mauritian Sugarcane Research Institute (MSIRI) in order to reintroduce indigenous strains of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria had regard to the guidance Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (Gd) into elite cultivars of sugarcane issued by the Charity No costs have been insured by the Foundation in Mauritius, the field Commission on public benefit) trial costs have been covered by the MSRI. Research results are being recorded as reports and scientific papers and presented on the Foundation website.

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

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The Foundation prepared proposals and applied for grant funding for achievements of the charity research projects in the following countries: Mauritius, Senegal, Belize during the year and Rwanda. All the proposals involved collaboration with local partners. Funding for the project in Rwanda was secured with funding provided through the One Acre Fund. The initial studies undertaken by the Foundation have demonstrated that it is possible to isolate nitrogen fixing bacteria from sugarcane in Rwanda. Many strains were isolated and 44 nitrogen fixing strains of Gd were characterised using a wide range of laboratory and glasshouse bioassays before determining their efficacy in pot trials in Rubengara, Rwanda. Six potential elite strains were identified and their colonisation and impact within different crops including maize, sweet potato, Irish potato, wheat, beans, sorghum and tomato. The Foundation Lead Scientist Dr Nathalie Narraidoo and Founder Trustee Dr David Dent were co-authors on a paper published with our colleagues from the University of Nottingham: Michele Pallucchini, Martina Franchini, Enas M. El-Ballat, Nathalie Narraidoo, Benjamin Pointer-Gleadhill, Matthew J. Palframan Christopher J. Hayes,David Dent, Edward C. Cocking, Michele Perazzolli, Rupert G. Fray and Phil J. Hill (2024) Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus AZ0019 requires functional nifD gene for optimal plant growth promotion in tomato plants. Frontiers in Plant Science , 22nd November 2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1469676

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s The Foundation currently holds no reserves. policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially The Foundation is a going concern. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include Expenditure has been wholly in support of the scientific research additional information, where programme undertaken in our laboratory at the University of Nottingham relevant about: and preparing and delivery materials for partners to undertake field trials in Rwanda.

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)

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Full name(s) David Roy Dent

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date 25th November 2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR INGLAND ANO WALIS Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe poflod Section A Recei ts and ments Unresliiclqd lunds Re51rl¢ted fvnds Endowment Total funds Lasl yewr ioth• lu th• E A1 R•1 ts 5?les 32 53 FuM#and IIS211 Sub 10141lGrD55 incom8 lorAR) A2 $•1 •thd Inv•stm•rbt J•• tablq 131 11SJS0 P1,Jll Sub lot•1 Totalr•¢•lplS 131 11&3¥1 11.381 A3P J92 432 392 Equwonl P*• Sub total 10.•7S 42.•Si 27.11 A4 Asvl Snv•Ftm•nl urchaA•s Sub 1¥1 Tot&lwyments 2.170 00.075 v.•si 27,610 Nét of reCpt(pavm#nts) AS Tran$f•rn b4tyM•n lunds A6 CaFh IuDd# lasl y•ar Cash funds this yoar¢nd 2.038 6J,701 65.333 97.871 67,467 99.972 2,096 63,701 Sectlon B Statement of assets and Ilabllltles at the end of thè perlod Unr•StrlGW lunds tndowmollt nd5 to D••T•St£ Cate9orio5 B1 Cash lunds OOOOODCCXX R1 acwunts ISSI OCKJ0002411112025

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees

Charity NSUame THE SUSTAINABLE NITROGEN FOUNDATION

On accounts for the year 31 MARCH 2025 ended

Charity no 1180511 (if any)

Set out on pages 1 TO 3

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 03 / 2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £25,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The CERTIFIED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CPAA .

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Date: 30 November 2025 Name: Clair J Rylands ACPA

Relevant professional Certified Practisinf Public Accoutnant qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: DANICA TCL WAYLAND HOUSE, HIGH STREET, WATTON, THETFORD, NORFOLK, IP24 5AR

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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