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Trustee report and annual accounts

2024-25

1.	Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 1
2.	Our story.................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3.	Our aims and how we’ll achieve them................................................................................................... 5
4.	Our impact.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.	Looking forward to......................................................................................................................................... 22
6.	Financial review............................................................................................................................................... 25
7.	Our governance and management....................................................................................................... 26
8.	Our details........................................................................................................................................................... 28
9.	Audited accounts............................................................................................................................................. 29
10.	Our work in detail........................................................................................................................................... 56

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1. Introduction

About this report

Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS UK) is an educational charity created in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis. We support students to learn, act and lead for sustainability. Our origins are in the student movement, and we've operated as an independent charity since 2019. Our charity number is 1184011.

The charitable objective of SOS UK is...

“To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by the advancement of education of the public in the principles and practice of sustainable development, social responsibility and the protection of the natural environment through the prudent use of natural and human-made resources.”

Our annual report shares who we are, what we’re working for, and what we’ve done in 2024-25 to help us achieve this. We also share our reflections on our work, and our intentions for 2025-26. Our annual accounts are also provided.

Our 2024-25

This year, SOS UK has continued to work in a fast-changing and often uncertain context. Continued political instability in the UK and around the world, has underscored just how important it is to build long-term, systemic responses to the climate and nature crises. The 2024 UK General Election represented not only a moment of national change, but a key opportunity to influence the political agenda and press for stronger leadership on climate, nature and education. Through Teach the Future’s Fund the Future campaign, we supported students to make the case for greater investment in education infrastructure, mobilising thousands of supporters, grading parliamentary candidates on their climate education commitments, and helping to bring the issue of school decarbonisation directly to policymakers. This work showed how student-led campaigning can connect ambitious climate goals with practical, everyday concerns about the condition, safety and sustainability of school buildings.

Alongside this, SOS UK continued to demonstrate the value of putting young people at the centre of change. The youth-led Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review created an accessible route for children and young people to engage with one of the most significant opportunities for education reform in over a decade. By helping to convene the Youth Shadow Panel, gather evidence from more than 1,000 students, and support the

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development of recommendations presented to senior decision-makers, SOS UK helped ensure that student perspectives were not only heard, but taken seriously. This work reflects the organisation at its best: combining evidence, partnership and youth leadership to influence systems and shape a more relevant, inclusive and future-facing education system.

At the same time, we've had to navigate an increasingly difficult funding landscape for charities. In the face of this challenge, SOS UK has responded with resilience, creativity and purpose - strengthening its foundations through investment in digital transformation and wider organisational capacity, while continuing to deliver impact. At a time when both education and civil society face significant pressures, the organisation has remained focused on its mission: championing student voice, supporting practical action, and helping to build a more just and sustainable future.

The year ahead will bring fresh challenges, but also important opportunities to deepen our influence, strengthen our partnerships and continue backing students to lead change. Whether through growing the impact of our campaigns to continue to shape the next phase of curriculum reform, or to ensuring our core programmes keep changing how education institutions operate so they set a positive example for the communities they serve, we will continue to focus on where we can make the greatest difference.

Amira Campbell

SOS UK President

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2. Our story

Our mission

We’re on a mission to transform education so people protect our climate and nature.

Our education system helped cause the climate and nature crisis, but now we’re making it the solution. We are working to make sure everyone develops a commitment to protecting the earth and puts it to work - whether it’s at school, university or in their careers. By empowering students and educators to build a better world, we can transform the lives of generations to come.

We empower students to lead, supporting them so they don’t have to fight for change alone. We unite people from every background, inside and outside education, because protecting our earth matters to each and every one of us.

Our students don’t just drive change at school, college or university but for decades to come, as workers, employers and community members. We’re creating climate and nature protectors in every community. And they mobilise countless others, changing our country, and even our world, for the better.

The need for action

89% of higher education students want where they study to incorporate and promote sustainable development.
76% of UK adults think it’s important to prepare children and young people to climate change at school.
Only a third of secondary teachers say climate change is embedded in their subject’s curriculum in a meaningful and relevant way, falling to 21% saying this about the nature crisis.
60% of students in further or higher education say they find themselves thinking and worrying what they world will be like in future because of climate change.
Schools and universities create 36% of the UK’s public sector building emissions.

Our values

The organisational values we work by are:

student-centred
inclusive and supportive
driven by social justice
anti-oppression and acting in solidarity
responsive, dynamic and flexible
reliable and honest

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transparent and accountable
team-focused and collaborative
understanding and caring.

Our background

SOS UK was born from the student movement, leading on sustainability within the National Union of Students before becoming an independent charity in 2019 to tackle the climate and nature crises through education. We’ve built on that foundation by combining grassroots mobilisation with systemic change.

This report outlines the progress we’ve made in 2024–25 to set us on a footing towards achieving our goals.

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3. Our aims and how we’ll achieve them

To achieve our mission, we’re working to:

1. Change the way we teach, what we learn and how that’s assessed so climate and nature are a priority

Sustainability should be a core thread woven through every subject, not treated as a standalone topic. Every student should have the opportunity to become a sustainabilityliterate learner, and every subject should help them understand and respond to the challenges our world is facing.

We work to support systemic change in education, helping teachers and institutions embed sustainability in a meaningful, relevant, and solutions-focused way - across both pre-16 and post-16 settings.

Our aim is for students to not just learn about sustainability, but to develop the skills and confidence to apply that knowledge in real life. Education shouldn’t just prepare young people to pass exams - it should equip them to make a difference.

2. Making sure our places of learning show what’s possible - empowering us to support nature, the climate, and the communities most affected

We know that it’s not just in classrooms and lecture theatres that the knowledge, skills, values and competences needed for a more sustainable society are developed. They’re shaped by the wider environment in which learning happens.

That’s why we believe the entire education system - not just what is taught, but how institutions operate - should be aligned with the goals of sustainability and climate justice .

Our work focuses on reshaping the culture, policies, and physical spaces of education providers so that they model the principles they teach. From the design of campuses to the decisions institutions make, we want to see sustainability embedded throughout.

This same principle drives our programmes and campaigns that give students the chance to engage with sustainability in real and practical ways - building the competences they need to contribute to a fairer, more sustainable future.

3. Ensure students from every background can play their role in protecting and building a better world

We believe that meaningful change happens when students are not just learning about sustainability but actively leading it. Through this leadership, they gain the knowledge, skills, and values needed to become thoughtful and effective changemakers. Sustainability

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shouldn’t be something done for students - it should be shaped by them, in collaboration with their institutions and communities.

Our research highlights a serious gap in racial diversity within the environmental sector. At the same time, there’s strong evidence that the impacts of environmental degradation and climate inaction fall hardest on communities facing discrimination and marginalisation. That’s why we’re working to address this imbalance by embedding inclusion across all areas of our work - recognising the intersections between environmental issues and wider inequalities.

“Education is one of the most powerful levers we have to protect our climate and restore nature. SOS UK exists to help make sustainability and climate justice a core purpose of learning - so every student can gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to lead change, and every education institution can model the future we need.”

Dr Hazel Norman | Chair of Trustees

To achieve our aims, our work sees us delivering programmes, campaigns, training, events and research that:

Empowers people – students and staff - across our education system to discover their unique role in protecting our planet by developing the values, skills and knowledge needed
Helps organisations across the education sector to respond to the climate and nature crises - from our schools, colleges and universities to qualification and professional bodies
Supports students to work together, channelling their passion to make sure our leaders and decision makers prioritise climate and nature

We're proud that our work is led or supported locally by students, in keeping with our goal of ensuring students from every background can play their role in protecting and building a better world. We are the support crew, doing whatever we can to help students ensure their projects and campaigns are successful and impactful.

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4. Our impact

4.1 In numbers…

Through working towards our goals, in 2024-25 we...

Engaged over 138,900 students
Supported over 13,800 staff
Worked with over 2,800 organisations
Delivered over 1,241 opportunities and activities
Enabled over 42,100 actions by organisations

Next, we look at what we’ve achieved against our three aims in 2024-25.

4.2 We’re changing the way we teach, what we learn and how that’s assessed so climate and nature are a priority

We’re focused on embedding sustainability and climate justice throughout the curriculum - from early years to adult education - so that teaching and learning across all subjects reflect the urgency of the climate and ecological crisis in an inclusive and equitable way.

Through system-level campaigns and whole-institution change programmes, we support educators and institutions to integrate sustainability into curriculum design and delivery. Our goal is to ensure that all learners, regardless of their pathway, develop the knowledge, skills, values, and competencies needed to understand complex global challenges and contribute to a more just and sustainable future.

Read highlights of our work in 2024-25 here or find out about our full suite of curriculum and assessment focused work in section 11.

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The Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review | Strengthening youth voice in education policy

The Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review (sCAR) strengthened the inclusion of youth voice in the Department of Education's official Curriculum and Assessment Review. Many of the final 14 youth policy recommendations were directly reflected in the DfE’s final report, including greater inclusion of education on sustainability and climate change.

When the Curriculum and Assessment Review launched in 2024, it presented a major opportunity - but also a barrier. Although it was the first significant curriculum reform in over a decade, many students found the formal consultation process hard to access. In response, SOS UK supported the Teach the Future campaign to launch the - youth led Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review (sCAR) so young people’s voices were heard. Working with other leading youth organisations, we formed the Youth Shadow Panel (YSP): 11 young people aged 15–22 who ran student-friendly activities, often mirroring the official Review, including:

Issuing its own call for evidence and delivered a regional roadshow - hosting workshops in Dudley, Durham, Bristol and London, plus online. In total, we gathered insight from over 1,000 children and young people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Young people shared evidence through drawings, videos, photos and written submissions, which directly informed sCAR’s interim report.
Meeting with members of the official Review panel, including review lead Professor Becky Francis, to share what they had heard directly from young people across England.
Convening four high-level roundtables (in partnership with SOS UK, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Young Citizens, YoungMinds and I Have a Voice) to help shape strong, evidence-based policy recommendations.
Chaired by YSP members, the roundtables brought together official Review Panel members, academics, policymakers and education experts to explore the issues young people care most about: climate and sustainability education; skills for life; assessment, mental health and wellbeing; and equity and inclusion.

Fourteen policy recommendations were published in the Shadow Review’s final report, launched at the Palace of Westminster. The event was attended by MPs, Department for Education representatives and over 80 education sector leaders. More than 110 organisations endorsed the report, which was formally presented to Professor Becky Francis and Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education.

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When the official DfE Review published its final report in November 2025, it strongly reflected the priorities set out by young people through the Shadow Review, including:

A new Ofsted-inspected enrichment entitlement covering civic engagement, arts and culture, nature and outdoor learning, sport and physical activity, and wider life skills
Compulsory citizenship education in primary schools, including digital, media and financial literacy, climate and sustainability education, and oracy
Expanded sustainability and climate education across geography, citizenship and science
A 10% reduction in GCSE exam hours for most students
A curriculum in which students can genuinely see themselves and their communities reflected

SHAPE Impact Projects | Enabling social science, humanities and arts students to solve sustainability challenges

We collaborated with the British Academy to support Aston University, Cardiff University, Glasgow School of Arts, University of Bedfordshire, and University of Salford with designing sustainability project challenges bespoke to their local contexts for students to solve.

Since 2020, SOS UK and The British Academy have coordinated the SHAPE Sustainability Impact Projects programme, SHAPE referring to Social Sciences, Humanities & the Arts for People, the Economy, and Environment. To date, this ‘living laboratory’ model has enabled over 240 students in 24 universities to understand how their discipline can shape a more sustainable and just future, harness various green skills through problem-based, experiential learning, and make a real-world difference to sustainability challenges.

In 2024-25 we adapted the programme to cater to the different needs and interests of participating institutions, setting future SHAPE programme cycles up for success. This included:

Working with university staff to create challenge ideas for students to begin work on in 2025-26, combining SOS UK's expertise on recruiting and maintaining student engagement with academic expertise in the social sciences and environmental humanities
Supporting five universities to recruit around 40 students for 11 different sustainability challenge projects

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Recruiting 6 Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from the British Academy to provide research and policy guidance for student teams.

In 2025-26 we will be working on:

A first-ever regional focus for SHAPE Impact Projects, bringing together six universities in Northwest England
Continued pairing of ECRs with relevant project challenges, facilitating knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning
Continued dedicated bespoke support for the unique contexts of participating institutions
Running an in-person launch event and 2-day conference to celebrate students' achievements and progress with tackling their sustainability challenges.

Our achievements in 2024-25 include:

Through our role hosting the Department for Education's Youth Sustainability Champions (YSCs) we attended COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024. Attending the negotiations proved to be an inspiring and transformative experience for the two YSCs - Jodie and Will. One of the most exciting milestones at COP29 was the UK’s announcement that the universal NDC youth clause would be formally included in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The youth clause includes a commitment to education children and young people on climate change impacts and solutions to empower the next generation of climate champions.
As the Responsible Futures International pilot with the International Association of Universities (IAU) concluded, we distilled learning from a cohort of six universities and one college across six countries, including what it takes to make a whole-institution framework meaningful across very different contexts. The pilot also helped us strengthen our approach to accreditation and student leadership, with 36 student auditors trialling audits against over 200 criteria and feeding back on what enables high-quality, student-led evaluation. This learning has helped us improve our delivery of the UK programme, which has been running now for over 10 years.
Our long-running campaign, SDG Teach In , continued to drive education for sustainability, with educators committing to include content related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in their teaching during the campaign. In 2025, over 1000 educators made a pledge to incorporate the SDGs and reached almost 120,000 learners in doing so.
Through our collaboration with the University and College Union (UCU) , we supported the development of a just transition road map for colleges . The

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framework provides colleges with a local strategy to work towards a more sustainable future and play a bigger role in the green economy and associated skills.

Things we learnt about our curriculum change work this year include:

Over the past year, we've honed how we work in schools through lots of hard learning through our Green Schools Revolution workstreams. We've come to appreciate teacher workload and limited bandwidth and have changed our approach and tactics accordingly. In practice, this has meant adapting our offer to be lighter-touch and more usable for busy school staff: clearer templates, simpler asks, and more realistic pacing that fits around existing priorities. We’ve also placed greater emphasis on relationship-building and support for implementation, rather than assuming schools have the capacity to take on additional sustainability work without dedicated time and leadership buy-in.
The Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review reinforced the value of staying agile: when the window opened, we quickly convened partners and mobilised young people to launch the Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review. We focused on the interventions with the highest leverage - amplifying student voice, creating accessible routes for participation, and translating complex consultation processes into clear actions that educators and learners could engage with. The young people at the centre of the initiative worked incredibly hard to produce a report that represents the lived experiences of young people, which is underpinned by the expertise of sector leaders, and respectful of the boundaries of what teachers and schools can deliver. Our role in convening these elements means the recommendations are evidence-based and but reflect the aspiration to produce an education system which truly supports the diversity of students in England, and equips students with the skills we need in the present and future.
Our programme delivery, campaigning, and advocacy operate in a cyclical and mutually reinforcing way. Insights from our programmes enable us to understand what is happening on the ground and identify where change is needed, which in turn informs our campaigns and advocacy priorities. This advocacy work influences policy and systems, helping to embed sustainable change that ultimately strengthens future programme delivery. Looking ahead, we recognise that we could maximise this impact by strengthening regular touchpoints and shared learning between our programme delivery teams and our campaigns and advocacy colleagues, ensuring learning is consistently captured, shared, and acted upon across the organisation.
4.3 We’re making sure our places of learning show what’s possible - empowering us to support nature, the climate, and the communities most affected

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Learning for a sustainable future doesn’t happen only in classrooms - it’s also influenced by the broader environment students learn in. That’s why we believe sustainability and climate justice should be embedded across the whole education system, not just in the curriculum but in how institutions function day to day.

We reach students and staff through creating opportunities that recognise people's lived experiences. How we work, study, travel, and consume plays a vital role in shaping our understanding of sustainability and ability to lead change.

We approach engagement with the understanding that lifestyle change, and system change are interdependent. Both are needed if we are to respond meaningfully to the climate and nature crises.

At the heart of our work is a commitment to supporting individuals and teams to become active agents of change. Often, our programmes are the first step on someone’s sustainability journey - sparking interest, building confidence, and encouraging further action. By doing so, we help develop the next generation of campaigners and changemakers, capable of challenging the status quo in their institutions and in society more widely.

Read highlights of our work in 2024-25 in our examples here or find out about our full suite of work in this area in section 11.

Student Energy Action for Life | Driving meaningful energy efficiency improvements in the private rented sector

Launched in January 2025, Student Energy Action for Life (SEAL), a UK-wide programme bringing together students, students' unions, universities, housing providers, landlords and policymakers to deliver practical energy efficiency improvements in the private rented sector - helping to cut students' energy bills and reduce emissions.

The programme builds on SOS UK’s Green Campus Revolution campaign, supporting students as they move into the private rented sector where many face poorly insulated homes, confusing energy systems, and high costs. Funded for five years by The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund , we will scale student advice and auditing, strengthen students’ union campaigning, and deepen landlord and housing-team partnerships - supporting energy efficiency improvements that make student homes warmer, cheaper to run, and lower carbon. From 2025-2030 we will:

Provide tailored advice and peer-to-peer support so students can understand their energy use, spot inefficiency, and take simple actions that reduce bills
Train Student Home Energy Auditors to assess their own homes and support others - turning student-to-student engagement into measurable household impact

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Upskill students’ unions with campaigning tools on fuel poverty and energy efficiency, enabling local action and advocacy with landlords and councils
Work directly with landlords and housing teams to encourage investment in upgrades and embed energy checks into routine processes such as property inspections
Form partnerships in three university cities across England and Wales - Manchester, Swansea and Aston (Birmingham) - working with local student housing teams to strengthen engagement with students and landlords

We've seen early success in delivering the programme, including:

Over 500 students engaged through on-campus advice events, plus thousands reached through digital channels
22 Student Home Energy Auditors trained , reporting increased confidence, skills and commitment to sustainability
98 home energy audits delivered for 263 students , with an average saving of £169 per household
With our partners, National Energy Action , we delivered training that engaged staff from 16 students’ unions - participants reported increased motivation and readiness to run local energy efficiency campaigns
We’ve progressed landlord engagement through focus groups, pilot activities and training, and by integrating energy checks into property inspections
We’ve contributed to policy engagement, advisory groups and national conferences - ensuring students’ lived experience of cold, inefficient homes is represented in wider energy and housing discussions

Farming for Carbon and Nature | Reducing carbon and supporting nature through regenerative farming on university farmland

Farming for Carbon and Nature (FCN) enables universities and colleges to be sector leaders by supporting farmers on land they own to implement more regenerative practices – reducing emissions, sequestering carbon and improving biodiversity.

Agriculture accounts for 11% of UK GHG emissions and is a big contributor to the UK being one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries. UK universities are responsible for at least 35,000 hectares of agricultural land. Meanwhile, Scope 3 emissions are a key challenge for tertiary education institutions, in part due to a lack of credible carbon offsets available.

Since 2021, we have worked with over 35 universities, colleges, farms, food and farming organisations and charities, and funding bodies to develop and pilot the FCN

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programme, to address these issues in unison. Grant funding has been provided by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Government’s Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.

The programme is designed to:

Follow Science Based Targets initiative guidance on achieving net zero with cobenefits for nature and people
Enrich student experience through informal curriculum learning, access to nature, and green skills development through soil sampling and biodiversity data collection
Provide support for farmers through Farmer Knowledge Exchange sessions and financial help, increasing the resilience and viability of university and college owned farmland
Create opportunities for pioneering multi-institution research into soil carbon storage

Following the completion of the pilot in March 2024, throughout 2024-25 we worked on developing FCN as a paid-for programme, ready for launch in 2025-26. This development phase included:

Continuing to pilot the approach with our 10 pilot farms
Facilitating further knowledge sharing sessions between farms
Refining our soil sampling, biodiversity monitoring and student engagement processes
Facilitating an in-person co-creation workshop with 22 sustainability and energy managers from universities and colleges across the UK to ensure the new FCN programme met institutional needs and aligns with their environmental targets
Finalising the business plan for ongoing delivery of FCN as a paid-for programme
Promoting the opportunity to participate to education institutions and their farmers

Impacts from our pilot phase we are seeking to replicate include:

Over 175 students volunteered with the programme, with 96% of student volunteers feeling they gained valuable skills and experience related to sustainability and the climate and biodiversity crises by taking part in soil and biodiversity surveys.
“I feel I have a better understanding soil, how it stores carbon and practices which promote soil health. The group leaders and volunteers alike were wonderful people to work with, and I felt very connected to them and to the land.” - Student volunteer
900 hectares of university and college owned farmland have increased soil organic matter leading to 24,000 tonnes of carbon sequestered .

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Baseline and follow up surveys show biodiversity increases on 10 university and college owned farms .
Supported farmers to increase their understanding of regenerative farming techniques, and to put their understanding into practice.
“We’ve really enjoyed being part of the programme…it’s been so helpful and you know it’s opened a lot of doors for sustainability.” - Farmer

We're looking forward to working with institutions in 2025-26 who will help to showcase and shape this innovative, high-integrity, carbon emissions reduction programme. We're grateful for the ongoing funding support of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation as we progress from the pilot phase.

Our achievements in 2024-25 include:

We mobilised students and supporters in the lead-up to the 2024 General Election through Teach the Future’s Fund the Future campaign, funded by Let's Go Zero. A range of tactics were used to call on prospective candidates to commit to ensure school buildings are safe, comfortable and climate-friendly alongside broader commitments on progressing climate education. Over 3000 people added their name to the call to commit funding to improve the condition and sustainability of school buildings. 276 parliamentary candidates were graded on 'Climate Education Report Cards' to demonstrate their commitment to improving climate education in schools. Alongside this, student campaigners convened 175 people, including more than 20 MPs and Peers, at a Parliamentary reception ono school decarbonisation, sponsored by Nadia Whittome MP. They also held a Private Meeting with the then Minister for Early Education, Stephen Morgan, who confirmed that a sustainable school estate was a priority. Some notable wins resulted from our activities, including a 19% increase in capital investment for the Department for Education and a £500m increase in the School Rebuilding Programme .
We continued to expand our nature recovery work through our Wilding Campuses partnership pilot with three education settings in Nottingham, alongside Nature Friendly Grounds , a new programme launched to make biodiversity action a core part of the education estate. Our Wilding Campuses work has been showing the value of collaborative working to progress nature restoration, and our new programme, Nature Friendly Grounds, continues the momentum - tackling the biodiversity crisis, while utilising the unique opportunities presented by educational spaces to connect and engage young people with nature.
Alongside these campus-focused programmes, we’ve also continued our work on wider land use and nature restoration through Farming for Carbon and Nature. Following a successful pilot , we've worked on developing the programme as a paid-

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for option for universities and colleges with agricultural land holdings. With multiple benefits for students, institutions, farmers and of course our climate and nature we’re excited to roll the programme out across a wider range of institutions.

We're encouraged by the progress we're already seeing through our five-year Student Energy Action for Life (SEAL) project - launched to address the critical challenges faced by students in the UK as they navigate the complexities of the home energy system in the private rented sector. Working in partnership with National Energy Action (NEA), we're seeking to drive systemic change by tackling the dual challenge of student support and landlord engagement, SEAL aspires to set a new standard for sustainable living in the private rented sector, contributing to the UK’s broader climate and energy goals.

Things we learnt about our work this year include:

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• Our work supporting Teach the Future s Fund the Future campaign helped us understand how policy area often perceived as technical or unengaging - such as school net zero infrastructure - can be made politically salient when framed around clear, relatable outcomes. By linking infrastructure investment to issues that resonate with decision-makers and communities (including long-term cost savings for schools, improved learning environments and climate impacts), we were able to elevate the issue beyond its technical framing.
Another significant learning was the value of involving stakeholders at an early stage, prior to public launch or bid submission. Engaging those with practical, technical, and lived expertise helped to strengthen both our development and delivery, ensuring our plans are realistic, credible, and aligned with on-the-ground constraints. As a result, we are now embedding stakeholder engagement more systematically across campaign planning and bid development.

4.4 Ensure students from every background can play their role in protecting and building a better world

At the heart of our work is the belief that sustainability must be inclusive, representative, and just . We know the impacts of climate change and ecological degradation are not felt equally. Marginalised communities often bear the brunt of environmental harm while facing the greatest barriers to participating in the solutions.

Our focus is on dismantling these inequities - ensuring that those shaping the future of our planet reflect the full diversity of the communities they serve. We are committed to creating pathways for students and emerging professionals who aspire to build careers that address the climate and ecological crises. No one should be held back by systemic

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barriers related to ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background, or any other characteristic.

Our approach spans both the education sector and professional arenas. By connecting these spheres, we aim to tackle the root causes of exclusion and inequality that hinder progress toward climate justice, addressing structural issues that limit who gets to lead, who benefits, and who is heard.

Read highlights of our work in 2024-25 in our examples here or find out about our full suite of inclusion and climate justice work in section 11.

Renew | Supporting neurodivergent climate campaigners

In August 2025, our Renew camp supported neurodivergent young climate campaigners to rest, reconnect with nature and build a supportive community, leaving participants feeling more energised, confident and equipped to act.

Pressure on young people to ‘save the planet’ is driving eco-anxiety and emotional exhaustion - particularly among neurodivergent young people, who may be more vulnerable to burnout, withdrawal, social anxiety and overwhelm. Despite the strengths neurodivergent young people bring to the environmental movement - such as focus, creativity and a strong sense of justice - traditional activism spaces can be inaccessible or draining, especially when masking, sensory overload, and fatigue go unrecognised.

Renew responds to these challenges with a youth-led, community-based model that centres wellbeing, belonging and nature connection. It provided a nature-based retreat for 13 neurodivergent young people to rest, build peer networks, and reconnect with the natural world in a way that feels safe and non-judgemental. Our first retreat combined gentle outdoor activities (such as species identification, small mammal trapping, bat detecting and foraging) with creative and wellbeing sessions (including crafts, herbal workshops, meditation, yoga and deep relaxation). The model is intentionally flexible, enabling participants to dip in and out according to energy levels and access needs, and includes thoughtful planning around food, schedules and accommodation to reduce anxiety and support participation.

Alongside the retreats, Renew is helping shape a wider Neurodivergent Environment Network, designed to offer ongoing training, connection and support beyond the residential setting, as well as advocacy to make climate and nature charities more inclusive for neurodiversity.

Renew’s retreat model demonstrated strong outcomes for confidence, connection and sustainable engagement. Participants described leaving with renewed motivation and practical momentum - including feeling “re-energised”, “motivated and inspired” and more able to take steps they had been putting off. Several shared that being with “like-

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minded people” reduced isolation and helped them feel supported to act, with one participant noting it was reassuring to see others “in a similar position, all trying to make a difference.”

A consistent theme was the value of an explicitly neurodivergent-affirming space. Participants highlighted:

the non-judgemental atmosphere and patience in communication, saying they could share thoughts without pressure to understand everything first time. This helped build trust and reduced guilt about not engaging in ‘conventional’ activism, particularly for those managing autistic burnout or finding protests inaccessible:
“I loved how we could all share our thoughts/feelings without having to pretend to understand first time - everyone was patient with each other. I feel more likely to take up action because it's help me put trust into people and made me realise that other people have similar concerns/struggles as me.”
feeling more comfortable with being different, more validated, and more inspired to take an active role in organising:
“I understand neurodiversity more and feel more comfortable with being different. I feel inspired and validated take a more active role in organising.”
feeling reconnected to nature and to themselves, with time outdoors helping ground anxiety in hope and possibility, strengthening the emotional foundations for long-term environmental engagement:
“I'm so used to talking about nature in the digital world on social media and verbally expressing the importance of nature on panels and public forums to the point where I've reduced my relationship to the natural world as merely intellectual / theoretical. Spending a few days surrounded by people who love nature gave me a renewed perspective.”

Next, Renew will build on learning from first retreat with plans to run further retreats in 2026. We will continue developing the Neurodivergent Environment Network so participants can stay connected, access ongoing support, and shape the programme’s direction. We will also widen participation by reaching new neurodivergent young people and partners, and ensure future retreats continue to provide flexible, wellbeing-centred ways to engage with climate and nature action.

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PACE Index | Exploring racial diversity data transparency in European environmental NGOs

PACE Index has pioneered one of the first cross-European assessments of racial diversity and power within the environmental and climate sector, focusing specifically on leadership and influence. Through engagement with more than 20 organisations and the creation of a diverse advisory board of campaigners and industry leaders, the project has attempted to drive new conversations, transparency and accountability across the sector.

The project concentrated on four countries, namely, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, selected because of their high concentration of major registered climate and nature NGOs operating within Europe. The project was delivered in partnership with the Germany-based research organisation zedela , whose expertise in European research methodologies and racial exclusion significantly strengthened the work. Together, we developed an approach that combined quantitative organisational mapping with qualitative engagement and sector insight.

PACE was designed not simply as a research exercise, but as an intervention to encourage greater openness and accountability within the climate sector. By examining who holds power and influence within environmental organisations, the project has highlighted structural gaps in representation while also creating opportunities for dialogue and change. The work has already generated important conversations across the sector and laid foundations for longer-term engagement around diversity, inclusion and leadership within European climate organisations.

Over the course of the project we:

Successfully engaged with more than 20 climate and environmental organisations across Europe, building relationships that helped establish racial diversity and leadership representation as a serious area of inquiry within the sector.
Founded a highly diverse advisory board bringing together campaigners, researchers and industry insiders. This group provided thought leadership, strategic insight and sector knowledge that strengthened both the research approach and the credibility of the project.
Developed a new methodology for recording and presenting diversity data within the European climate sector. In several cases, organisations had no prior systems for collecting or analysing this information. Through direct engagement, we encouraged organisations such as CAN Europe to begin considering and implementing approaches to diversity data collection for the first time.

The project also navigated significant legal and cultural challenges, particularly in France and Germany where restrictions and sensitivities around racial data collection

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required careful engagement and relationship building. Despite these barriers, the project identified and worked with key individuals who became internal champions for the work and helped advance conversations around inclusion and transparency. In addition, working in partnership with zedela introduced a new collaborative model for our directorate. While this created challenges and required adaptation, it provided valuable learning that will inform future international partnership work.

Our achievements in 2024-25 include:

The RACE Report continues to drive a focus on racial equality, diversity and inclusion across the environmental NGOs, ensuring students from all backgrounds see themselves reflected in organisations at the forefront of tackling the climate and nature crises. Since the campaign was launched in 2022, the wider political and media climate has changed, with increasing scepticism towards equity, diversity and inclusion work. This has led to a noticeable reduction in funding for dedicated EDI roles across many organisations. Despite this, engagement with The RACE Report remains encouraging, with 137 organisations represented in the data in 2025. Participating organisations continue to see the framework as a valuable accountability and transparency mechanism, and many are engaging beyond data submission by attending webinars, engaging with our communications, and taking part in The RACE Summit.
The RACE Summit grew in size and impact compared to 2024, bringing together 143 sector leaders, students whilst amplifying 20 speakers from global majority backgrounds. The event provided a powerful space for collaboration, learning and accountability. We introduced a Careers Showcase to highlight individuals at different stages of their journey within the sector. This helped fulfil our role in sharing success stories and demonstrating tangible pathways for progression and representation. We received positive feedback for the Summit with a desire for more in person events and the kind of content that was showcased.
Our decolonising education work, supported by Responsible Futures and our partnership with the University and College Union (UCU), has demonstrated the importance of addressing systemic inequities in education through both curriculum content. By focusing on diversifying curricula by providing continuous professional development for UCU members on decolonisation we’ve supported educators to reflect critically on whose knowledge is represented and legitimised within teaching frameworks.

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Things we learnt about our work this year include:

Renew represents a first-of-its-kind approach to supporting neurodivergent young people within environmental action and campaigning. A key learning has been the value of designing provision that is explicitly shaped around neurodivergent experiences rather than adapting mainstream models, listening to the specific needs of the young people involved. By centring accessibility and flexibility from the outset, the programme was able to better meet participants’ needs to 'unmask', be themselves and develop kinship with their peers.
Taking on board feedback from the first RACE Summit , we worked to include more student leadership in the 2025 event. This included hiring a student staff team member to support with the behind-the-scenes delivery of the event. We ensured there was specific content framed at student audiences, alongside other stakeholder groups of early-career professionals, HR teams and senior leaders, ensuring everyone left with clear actions relevant to their role.
We're taking both a focused and integrated approach to inclusion - through dedicated initiatives engaging with the environment, climate, sustainability and nature sector, and by embedding inclusive practices across all our SOS UK projects, programmes and campaigns. Over the past year we've worked to strengthen collaboration with our inclusion team across the organisation, we're working to ensure that students from all backgrounds can access opportunities, gain insights, and find inspiration to pursue careers in the sector.

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5. Looking forward to

Building on the impact of our work in 2024-25, and from the lesson’s we’ve learned, in 202526 we’re continuing our focus on the following goals:

1. Curriculums better reflect what and how students want to learn

2025 provided a critical moment to push for substantive and lasting curriculum reform through the Curriculum and Assessment Review . We're hopeful our Shadow Review's recommendations will feature in the official review conclusions when they're published in November 2025. Through supporting Teach the Future, and more widely, we'll work to ensure these recommendations are implemented and students across the UK receive better quality climate education.
As our Responsible Futures programme goes from strength to strength, we'll work to ensure student leadership is centred through delivering a student symposium. The event will bring together students working on the programme across different institutions to showcase good student practice, facilitate peer learning and enable professional development.
Initiated by students, we'll support the creation of the Association for Quality Economics (AQE) . As the world and its economies lurch from one economic shock to the next, most economics curricula remain stagnant, unable to address the big challenges we face, such as climate breakdown, falling living standards and rising inequality. Students often feel their university economics courses feel disconnected from those realities. AQE will work to ensure all economics education is consistent, future-focused and capable of answering society's biggest questions.
We'll maintain our presence at COP , using article 12 of the Paris Agreement as a basis for engaging delegates to commit to more effective and widespread climate education.

2. Universities, colleges and students’ unions maintain or increase the action they are taking on sustainability

Alongside new workstreams, we will continue to deliver our long-standing engagement programmes, including Green Impact , Fairtrade Universities and Colleges , Hedgehog Friendly Campus , and Green Campus Revolution . We remain committed to ensuring these programmes are both innovative and costeffective, recognising the financial pressures currently facing the education sector.
Moving funds and investments away from high-carbon industries is one of the biggest impacts institutions can have on reducing climate change. Through our Invest for Change campaign, we’ll keep supporting students to challenge their

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institutions to align their financial decisions with social and environmental responsibility .

3. Schools, colleges and universities increase their action on the nature crisis

We'll roll out our new accreditation scheme, Nature Friendly Grounds , that builds on our long-running Hedgehog Friendly Campus programme and Wilding Campuses pilot. Nature Friendly Grounds is designed to help schools, colleges, and universities transform their grounds by embedding nature-positive actions into everyday operations to restore habitats and support wildlife. Through the programme, we'll build a nationwide movement leading the UK’s ecological comeback - creating vibrant, biodiverse spaces where students and staff can connect with nature.
Through our Learning Academy, we'll focus on upskilling staff and students through collaborating with the University of Edinburgh to roll out Biodiversity Literacy Training – building on the hugely successful Carbon Literacy Training model. The training gives participants an understanding of the impacts of human activity on biodiversity, and the capability to act positively to restore nature.

4. Students from all backgrounds see the environment sector as a career destination for them

Our work with environmental charities and funders through The RACE Report will continue driving improvements in racial equality, diversity and inclusion through data transparency. To make sure we're able to represent the sector in as a much detail as possible through the data, we'll review our data collection processes so it's easier for organisations to take part.
Our initial Renew camp was a great success, and we'll build on this by delivering further camps in 2025-26 as well as continuing to develop the Neurodivergent Environment Network so participants can stay connected and access ongoing support.

5. School students can connect and collaborate to act on the nature and climate crises

Our student-led teacher training programme, Teach the Teacher , will continue to respond to the enthusiasm amongst young people for climate and nature action, and the desire for support and resources amongst educators.
We'll draw on our learning from our work supporting schools to develop Climate Action Plans through Green Schools Revolution and explore connections we've made to further our work supporting school decarbonisation.
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education, focusing on education policy, social issues, and placing sustainability, climate, and nature at its core, empowering pupils to drive meaningful climate action at a national level.

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6. Financial review

During 2024-25 we reported an income of £3,987,172. This is a significant increase compared to £1,403,862 in 2020-21; £1,788,129 in 2021-22; £1,967,212 in 2022-23 and £2,539,463 in 2023-24. The recent growth should however be considered against the explanatory notes below.

Grants and donations accounted for 72% of the income (£2,853,931) and 27% was unrestricted (£1,080,560). It should be noted that a substantial proportion of grant income (approximately £1.5 million) relates to accrued income that had not yet been received in cash at year end. In accordance with SORP requirements, this income needed to be recognised in our 2024-25 accounts. A significant proportion of this relates to the £1.25 million grant that we were successful in receiving from The National Community Lottery Fund in October 2024 for our Student Energy Action for Life programme.

Our reserves policy is that we always have three months of unrestricted reserves available. Our unrestricted costs in 2024-25 were £1,141,897, which works out at £285,474 per quarter. At the year-end we had £137,540 in unrestricted reserves. This equates to 44 days’ worth of unrestricted costs, meaning that our reserves policy target has not been met. One reason for this has been the planned investment in 'transformational growth' in 2024-25. In 2025-26 we will focus on ensuring our unrestricted reserves meet our policy.

The trustees maintain a register of risks and review them annually. The main risks facing the charity for the year ahead relate to loss of income, loss of key staff and safeguarding issues. The top twenty risks by rank are divided amongst our director team and the directors work with us to mitigate each risk.

Within the accounts, we have again stated our gender and ethnicity pay gaps. The charity averaged 40.5 FTE staff over the year. Excluding student staff, the lowest paid salary was £27,987 and the highest paid salary was £84,000. Student staff were paid Real Living Wage. The median basic salary was £37,047. Our median gender pay gap was 8.18% and our median ethnicity pay gap was 7.84%. The trustees note that pay gaps tend to vary considerably in small charities like SOS UK, but it is a positive sign that both have fallen in the last year. As we continue to build upon our inclusive recruitment practices and use of positive action in recruitment, we hope to see these pay gaps shrink further over time.

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7. Our governance and management

SOS UK is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a constitution. The members of SOS UK are the ten trustees. The board, comprising of the trustees, meets quarterly and it is chaired by Dr Hazel Norman. In 2024-25, two trustees left the board in July 2025 when their term ended. Going into 2025-26, we will be recruiting two new young trustees as their replacements.

We, the trustees have read and understood the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and are confident that all SOS UK’s programmes and campaigns deliver our charitable objects, progress the issues we want to see changed and deliver public benefit. Our role, as trustees of the charity, is to provide insight and advice on the strategic direction of the organisation, in addition to monitoring and managing risk and ensuring the charity is well managed and impactful. We have delegated authority for operational issues to the director team, led by the Executive Director.

In 2023, SOS UK board of trustees established three sub-committees to provide actionoriented and focused working within the wider board. The sub-committees feed into the full board but are designed to enable a greater speed of working, flexibility and opportunity to be reactive to organisational needs of SOS UK and sectors we serve. Whilst the full board meets quarterly, sub-committees can meet on an ad-hoc basis to drive forward key aspects of organisational direction, shaping, and operational decision making. The three subcommittees are:

Ideas, innovation and implementation
Finance and risk
People and culture

SOS UK has separate governance and is financially independent from its founding organisation - the National Union of Students (NUS). SOS UK is not a part of the NUS Group. Our independent governance is reinforced through our independent chairperson, however our link with NUS is maintained by the current NUS president serving on our trustee board. SOS UK’s pay and remuneration remains based on the NUS framework. This was established in 2014 and was initially set on the National Joint Council (NJC) framework. The NUS pay framework and job evaluation scheme forms a part of all SOS UK staff terms and conditions of employment, with annual cost of living increases decided at board level. The pay of the Executive Director is established by a specially formed renumeration sub-committee of the board. The trustee board is supportive of the staff trade union and trade union representatives attend all trustee board and board subcommittee meetings. In addition, the Director team meet quarterly with trade union representatives, and monthly with the Director for People and Operations.

The trustees monitor our diversity data on an annual basis, and our figures show a decrease in ethnic diversity this year. It’s important to recognise that staff demographics naturally fluctuate - particularly in a small organisation like ours, where the departure or

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arrival of just one or two individuals can have a significant proportional impact. We remain focused on fair, inclusive recruitment and retention practices and are continually looking to further improve our performance in this area, across the full range of diversity characteristics. We also recognise that statistics are only part of the picture – we want to ensure all staff members feel included within the organisation no matter their background or identity. To ensure we’re delivering against this aspiration a detailed Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and accompanying action plan has been implemented to progress SOS UK's internal inclusion work as we strive to practice continuous progress in this area.

Following the sign-off of our strategic framework we’ve focused on embedding our redefined aims in our decision-making and ways of working. We’ve finalised our evaluation framework that will sit across each aspect of our work, helping us assess our progress towards our aims and outcomes, and are working on updating our evaluation materials and processes accordingly. As part of this process, during the summer of 2025, we undertook work to align our directorates more closely with our organisational aims. From 1[st] of October 2025, our new directorates will be Campaigns and Advocacy, Development and Delivery, Inclusion and Climate Justice, People and Operations.

At the same time, we’ve focused on progressing the organisation’s capacity to achieve its goals through reducing reliance on grant funding. To achieve this, in 2024-25 we continued to focus on two under-developed capabilities within the organisation – fundraising and digital mobilisation. We've developed a corporate fundraising strategy and laid the groundwork for digital mobilisation, with the aim of growing our supporter base. That base will then help us deliver our goals, both through actions and through funding.

SOS-International continues to be hosted by SOS UK whilst the most appropriate legal vehicle for the organisation is considered. During 2024-25, SOS-International again hosted an international summit for members of its key programme, the Green Office Movement. The event was run in partnership with Ghent University Green Office in Belgium. It brought together over 120 students, academics, staff and activists working on education, sustainability and climate. Delegates joined in person from across the African and European continents. As well as continuing to support the Green Office Movement, SOS International is working to influence education for sustainable development in international fora such as Copernicus Alliance, United Nations Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Student Action Group and the Global Sustainable Development Congress. In 2024-25, SOS International Presidency also transferred from the All Africa Students' Union (AASU) to Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes (OCLAE), who represent over 100 million students in 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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8. Our details

Students Organising for Sustainability is Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that was registered by the Charity Commission in England and Wales (charity number 1184011) on 20 June 2019. This is our fifth annual report. The audited accounts and this document cover the period 01 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

Our registered address is SOS UK, c/o NUS Charity, Merseyway Innovation Centre, 21-23 Merseyway, Stockport, SK1 1PN. We bank with The Cooperative Bank and our auditors are Harts Limited of Macclesfield. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator.

SOS UK is managed on a day-to-day basis by Jamie Agombar, Executive Director, and the director team of Joanna Romanowicz (Director of People and Operations), Quinn Runkle (Director of Campaigns and Advocacy), Manu Maunganidze (Director of Inclusion and Climate Justice) and Meg Briar (Director of Development and Delivery).

You can find out more about our trustees and the director team on our website.

The trustees and directors are tremendously grateful to our partners, supporters, funders for their continued support. With your continued support, we look forward to helping more students deliver transformational sustainability initiatives over the years ahead. We are particularly grateful to our incredible team of staff, who consistently work so hard to ensure we are a high-performing and impactful charity that leads by example.

You can reach us at:

hello@sos-uk.org www.sos-uk.org

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9. Audited accounts

STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a memorandum, and was registered with the Charity Commission on 20th June 2019 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, governed by the proper law of England and Wales.

Risk Management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation number : CE017928

Registered Charity number : 1184011

Principal office:

c/o NUS Services, Merseyway Innovation Centre, 21-23 Merseyway, Stockport, SK1 1PN

Trustees:

Harriet Williams Serene Esuruoso Carole Parkes Dr Hazel Norman Scarlett Westbrook Emma de Saram Ludovico Caminati (resigned 8 July 2025) Kolawole Samuel Olure Amira Campbell Saranya Thambirajah Jodie Bailey-Ho (appointed 9 December 2025) Larissa Kennedy (appointed 9 December 2025)

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Statutory Auditors:

Murray Smith LLP, Darland House, 44 Winnington Hill, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1AU.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

Under charity law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and The Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware; and
- the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

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AUDITORS

The auditors, Murray Smith LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

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.......................................................................... Dr H Norman - Trustee

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE TRUSTEES OF STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Students Organising for Sustainability (the 'charity') for the year ended 30 September 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 30 September 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE TRUSTEES OF STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the Report of the Trustees is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements which give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditors under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE TRUSTEES OF STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

The audit procedures designed to identify irregularities included:

Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims;
Enquiry of company staff with responsibilities for compliance matters to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, intentional misrepresentations or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Murray Smith LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditors Darland House 44 Winnington Hill Northwich Cheshire CW8 1AU

21-07-2026 Date: ............................................

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STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

				2025	2024
		Unrestricted Restricted		Total	Total
		fund	funds	funds	funds
	Notes	£	£	£	£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies	3	18,662	2,835,269	2,853,931	1,419,082
Charitable activities	5
Programme delivery		996,661	70,160	1,066,821	1,044,548
Investment income	4	20,463	-	20,463	8,230
Other income		44,774	1,183	45,957	67,603
Total		1,080,560	2,906,612	3,987,172	2,539,463
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities	6
Programme delivery		1,141,897	-	1,141,897	1,100,263
Advancement of sustainability		-	1,764,118	1,764,118	1,380,262
Donations		-	330	330	1,962
Total		1,141,897	1,764,448	2,906,345	2,482,487
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)		(61,337)	1,142,164	1,080,827	56,976
Transfers between funds	17	8,380	(8,380)	-	-
Net movement in funds		(52,957)	1,133,784	1,080,827	56,976
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward		190,497	670,196	860,693	803,717
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		137,540	1,803,980	1,941,520	860,693

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

All income and expenditure has arisen from continuing activities.

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BALANCE SHEET 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

E SHEET EMBER 2025
		2025	2024
	Notes	£	£
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets	12	68,399	76,595
Tangible assets	13	18,536	21,636
		86,935	98,231
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors	14	1,779,476	335,733
Cash at bank		871,976	1,008,827
		2,651,452	1,344,560
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year	15	(796,867)	(582,098)
NET CURRENT ASSETS		1,854,585	762,462
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT		1,941,520	860,693
LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS		1,941,520	860,693
FUNDS	17
Unrestricted funds		137,540	190,497
Restricted funds		1,803,980	670,196
TOTAL FUNDS		1,941,520	860,693

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 21-07-2026.................................. and were signed on its behalf by:

.............................................

H Norman - Trustee

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CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

	2025	2024
Notes	£	£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1	(151,522)	(44,370)
Net cash used in operating activities	(151,522)	(44,370)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of intangible fixed assets	-	(41,000)
Purchase of tangible fixed assets	(5,792)	(5,787)
Interest received	20,463	8,230
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities	14,671	(38,557)

Change in cash and cash
equivalents in the reporting	(136,851)	(82,927)
period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting	1,008,827	1,091,754
period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
end of the reporting period	871,976	1,008,827

The notes form part of these financial statements

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1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

TIES
	2025	2024
	£	£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the
Statement of Financial Activities)	1,080,827	56,976
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges	8,892	8,793
Interest received	(20,463)	(8,230)
Amortisation charges	8,196	6,655
(Increase)/decrease in debtors	(1,443,743)	64,791
Increase/(decrease) in creditors	214,769	(173,355)
Net cash used in operations	(151,522)	(44,370)

2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

	At 1.10.24	Cash flow At 30.9.25	Cash flow At 30.9.25
	£	£	£
Net cash
Cash at bank	1,008,827	(136,851)	871,976
	1,008,827	(136,851)	871,976
Total	1,008,827	(136,851)	871,976

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION

The Charity is a public benefit entity and a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ("CIO") and is registered with the Charity Commission (Charity Registered Number 1184011) in England and Wales.

In the event of the Charity being wound up, each Member of the Charity is liable to contribute to the assets of the Charity such amount (but not more than £1) as may be required for the payment of debts and liabilities of the Charity contracted before that person ceases to be a Member, for payment of costs, charges and expenses of winding up, and for adjustment of the rights of the continuing Members among themselves.

The address of the registered office is c/o NUS Services, Merseyway Innovation Centre, 21-23 Merseyway, Stockport, SK11PN. The nature of the Charity’s operations and principal activities are detailed in the Trustees Report.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the Charity and rounded to the nearest pound.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for at least 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the Charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Income

All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.

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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Donations

Donations are recognised when the Charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date or on a receipts basis if earlier. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the Charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the Charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.

Grants

Grants are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income for a specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the Balance Sheet. Where income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.

Gift of professional services and facilities

If material on receipt, donated professional services and facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the Charity which is the amount it would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

Services

Income from services rendered comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the Charity’s activities. Services income is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

Expenditure

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Charity's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.

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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Expenditure relating to the provision of trading services is exclusive of VAT. All other expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.

Tangible and intangible fixed assets

Fixed assets (tangible and intangible) costing £250 or more are capitalised and recognised when the future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably. Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

Computer equipment 20% straight line method Computer software 10% amortisation

Taxation

The charity carries on activities which are exempt from corporation tax and income tax. Irrecoverable Value Added Tax is included with the expenditure to which it relates.

Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Financial instruments

The Charity does not have a material holding in complex financial instruments. The Charity only holds basic financial instruments. The financial assets and financial liabilities of the Charity are as follows:

Debtors - trade and other debtors (including accrued income) are basic financial instruments and are debt instruments measured at amortised cost. Prepayments are not financial instruments.

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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Cash at bank - is classified as a basic financial instrument and is measured at face value.

Liabilities - trade creditors, accruals and other creditors will be classified as financial instruments, and are measured at amortised cost. Taxation and social security are not included in the financial instruments disclosure. Deferred income is not deemed to be a financial liability, as the cash settlement has already taken place and there is simply an obligation to deliver charitable services rather than cash or another financial instrument.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at the bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Liabilities and provisions

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance Sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.

Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.

Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities as a finance cost.

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3. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

3.	DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
					2025	2024
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
			funds	funds	funds	funds
			£	£	£	£
	Donations		5,339	17,617	22,956	70,081
	Grants		13,323	2,817,652	2,830,975	1,349,001
			18,662	2,835,269	2,853,931	1,419,082
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
					2025	2024
					£	£
	Other grants				2,830,975	1,349,001
4.	INVESTMENT INCOME
					2025	2024
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
			funds	funds	funds	funds
			£	£	£	£
	Deposit account interest		20,463	-	20,463	8,230
5.	INCOME FROM CHARITABLE	ACTIVITIES
					2025	2024
		Activity			£	£
	Programme delivery	Programme	delivery		1,066,821	1,044,548
6.	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
				Direct	Support
				Costs (see	costs (see
				note 7)	note 8)	Totals
				£	£	£
	Programme delivery			782,908	358,989	1,141,897
	Advancement of sustainability			1,431,115	333,003	1,764,118
	Donations			-	330	330
				2,214,023	692,322	2,906,345

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7. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
	2025	2024
	£	£
Staff costs	1,926,729	1,665,052
Venue costs	38,376	34,951
Programme Costs	248,918	174,725
	2,214,023	1,874,728

8. SUPPORT COSTS

RT COSTS
			Governance
	Management	Finance	costs	Totals
	£	£	£	£
Programme delivery	340,230	660	18,099	358,989
Advancement of sustainability	331,740	463	800	333,003
Donations	-	330	-	330
	671,970	1,453	18,899	692,322

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

				2025	2024
		Advancement
	Programme	of		Total	Total
	delivery	sustainability	Donations	activities	activities
	£	£	£	£	£
Wages	33,394	70,392	-	103,786	89,556
Information	102,486	8,192	-	110,678	77,175
technology costs
Insurance	4,266	7,475	-	11,741	4,514
Ofce costs	16,521	1,877	-	18,398	31,440
Human resources	26,735	9,577	-	36,312	34,999
Other costs	69,785	109,765	-	179,550	351,854
Marketing	22,819	82,652	-	105,471	-
Consultancy	64,224	41,810	-	106,034	-
Donations	-	-	330	330	1,962
Finance charges	660	463	-	1,123	698
Accountancy and	18,099	800	-	18,899	7,061
legal fees
Auditor	-	-	-	-	8,500
remuneration
	358,989	333,003	330	692,322	607,759

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9. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

10. STAFF COSTS

OSTS
	2025	2024
	£	£
Wages and salaries	1,735,647	1,539,514
Social security costs	194,553	135,328
Other pension costs	100,315	79,766
	2,030,515	1,754,608
onthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
	2025	2024
Employees	63	56

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Employees

The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:

£60,001 - £70,000 £70,001 - £80,000 £80,001 - £90,000	2025 2 1 1 4	2024 2 1 - 3

The charity averaged 40.5 full time earnings (FTE) staff over the year. Excluding student staff, the lowest paid basic salary was £27,987, and the highest paid basic salary was £84,000. The median basic salary was £37,047. The gender pay gap was 8.18% and the ethnicity pay gap was 7.84%. Pay gaps are based on median values in 2025.

Key management

Total key management remuneration and benefits for the period ended 30th September 2025 was £376,615 (2024: £343,859).

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11.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		fund	funds	funds
		£	£	£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
	Donations and legacies	87,161	1,331,921	1,419,082
Charitable activities
	Programme delivery	1,038,283	6,265	1,044,548
	Investment income	8,230	-	8,230
	Other income	66,827	776	67,603
	Total	1,200,501	1,338,962	2,539,463
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
	Programme delivery	1,100,263	-	1,100,263
	Advancement of sustainability	-	1,380,262	1,380,262
	Donations	-	1,962	1,962
	Total	1,100,263	1,382,224	2,482,487
	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)	100,238	(43,262)	56,976
	Transfers between funds	(151,549)	151,549	-
	Net movement in funds	(51,311)	108,287	56,976
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
	Total funds brought forward	241,808	561,909	803,717
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		190,497	670,196	860,693

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12. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

		Computer
		software
		£
	COST
	At 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025	86,000
	AMORTISATION
	At 1 October 2024	9,405
	Charge for year	8,196
	At 30 September 2025	17,601
	NET BOOK VALUE
	At 30 September 2025	68,399
	At 30 September 2024	76,595
13.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
		Computer
		equipment
		£
	COST
	At 1 October 2024	42,157
	Additions	5,792
	At 30 September 2025	47,949
	DEPRECIATION
	At 1 October 2024	20,521
	Charge for year	8,892
	At 30 September 2025	29,413
	NET BOOK VALUE
	At 30 September 2025	18,536
	At 30 September 2024	21,636

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14. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025 £ Trade debtors 229,689 Other debtors 2,217 Prepayments and accrued income 1,547,570 1,779,476	2024 £ 170,630 2,388 162,715 335,733

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

	2025	2024
	£	£
Trade creditors	116,504	82,794
Social security and other taxes	101,039	68,946
Other creditors	18,621	29,137
Accruals and deferred income	560,703	401,221
	796,867	582,098

16. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

				2025	2024
	Unrestricted		Restricted	Total	Total
	fund		funds	funds	funds
	£		£	£	£
Fixed assets	86,935		-	86,935	98,231
Current assets	550,424		2,101,028	2,651,452	1,344,560
Current liabilities	(499,819)		(297,048)	(796,867)	(582,098)
	137,540	1,803,980		1,941,520	860,693

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17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds General fund Restricted funds My World My Home Farming for Carbon and Nature The RACE Report Friends Provident Breaking the bank Teach the Teacher The National Lottery Community Fund #iwill Green Schools Revolution Drugs Impact Research Drink Aware Fund the Future Insure our Future F2F 2024 Teach the Parent Wilding Campuses HFC Grants Nature Friendly Campus The RACE Report EU Blue Infuencers Future Schools SEAL Economics PRB NUSS TOTAL FUNDS	At 1.10.24 £ 190,497 9,576 16,465 - 82,170 108,596 (20,523) 36,563 34,488 7,968 50,164 32,660 29,658 1,578 2,128 15,576 58,900 5,000 184,661 14,568 - - - - 670,196 860,693	Net movement in funds £ (61,337) (1,196) 121,205 124,041 (32,170) (108,596) 20,523 8,358 (24,986) (7,968) (50,164) (32,660) (9,485) 8,688 (2,128) 94,221 (24,669) 8,951 (184,661) (4,525) 30,000 1,127,608 73,470 8,307 1,142,164 1,080,827	Transfers between funds £ 8,380 (8,380) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (8,380) -	At 30.9.25 £ 137,540 - 137,670 124,041 50,000 - - 44,921 9,502 - - - 20,173 10,266 - 109,797 34,231 13,951 - 10,043 30,000 1,127,608 73,470 8,307 1,803,980 1,941,520

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17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Teach the Future
My World My Home
Farming for Carbon and Nature
The RACE Report
Friends Provident
Breaking the bank
Teach the Teacher
The National Lottery Community Fund #iwill
Green Schools Revolution
Drugs Impact Research
Drink Aware
Fund the Future
Insure our Future
F2F 2024
Teach the Parent
Wilding Campuses
HFC Grants
Nature Friendly Campus
The RACE Report EU
Blue Infuencers
Shadow Car
Future Schools
SEAL
Economics PRB
RENEW
NUSS
TOTAL FUNDS

Incoming
Resources Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
1,080,560
(1,141,897)
(61,337)
32,486
(32,486)
-
15,000
(16,196)
(1,196)
197,911
(76,706)
121,205
175,835
(51,794)
124,041
131,161
(163,331)
(32,170)
-
(108,596)
(108,596)
130,352
(109,829)
20,523
239,624
(231,266)
8,358
32,500
(57,486)
(24,986)
-
(7,968)
(7,968)
-
(50,164)
(50,164)
-
(32,660)
(32,660)
40,000
(49,485)
(9,485)
50,000
(41,312)
8,688
-
(2,128)
(2,128)
182,316
(88,095)
94,221
11,377
(36,046)
(24,669)
61,500
(52,549)
8,951
160
(184,821)
(184,661)
28,728
(33,253)
(4,525)
125,486
(125,486)
-
55,000
(25,000)
30,000
1,250,176
(122,568)
1,127,608
120,000
(46,530)
73,470
7,000
(7,000)
-
20,000
(11,693)
8,307
2,906,612
(1,764,448)
1,142,164
3,987,172
(2,906,345)
1,080,827

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17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Mock COP and 1.5 Degrees
Teach the Future
My World My Home
Farming for Carbon and Nature
Green Erasmus
Race for Nature
The RACE Report
Farming the Future
Friends Provident
Breaking the bank
Hedgehog Friendly Campus
Homes Fit for Study
NEIRF
Teach the Teacher
The National Lottery Community
Fund #iwill
New to Nature
Green Schools Revolution
Drugs Impact Research
Drink Aware
Fund the Future
Insure our Future
F2F 2024
Teach the Parent
Wilding Campuses
HFC Grants
Nature Friendly Campus
The RACE Report EU
Blue Infuencers
ECF
TOTAL FUNDS

Net
Transfers
At
movement
between
At
1.10.23
in funds
funds
30.9.24
£
£
£
£
241,808
100,238
(151,549)
190,497
-
(43,759)
43,759
-
-
(19,763)
19,763
-
9,582
(6)
-
9,576
53,630
(37,165)
-
16,465
360
(4,487)
4,127
-
8,912
(8,912)
-
-
(29,314)
(7,876)
37,190
-
55,750
(57,217)
1,467
-
136,416
(54,246)
-
82,170
139,555
(30,959)
-
108,596
69,662
(70,995)
1,333
-
10,813
(10,814)
1
-
-
(17,005)
17,005
-
(7,313)
(13,210)
-
(20,523)
45,961
(9,398)
-
36,563
-
(616)
616
-
67,895
(33,407)
-
34,488
-
7,968
-
7,968
-
50,164
-
50,164
-
32,660
-
32,660
-
29,658
-
29,658
-
1,578
-
1,578
-
2,128
-
2,128
-
15,576
-
15,576
-
58,900
-
58,900
-
5,000
-
5,000
-
184,661
-
184,661
-
14,568
-
14,568
-
(26,288)
26,288
-
561,909
(43,262)
151,549
670,196
803,717
56,976
-
860,693

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds General fund Restricted funds Mock COP and 1.5 Degrees Teach the Future Red WOLF My World My Home Farming for Carbon and Nature Green Erasmus Race for Nature KM Fund The RACE Report Farming the Future Friends Provident Breaking the bank Hedgehog Friendly Campus Homes Fit for Study NEIRF Teach the Teacher The National Lottery Community Fund #iwill New to Nature Green Schools Revolution Drugs Impact Research Drink Aware Fund the Future Insure our Future F2F 2024 Teach the Parent Wilding Campuses HFC Grants Nature Friendly Campus The RACE Report EU Blue Infuencers ECF TOTAL FUNDS	Incoming Resources resources expended £ £ 1,200,501 (1,100,263) - (43,759) 75,798 (95,561) 3,499 (3,499) 20,000 (20,006) 88,992 (126,157) (432) (4,055) - (8,912) 2,300 (2,300) 87,237 (95,113) - (57,217) 43,581 (97,827) - (30,959) 2,700 (73,695) (6,272) (4,542) (65) (16,940) 108,433 (121,643) 205,636 (215,034) 30,145 (30,761) 40,500 (73,907) 10,000 (2,032) 100,000 (49,836) 100,028 (67,368) 39,988 (10,330) 7,989 (6,411) 20,000 (17,872) 30,191 (14,615) 43,685 15,215 5,000 - 260,029 (75,368) 20,000 (5,432) - (26,288) 1,338,962 (1,382,224) 2,539,463 (2,482,487)	Movement in funds £ 100,238 (43,759) (19,763) - (6) (37,165) (4,487) (8,912) - (7,876) (57,217) (54,246) (30,959) (70,995) (10,814) (17,005) (13,210) (9,398) (616) (33,407) 7,968 50,164 32,660 29,658 1,578 2,128 15,576 58,900 5,000 184,661 14,568 (26,288) (43,262) 56,976

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Unrestricted funds General fund Restricted funds Mock COP and 1.5 Degrees Teach the Future My World My Home Farming for Carbon and Nature Green Erasmus Race for Nature The RACE Report Farming the Future Friends Provident Breaking the bank Hedgehog Friendly Campus Homes Fit for Study NEIRF Teach the Teacher The National Lottery Community Fund #iwill New to Nature Green Schools Revolution Insure our Future F2F 2024 Wilding Campuses HFC Grants Nature Friendly Campus Blue Infuencers ECF Future Schools SEAL Economics PRB NUSS TOTAL FUNDS	At 1.10.23 £ 241,808 - - 9,582 53,630 360 8,912 (29,314) 55,750 136,416 139,555 69,662 10,813 - (7,313) 45,961 - 67,895 - - - - - - - - - - - 561,909 803,717	Net movement in funds £ 38,901 (43,759) (19,763) (1,202) 84,040 (4,487) (8,912) 116,165 (57,217) (86,416) (139,555) (70,995) (10,814) (17,005) 7,313 (1,040) (616) (58,393) 20,173 10,266 109,797 34,231 13,951 10,043 (26,288) 30,000 1,127,608 73,470 8,307 1,098,902 1,137,803	Transfers between funds £ (143,169) 43,759 19,763 (8,380) - 4,127 - 37,190 1,467 - - 1,333 1 17,005 - - 616 - - - - - - - 26,288 - - - - 143,169 -	At 30.9.25 £ 137,540 - - - 137,670 - - 124,041 - 50,000 - - - - - 44,921 - 9,502 20,173 10,266 109,797 34,231 13,951 10,043 - 30,000 1,127,608 73,470 8,307 1,803,980 1,941,520

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds,	A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds,	included in the
above are as follows:	Incoming	Resources Movement
	resources	expended	in funds
	£	£	£
Unrestricted funds
General fund	2,281,061	(2,242,160)	38,901
Restricted funds
Mock COP and 1.5 Degrees	-	(43,759)	(43,759)
Teach the Future	108,284	(128,047)	(19,763)
Red WOLF	3,499	(3,499)	-
My World My Home	35,000	(36,202)	(1,202)
Farming for Carbon and Nature	286,903	(202,863)	84,040
Green Erasmus	(432)	(4,055)	(4,487)
Race for Nature	-	(8,912)	(8,912)
KM Fund	2,300	(2,300)	-
The RACE Report	263,072	(146,907)	116,165
Farming the Future	-	(57,217)	(57,217)
Friends Provident	174,742	(261,158)	(86,416)
Breaking the bank	-	(139,555)	(139,555)
Hedgehog Friendly Campus	2,700	(73,695)	(70,995)
Homes Fit for Study	(6,272)	(4,542)	(10,814)
NEIRF	(65)	(16,940)	(17,005)
Teach the Teacher	238,785	(231,472)	7,313
The National Lottery Community	445,260	(446,300)	(1,040)
Fund #iwill
New to Nature	30,145	(30,761)	(616)
Green Schools Revolution	73,000	(131,393)	(58,393)
Drugs Impact Research	10,000	(10,000)	-
Drink Aware	100,000	(100,000)	-
Fund the Future	100,028	(100,028)	-
Insure our Future	79,988	(59,815)	20,173
F2F 2024	57,989	(47,723)	10,266
Teach the Parent	20,000	(20,000)	-
Wilding Campuses	212,507	(102,710)	109,797
HFC Grants	55,062	(20,831)	34,231
Nature Friendly Campus	66,500	(52,549)	13,951
The RACE Report EU	260,189	(260,189)	-
Blue Infuencers	48,728	(38,685)	10,043
ECF	-	(26,288)	(26,288)
Shadow Car	125,486	(125,486)	-
Future Schools	55,000	(25,000)	30,000
SEAL	1,250,176	(122,568)	1,127,608
Economics PRB	120,000	(46,530)	73,470
RENEW	7,000	(7,000)	-

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17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

NUSS TOTAL FUNDS	20,000 (11,693) 4,245,574 (3,146,672) 6,526,635 (5,388,832)	8,307 1,098,902 1,137,803

18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year, the Charity paid £1,361 to Miss E de Saram for project management services. Miss E de Saram is a trustee of the Charity.

19. VOLUNTEERS

The charity utilises the services of volunteers whom are an integral part of the operation of the charity. The value in-kind of their free labour cannot be accurately calculated.

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10. Our work in detail

Read on to find out more details about our programmes and campaigns delivered across our three directorates:

Development and Delivery
Campaigns and Advocacy
Inclusion and Climate Justice

Project	Details
Fairtrade Universities and Colleges	Our framework and accreditation for embedding ethical practices throughout campus.
Green Impact	Our UNESCO award-winning sustainability awards and engagement programme for staff to embed sustainability in their workplaces, supported by trained students.
Green Campus Revolution	Previously known as Student Switch Off, our multi-award-winning campaign within student accommodation which achieves quantifiable energy, waste and water reduction through improved student sustainability literacy and competition.
Learning Academy	Our hub of learning and development for students, student representatives, and institution staff.
Farming for Carbon and Nature	Using university and college farmland to capture carbon and restore nature, we’re working closely with farmers, universities, colleges and a range of technical experts to developandpilot the approach.
Hedgehog Friendly Campus	Turning campuses into places hedgehogs can thrive by awarding to universities, FE colleges and primary schools who complete actions from our hedgehog-friendly toolkit. The programme is funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
Green Impact Students' Unions	Our flagship sustainability support package and awards programme for SUs. Launching each autumn, unions try to implement change throughout the academic year, submitting work in late spring, receiving an audit in early summer,then awards are announced in July.

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Project	Details
SDG Teach-in	Our annual campaign to put theUN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), and therefore sustainability, at the heart of all stages of education, and across all disciplines.
Responsible Futures	Our whole-institution supported change programme and accreditation mark to embed sustainabilityacross all aspects of student learning.
Wilding Campuses	A nature recovery pilot, bringing people, plants and wildlife to campuses in Nottingham. Funded for 2 years by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Wilding Campuses sees students and staff working to restore nature and developknowledge and skills toprotect nature into the future.
Teach the Future	This campaign, run by students in secondary and tertiary education and hosted by SOS UK, has three goals: that all students are taught about climate change, that green skills are included in vocational courses and that educational buildings are climate-friendly.
Drug and Alcohol Impact	Our student wellbeing programme embeds social norms of responsible drinking on our campuses and refocuses the conversation on drugs to be about reducing harm, and building healthier, safer, more productive student communities.
Drink Rethink	Drink Rethink trains students as ambassadors to engage their peers to assess their alcohol risk levels and provide advice based on the results, using the established Intervention and Brief Advice and AUDIT tools.
SDG and sustainability curriculum mapping	Our support package for mapping theUN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) andEducation for Sustainable Development(ESD) teaching and learning approaches across the formal curriculum in universities and colleges through a student-led audit.

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SHAPE Sustainability Impact Projects	Funded by the British Academy, we work with students studying social sciences, humanities and arts to work in groups to identify solutions to challenges facing people, the economy and the environment. A suite of training workshops and individual support guides them through the process of deliveringtheirprojects.
Green Schools Revolution	Our three year programme of youth-led work in schools focused on delivering key parts of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, including Climate Action Plans, Wilding Schools, Teach the Teacher, and support the development of the Future Forum which brings together youth representatives from across the environmental charitysector.
Youth Sustainability Champions	From Summer 2023, we started supporting the Department for Education Youth Sustainability Champions for the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy.
My World My Home	My World My Home is a prestigious leadership development programme for young people aged 16-24, in association with Friends of the Earth. Over the course of a year, students are supported to plan and organise a local community campaign that will positively benefit the local environment. The programme targets students from backgrounds usually underrepresented in environmental campaigning.
The RACE Report	Through increasing data transparency on the diversity of our environmental charities and organisations that fund them we're creating an impetus to go further and faster on diversityand inclusion to deliver climatejustice,now.
Invest for Change	We're calling on universities to reform their investment practices to centre environmental and social justice solutions. We're working with students to engage their universities on this, as well as working directly with universities to lead this shift.
PACE Index	PACE Index is a collaboration between SOS UK andzedela. By working initially with leading non-profit organisations in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, PACE Index works to address discrimination, systemic inequities, redistribute power, and amplify the voices and narratives of under- represented communities. We aim to build a more representative, equitable, and inclusive future for all in the climate sector.

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