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The Fairtrade Foundation

A Registered Charity based in England

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Description

The Fairtrade Foundation seeks to 1. Providing an independent certification of the trade supply chain, with the FAIRTRADE Mark as the consumer guarantee.2. Facilitating the market so that producers can sell to traders and retailers in order that the market for Fairtrade grows.3.Awareness-raising among consumers of the need for Fairtrade and the importance of the FAIRTRADE Mark.

Also known as

  • The Fairtrade Foundation
  • Fair Trade Foundation
  • Fairtrade Foundation
  • The Fairtrade Foundation
  • The Fairtrade Foundation Limited
  • Mid-Formartine Fairtrade Group (Fairtrade status via the Fairtrade Foundation)

CCEW Charity number

1043886

Company number

02733136

Registered

Postcode

E1 8PY

Website

fairtrade.org.uk

Domain

fairtrade.org.uk

Latest income

£12,784,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

The Fairtrade Foundation

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Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1043886 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1043886 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The Fairtrade Foundation (this record)

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Last updated 2024-04-26

The Fairtrade Foundation

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The Fairtrade Foundation

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Social advocacy G11

Theme (CCEW)

  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Other Defined Groups 206

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1995-02-03 Registered as a charity
2004-12-31 2,010,598 1,584,108
2005-12-31 2,669,200 2,407,534
2006-12-31 3,562,206 3,188,966
2007-12-31 6,455,514 4,809,878
2008-12-31 7,222,000 6,997,000
2009-12-31 8,725,000 9,608,000
2010-12-31 10,933,000 11,386,000
2011-12-31 10,862,000 10,828,000
2012-12-31 11,727,000 10,578,000
2013-12-31 11,782,000 11,233,000
2014-12-31 11,617,000 11,947,000
2015-12-31 11,347,000 11,013,000
2016-12-31 11,755,000 12,071,000
2017-12-31 12,361,000 11,553,000
2018-12-31 12,208,000 11,228,000
2019-12-31 11,978,000 11,184,000
2020-12-31 11,898,000 11,747,000
2021-12-31 11,515,000 11,591,000
2022-12-31 12,784,000 12,452,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 105 105
Employees paid more than £60,000 9 5
Volunteers 26 37
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income - 0.2
Legacies - 0.2
Endowments 0.2 -
Donations and legacies 0.2 0.4
Income from charitable activities 12.1 8.8
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.0 -
Other income 0.4 2.3
Total 12.8 11.5
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 0.3 0.3
Spending on raising funds 0.3 0.3
Grants to institutions 0.9 0.8
Other charitable activities 11.3 10.5
Charitable activities 12.2 11.3
Other spending - -
Total 12.5 11.6
Net income / (expenditure) 0.3 (0.1)

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.0 0.1
Investment assets - -
0.0 0.1
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 4.9 5.1
Other current assets 5.2 3.5
10.2 8.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (3.1) (1.6)
Net current assets 7.0 6.9
Total assets less current liabilities 7.1 7.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.2) (0.5)
Net assets 6.8 6.5
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.7 0.6
Unrestricted funds 6.2 5.9
6.8 6.5

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants - 375,000
Government grants as % of total income - 3.3%
Number of government grants - 3

The Fairtrade Foundation

GB-CHC-1043886

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Coop Foundation
Capacity Building - Spaces
£99,220 Fairtrade Foundation CIF project
Co-operative Group £1,023 Grant to Mid-Formartine Fairtrade Group (Fairtrade status via the Fairtrade Foundation)
Comic Relief £859,288
4 years
Building Resilient ASM Communities in East Africa
Mar 2016 to Nov 2020
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Food
£199,500
2 years
Grant to The Fairtrade Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£389,831
3 years
Growing women in coffee
Feb 2015 to Feb 2018
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£5,500
1 year
Growing women in coffee
Jan 2014 to Jan 2015

Data source

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