The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited

Analysis

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08652606). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited reported income of £370k and spending of £392k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £409k to £370k (-9.5%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastbourne District Scout Council (£367k), Cleanup United Kingdom (£370k) and Zero Carbon Guildford (£363k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.