Global Sustainability Network CIO

Analysis

Global Sustainability Network CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Global Sustainability Network CIO reported income of £137k and spending of £97k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £45k to £137k (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Global Sustainability Network CIO sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slough & District Deaf Centre (£137k), Sensory Soft Play (£137k) and Freedom4girls UK (£136k).