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The Container Based Sanitation Alliance

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1185842LondonPoverty relief
Income£176k2025-03-31
Spending£167ksame year
Spent / received88%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctPoverty relief
Registered2019Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Container Based Sanitation Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11753886). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Container Based Sanitation Alliance reported income of £176k and spending of £167k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £92k to £176k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Container Based Sanitation Alliance sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zarina Foundation (£176k), Arise Church Lincoln (£176k) and The Barwell Baptist Trust (£176k).

Income and spending

£0£56k£111k£167k£223k2021 Income: £91,9302021 Spending: £81,06520212022 Income: £162,7092022 Spending: £91,02120222023 Income: £184,9622023 Spending: £138,43420232024 Income: £179,5062024 Spending: £222,74020242025 Income: £176,1582025 Spending: £167,0072025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Our vision is a world where access to dignified, safe and affordable sanitation is no longer out of reach for families and communities in dense urban areas. To support, this we aim to support greater quality and availability of container based sanitation (CBS) services through researching, sharing, and promoting CBS as a cost effective, climate-smart solution to the urban sanitation crisis.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Zarina FoundationLondon£176k
Arise Church LincolnLincoln£176k
The Barwell Baptist TrustWiltshire£176k
Forman Charitable TrustBorehamwood£176k