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Registered charity · Peterborough

Recycling of Used Plastics Limited

To advance the education of the public on the subject of plastic circular economy, resource efficiency, recycling and re-use so as to protect the environment.To preserve and protect the physical and natural environment for the public benefit through...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £735k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.recoup.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Recycling of Used Plastics Limited
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£735k£777k
  • 2024£756k£744k
  • 2023£650k£930k
Earlier years
  • 2022£978k£932k
  • 2021£845k£649k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 3% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To advance the education of the public on the subject of plastic circular economy, resource efficiency, recycling and re-use so as to protect the environment.To preserve and protect the physical and natural environment for the public benefit through the promotion of reduction, re-use and recycling of plastics.

Grants received

5 grants · £244,623 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £244,623 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £53,8802022-12-16
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £58,7412022-11-14
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £84,6572021-11-04
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £38,5912021-11-04
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £8,7552021-11-04
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

6.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 11Professional services 5Arts and leisure 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£756k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

17
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
3%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1072029
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 OCTOBER 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5 AUGUST 1998. CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION OF CHANGES OF NAME DATED 15 NOVEMBER 1989, 13 FEBRUARY 1990 AND 24 DECEMBER 2001. as amended on 17 Nov 2020 as amended on 23 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 02435729 · Active
Contact on the register
01733390029 · enquiry@recoup.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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