Registered charity (CIO) · Hampshire
Final Straw Foundation
- 7 trustees
- Income £261k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.finalstrawfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£261k£296k
- 2024£254k£184k
- 2023£160k£144k
Earlier years
- 2022£121k£92k
- 2021£54k£19k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• PROTECTING COASTLINES, WATERWAYS AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES FROM LITTER AND PLASTIC POLLUTION• RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PLASTIC POLLUTION AND SINGLE-USE PLASTIC.
Grants received
6 grants · £267,731 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £167,731 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Society Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Paul Hawkins Chair since 2020
- George Yeoman since 2024
- Ian Sanderson Jubb since 2020
- Nicola Smith since 2025
- Pollyanna Abbe Smithson since 2023
- Thomas Granville Handley since 2022
- Wendy Bessant since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Hawkins Chair since 2020
- Ian Sanderson Jubb since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Paul Hawkins Chair since 2020
- George Yeoman since 2024
- Ian Sanderson Jubb since 2020
- Nicola Smith since 2025
- Pollyanna Abbe Smithson since 2023
- Thomas Granville Handley since 2022
- Wendy Bessant since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191500
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Sep 2020 as amended on 06 May 2026
- Contact on the register
- 02393430078 · hello@finalstrawfoundation.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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