Income at Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) more than tripled last year, according to the environmental charity’s latest annual accounts.
Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2023 show that KBT recorded an income of £16.9m in the year, compared with £5.20m in 2021-22.
The increase is mostly due to a grant from CleanStreets community interest company (CIC), which has engaged KBT to undertake “an intensive programme of work aimed at tackling cigarette-related litter, including a national behaviour change campaign underpinned by research and supported through practical interventions”.
“This was year one of a multi-year programme of sustained activity to build a solid foundation for a reduction in littered butts, until such time as a comprehensive extended producer responsibility scheme is mandated,” the accounts say.
Smoking-related litter funding
Money from charitable activities rose from £4.36m in 2022 to £15.9m last year, with £11.4m of smoking-related litter funding (2021-22: £217,000).
On the smoking-related litter money from CleanStreets CIC, the accounts say: “Year one of the programme ran in 2022-23, and funding for part of year two was recognised in 2022-23 following in-year award.
“Year one funding amounted to £9.6m. The year two funding recognised in the year amounted to £2m, is reflected as accrued income at year end, and was received on 20 April 2023.
“There is a possibility CleanStreets CIC may award a third year of funding for this programme.”
Elsewhere, 11% (£1.9m) of the charity’s income came from local authorities while 5% (£800,000) was from private sector sources.
Overall, KBT’s costs more than doubled to £10.9m last year, up from £4.85m in 2021-22.
The charity recorded a net income before the actuarial loss on the defined benefit pension scheme of £6m.
‘Most ambitious project for a decade’
The accounts say: “At the conclusion of a successful year with a stand-out highlight being our most ambitious project for a decade, Change Starts With You, we will continue to develop our arguably most researched and targeted behaviour change campaign to date.
“Going forward, we’ll build on the solid foundations established in our planning and strategy work and move together towards developing our next five-year strategy.
“In the midst of a climate emergency and a cost-of-living crisis, we will continue to lead the way as a trusted national environmental charity by championing our values of equal access to quality green and blue space and the right to a litter-free environment, in a world that is fit for the future by being waste conscious and sustainable.”
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