Bob E's post of earlier mentions "the campaign group Sustain, which leads a consortium of organisations campaigning for legislative action on children and sugar, [who] told the Observer that the government had shown no interest."
Ho hum.
Sustain's own website shows their charity number at the bottom of the page, which clicks straight through to a Page Not Found page on the Charity Commission website.
Well done lads!
But their 2012 accounts are available in the Charity Commission website here. The list of "membership organisations" on page 4 is a hoot. See how many you can guess before you click through and scroll down.
From page 36, notes 2 and 3, their total income of £2.3 million includes £53,377 donations and £2,256,582 income from charitable activities (whatever they are).
And who are their biggest "customers"?
Greater London Authority - £559,498
Plunkett Foundation (Big Lottery) - £512,327
Big Lottery Local Food Fund - £281,894
Rural Payments Agency (EC) - £186,925
British Heart Foundation - £70,666
BBC Wildlife Fund - £12,500
Other grants and income - £16,810
Righty-ho, there must be plenty of other businesses who wished that the government showed "no interest" in them.
