United Kingdom · Human rights and democracy
THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
International NGO
CoST is a country centred multi-stakeholder initiative designed to promote transparency and accountability in publicly financed construction.
- Active at least since
- 2013
- Income 2025
- £1.9M
- Public funds 2025
- 96%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2025)
Public funds 96% (£1.8M) · Other income 4%
Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | £1.9M | £1.9M | 96% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2024-12-31 | £1.8M | £1.8M | 88% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £1.2M | £1M | 80% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £660,134 | £617,360 | 72% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £641,682 | £956,786 | 57% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO (United Kingdom) | €293,131 | €574,854 | €1.8M | €2.2M | €598,384 |
| BZ (Netherlands) | €10,833 | – | – | – | – |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
United Kingdom ↗ 24 · Honduras ↗ 12 · Malawi ↗ 11 · Afghanistan ↗ 10 · Guatemala ↗ 10 · El Salvador ↗ 10 · Tanzania ↗ 10 · Ukraine ↗ 10 · Uganda ↗ 9 · Ethiopia ↗ 8 · Panama ↗ 6 · Thailand ↗ 6 · Costa Rica ↗ 5 · Argentina ↗ 1 · Colombia ↗ 1 · Ghana ↗ 1 · Indonesia ↗ 1 · India ↗ 1 · Lithuania ↗ 1 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 1 · South Africa ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoping studies | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $45,121 |
| Technical assistance and support to Member and Affiliate programmes | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $637,974 |
| Developing tools, standards and guides | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $116,502 |
| Governance | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $176,125 |
| Monitoring and Evaluation | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $235 |
| International and Regional Promotion | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $367,243 |
| Overhead Costs | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $203,509 |
| Research | United Kingdom | 2019–… ongoing | $53,517 |
| CoST Member and affiliate funding | Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, El Salvador, Thailand, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda | 2019–… ongoing | $931,447 |
| Building Support for the International programme | United Kingdom | 2018–… ongoing | – |
| Scoping Studies | Colombia, Indonesia, India, Myanmar (Burma), South Africa | 2018–… ongoing | – |
| Research to support CoST | United Kingdom | 2016–… ongoing | – |
| The Infrastructure Transparency Index | Honduras | 2015–… ongoing | – |
| Strategic Development | United Kingdom | 2015–2017 closing | – |
| Building support for international programme | United Kingdom | 2014–… ongoing | – |
| Institutionalising the CoST disclosure requirements | Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, Panama, El Salvador, Thailand, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda | 2014–… ongoing | – |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Ethiopia · Guatemala · Honduras · Malawi · Panama · El Salvador · Thailand · Tanzania · Ukraine · Uganda
Official checks
- Public register
- Charity Commission — active registration
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
- Annual filings
- up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata