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Common Seas (a community interest company (CIC), not a charity)

UK social enterprise that helps governments cut plastic and runs Plastic Clever Schools; donate via PayPal, but note it is a CIC, not a registered charity.

Organisation
Common Seas
Licence
Community Interest Company (not a charity)
Checked on
23 September 2026

Common Seas works with governments, especially small island states, on plastic policy, funds plastics-and-health research and runs Plastic Clever Schools (1,960 schools in 59 countries in 2025). It says 100 per cent of donations go to programme work.

Honest caveat: Common Seas is a Community Interest Company, not a registered charity, so UK Gift Aid does not apply and there is no Charity Commission listing. Donations are taken through a PayPal button on the Get Involved page.

How to start: commonseas.com/get-involved/

Sources last verified 23 September 2026. Page updated 23 September 2026. How we check sources