THE CONVERSATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED

Charity number: 1151436
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Publisher of an online news analysis and commentary website where all articles are written by academics for a general non-academic audience. Around 100 articles per week are published and all are available for republishing free of charge under a Creative Commons licence.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income:
£2,280,011

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Donations and legacies £2.16m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £85.52k
Investments £1.16k
Other £31.21k

Total expenditure:
£2,517,060

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £2.52m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £321,837 from 2 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £0
Charitable expenditure £2.52m

People

39 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 2
£100k to £110k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 March 2013: Standard registration
  • 14 August 2024: Funds received from 1146872 POD ACADEMY
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE CONVERSATION (Working name)
Company number:
08158264 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Einar Thorsen Trustee 01 March 2024
None on record
Rachel Walker Trustee 01 March 2024
None on record
Professor David Gordon Sweeney Trustee 01 October 2022
None on record
Emily Anne Bunting Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
Matthew Peter Walsh Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
Kavita Reddi Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
Vivienne Mary Hunt Parry Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
Professor Cedric Nishanthan Canagarajah Trustee 12 November 2021
None on record
Diana Beech Trustee 06 July 2021
None on record
Katharine Louise Metzler Trustee 01 September 2020
None on record
David Levy Trustee 30 October 2019
ASYLUM WELCOME
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £1.55m £1.94m £2.21m £2.37m £2.28m
Total expenditure £1.40m £1.69m £2.02m £2.42m £2.52m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £82.43k £369.70k £247.81k £288.92k £321.84k
Income - Donations and legacies £151.48k £606.69k £2.21m £2.28m £2.16m
Income - Other trading activities £90.00k £0 £0 £33.45k £85.52k
Income - Charitable activities £1.31m £1.34m £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £0 £0 £0 £0 £1.16k
Income - Other £3.06k £1.37k £11 £49.39k £31.21k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.40m £1.69m £2.02m £2.30m £2.52m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £0 £0 £122.30k £0
Expenditure - Governance £0 £20.00k £29.85k £43.25k £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Own use assets £2.62k £14.75k £14.10k £10.10k £5.88k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £761.96k £989.85k £1.32m £1.44m £1.23m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £412.88k £398.14k £499.88k £663.26k £756.46k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 25 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 25 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 05 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 05 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 28 July 2023 58 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 28 July 2023 58 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 26 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 26 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 15 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 15 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 JUL 2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 2017

Charitable objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INSOFAR AS SO DOING ADVANCES EDUCATION: 1) THE PROVISION OF A PLATFORM FOR THE CREATION, AGGREGATION AND COMMUNICATION OF NEWS AND INFORMATION SERVICES RELATING TO THE KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RESEARCH, HIGHER EDUCATION, CONSULTING ETC); AND 2) THE COMMUNICATION OF ALL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND THEIR BENEFITS AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE TO ENRICH SOCIETYS FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND SOLUTIONS.

Contact information

Address:
Shropshire House (4th Floor)
Capper Street
London
WC1E 6JA
Phone:
02031086808
Email:
uk-admin@theconversation.com
Website:

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