MEDIA DIVERSITY

Charity number: 1110263
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Training for Journalists; media relations training for NGOs; training for journalism academics and setting up specialist curricula in Universities; research and media monitoring.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income:
£658,783

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Donations and legacies £658.55k
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £237
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£1,021,568

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Raising funds £155.69k
Charitable activities £865.88k
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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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 £155.69k
Charitable expenditure £865.88k

People

3 Employee(s)

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Algeria
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Tunisia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 June 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MDI (Working name)
  • MEDIA DIVERSITY INSTITUTE (Working name)
Company number:
04886768 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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 owns and/or leases 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Eric Heinze Trustee 06 January 2024
None on record
Dr Verica Rupar Trustee 06 January 2024
None on record
Christina Pribichevich-Zoric Trustee 08 May 2014
None on record
PARESH SOLANKI Trustee
SAMPAD (SOUTH ASIAN ARTS DEVELOPMENT)
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £1.34m £2.17m £1.55m £913.07k £658.78k
Total expenditure £1.26m £1.50m £1.52m £1.08m £1.02m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.32m £2.16m £1.54m £912.59k £658.55k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £3.56k £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.69k £361 £89 £187 £237
Income - Other £19.91k £0 £9.24k £297 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.22m £1.45m £1.41m £926.03k £865.88k
Expenditure - Raising funds £35.32k £43.44k £111.60k £156.89k £155.69k
Expenditure - Governance £0 £0 £0 £3.00k £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 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Own use assets £847 £635 £2.65k £1.74k £1.31k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.08m £1.63m £1.70m £1.56m £1.25m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £134.85k £19.91k £67.25k £101.36k £150.76k

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 December 2024 28 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 28 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 04 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 04 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 27 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 27 September 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 30 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 30 September 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 SEPTEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 8 JUNE 2005. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 2016

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UN INSTRUMENTS) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIRECTED TO PRODUCING FAIR AND ACCURATE MEDIA COVERAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF DIVERSITY-RELATED ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN, BY OTHERWISE CULTIVATING POPULAR SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND BY WORKING TO SUCH ENDS WITH JOURNALISTS, MEDIA DECISION-MAKERS, JOURNALISM EDUCATORS, MINORITY GROUPS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS TO FURTHER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT SOCIAL, GROUPS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE.

Contact information

Address:
85-87 Bayham Street
Camden
London
NW1 0AG
Phone:
020 7424 7816
Email:
info@media-diversity.org
Website:

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