BREAKING CONVENTION EVENTS

Charity number: 1159687
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The main activity of the charity is to organise the biennial academic conference 'Breaking Convention-Multidisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness'. Breaking Convention is a gathering of psychedelic researchers and those interested in psychedelic research.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £54,781
Total expenditure: £66,176

People

6 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 December 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BREAKING CONVENTION (Working name)
Company number:
08482397 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
DAVE LUKE Chair 21 May 2013
None on record
Dr Peter Howard Hughes Trustee 19 April 2024
None on record
Alexander Jakob Beiner Trustee 19 July 2020
None on record
Harriet Wells Trustee 05 March 2018
None on record
Nikki Wyrd Trustee 05 October 2015
None on record
Aimee Tollan Trustee 15 September 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £113.71k £2.21k £19.54k £179.53k £54.78k
Total expenditure £125.26k £28.78k £37.15k £194.93k £66.18k
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

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 August 2024 30 June 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 30 June 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 29 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 29 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 30 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2021 18 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2020 10 March 2021 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 10 March 2021 10 days late 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 10 APR 2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/11/2014

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) ORGANISING AND HOSTING A BIENNIAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BRINGING TOGETHER MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES (INCLUDING MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, LAW, POLITICS AND THE ARTS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH OF PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES; B) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES AND THE DISSEMINATION, AND ASSISTANCE IN THE DISSEMINATION, OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. C) THE PUBLICATION OF AN ACADEMIC BOOK BASED ON EACH CONFERENCE

Contact information

Address:
Breaking Convention Events
27 Old Gloucester Street
LONDON
WC1N 3AX
Phone:
07929357973
Email:
admin@breakingconvention.co.uk
Website:

www.breakingconvention.co.uk Open in new window