FULL FACT

Charity number: 1158683
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£2,643,646

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Donations and legacies £1.58m
Charitable activities £1.05m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £12.79k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£2,784,418

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Raising funds £210.81k
Charitable activities £2.57m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

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 £210.81k
Charitable expenditure £2.57m

People

41 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 3
£70k to £80k 3

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
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 September 2014: Standard registration
  • 08 December 2023: Funds received from 1153567 EDUCATION MEDIA CENTRE
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
06975984 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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding 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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
THE HON MICHAEL JOHN SAMUEL Chair 03 September 2013
THE PETER SAMUEL ROYAL FREE FUND
Received: On time
PETER SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
COL WILFRED HORATIO MICHOLLS DECEASED CHARITABLE TRUST FUND
Received: On time
THE M J SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
THE HON A G SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Dr Claire Helen Melamed Trustee 29 March 2022
GLOBAL CHANGE DATA LAB
Received: On time
Claire Wardle Trustee 29 March 2022
None on record
Antonia Mary Cox Trustee 29 March 2022
None on record
Anand Menon Trustee 13 November 2019
None on record
Baroness Janet Royall Trustee 13 November 2019
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF SOMERVILLE COLLEGE
Received: On time
Anna Cook Trustee 13 November 2019
None on record
Tim Gordon Trustee 13 November 2019
None on record
James Paul Harding Trustee 03 July 2019
None on record
LORD INGLEWOOD Trustee 03 June 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £2.34m £2.32m £2.45m £2.55m £2.64m
Total expenditure £1.56m £2.03m £2.41m £2.50m £2.78m
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 £1.73m £1.88m £1.90m £1.83m £1.58m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £598.22k £437.26k £545.88k £716.34k £1.05m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £0 £1 £0 £0 £12.79k
Income - Other £6.25k £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.56m £1.96m £2.23m £2.28m £2.57m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £70.50k £181.21k £217.85k £210.81k
Expenditure - Governance £13.50k £0 £192 £5.45k £184
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 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £10.56k £421 £12.06k £11.43k £11.20k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.35m £2.22m £2.11m £1.67m £1.64m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £417.12k £989.55k £859.86k £367.46k £479.00k

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 2023 23 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 23 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 23 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 23 October 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 29 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 08 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 08 October 2020 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 29/09/2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/03/2011 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/06/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/09/2014 as amended on 18 Mar 2020 as amended on 12 Aug 2021 as amended on 30 Mar 2022

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit: (1) to advance public education in the fields of crime, health, immigration, economy, education, environment and social welfare, through education, research and training, to promote and advance public understanding and inform public debate in those fields and in particular by making available to the public, through a process of objective, impartial research and rigorous factual analysis, full, accurate and relevant information to assist such public understanding and to inform and improve the quality of public debate (2) to promote citizenship and civic responsibility including by encouraging and facilitating informed participation and engagement by members of the public in their communities, promoting high standards of informed public debate and the provision of Public Interest Content by exclusively charitable means (3) to advance health and in particular to minimise the damage to people’s health caused by inaccurate or unreliable information “Public Interest Content” means news and other information, which is generated, checked, confirmed, corrected as necessary and disseminated to the public online or by other means according to high standards of ethical conduct and best practice in journalism and which provides one or more of the following benefits to the public: • informs members of the public about matters of relevance to their role and responsibilities as citizens; • enables members of local communities to become aware of and understand matters of common concern to them as members of their community and which promotes their involvement and cooperation in such matters and community cohesion accordingly; • enables members of the public to participate in an informed manner in relevant democratic processes and, as a result, supports the legitimacy of the democratic process as a whole; • benefits the public by promoting charitable educational outcomes, such as improving public understanding of health and medical matters or the conservation of the environment Such purposes shall in all respects and at all times be construed and promoted: (i) in an impartial, objective, balanced and independent manner observing strict political neutrality; and (ii) exclusively for the benefit of the public and in accordance with the law relating to charity in England and Wales.

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