# THE CONVERSATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1151436
- **Other names:** THE CONVERSATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 27, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1151436


## Contact

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



## Activities

**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); AND2) THE COMMUNICATION OF ALL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND THEIR BENEFITS AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE TO ENRICH SOCIETYS FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND SOLUTIONS.

**Activities:** 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.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £2703840 | £2503405 | £678424 | 39 |
| July 31, 2024 | £2280011 | £2517060 | £477989 | 39 |
| July 31, 2023 | £2367589 | £2420209 | £784418 | 37 |
| July 31, 2022 | £2210787 | £2015966 | £837038 | 33 |
| July 31, 2021 | £1944504 | £1689741 | £606461 | 27 |



## Trustees

- David Levy — appointed Oct. 30, 2019
- Diana Beech — appointed July 6, 2021
- Jacqueline Kirsty Walker — appointed June 6, 2023
- Katharine Louise Metzler — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Kavita Reddi — appointed Sept. 15, 2022
- Matthew Peter Walsh — appointed Sept. 15, 2022
- Professor Colleen Maria Murrell — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Professor David Gordon Sweeney — appointed Oct. 1, 2022
- Professor Einar Thorsen — appointed March 1, 2024
- Rachel Walker — appointed March 1, 2024
- Vivienne Mary Hunt Parry — appointed Sept. 15, 2022