OpenCharities

Full Fact

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1158683
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 25, 2014
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
17 Oval Way
London
SE115RR

Contact

Activities

We provide free tools, advice, and information so that anyone can check the claims we hear about public issues.

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 environmentSuch 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.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £2,915,195 £2,831,384 £1,259,439 43
Dec. 31, 2023 £2,643,646 £2,784,418 £1,175,870 41
Dec. 31, 2022 £2,547,541 £2,497,818 £1,316,642 36
Dec. 31, 2021 £2,449,633 £2,409,919 £1,266,919 31
Dec. 31, 2020 £2,316,015 £2,034,929 £1,227,205 32

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sarah Frances Walker (Chair) March 11, 2026
Anand Menon Nov. 13, 2019
Anna Cook Nov. 13, 2019
Antonia Mary Cox March 29, 2022
Baroness Janet Royall Nov. 13, 2019
Claire Wardle March 29, 2022
Dr Claire Helen Melamed March 29, 2022
James Paul Harding July 3, 2019
Lord Inglewood June 3, 2014
Tim Gordon Nov. 13, 2019