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Ideas Matter

Battle Of Ideas

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1178999
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Jan. 13, 2026. Filing history
Registered
June 29, 2018
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
11213433

Address

Address
5-8 The Sanctuary
London
SW1P 3JS

Activities

The Ideas Matter charity seeks to renew social life through debate, discussion and education about the big ideas that have inspired humanity. Ideas Matter believes that the basis of good citizenship and education, our charitable purposes, is engagement with the ideas that have been articulated, challenged and discussed in major events throughout history.

Objects: 2.1 The Objects For Which The Company Is Established Are Specifically Restricted To Such Objects And Purposes In Any Part Of The World As Are Exclusively Charitable And In Particular (But Without Prejudice To The Generality Of The Foregoing):2.1.1 To Advance Education, In Particular But Not Exclusively By Providing A Forum For Discussion And Debate Through The Organisation Of Public Debates, Festivals And Summer Schools Involving Academics, Thinkers And Experts That Deepen And Enrich The Knowledge And Understanding Of All Participants; And2.1.2 To Advance Good Citizenship, In Particular But Not Exclusively Through The Promotion Of Ideas Of Tolerance, Open Debate And Participation In Democracy Through The Organisation Of Live Events, And In Print And Online.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Jan. 13, 2026On time £235,957 £192,799
March 31, 2024 Jan. 14, 2025On time £123,922 £127,675
March 31, 2023 Jan. 21, 2024On time £122,204 £113,989
March 31, 2022 Jan. 25, 2023On time £152,327 £123,022
March 31, 2021 Jan. 28, 2022On time £278,357 £174,824

Trustees

Name Appointed
Ferenc Furedi Feb. 19, 2018
Luke Samuel Gittos Feb. 19, 2018
Philip Roy Mullan Feb. 19, 2018
Sheila Frances Lewis Feb. 19, 2018