# IDEAS MATTER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1178999
- **Other names:** BATTLE OF IDEAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 29, 2018
- **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=1178999


## Contact

- **Address:** 5-8 The Sanctuary, London
- **Postcode:** SW1P 3JS
- **Phone:** 0207 269 9234
- **Email:** info@ideasmatter.org.uk
- **Website:** ideasmatter.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £235957 | £192799 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £123922 | £127675 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £122204 | £113989 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £152327 | £123022 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £278357 | £174824 | — | — |



## Trustees

- FERENC FUREDI — appointed Feb. 19, 2018
- LUKE SAMUEL GITTOS — appointed Feb. 19, 2018
- PHILIP ROY MULLAN — appointed Feb. 19, 2018
- SHEILA FRANCES LEWIS — appointed Feb. 19, 2018