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Global Change Data Lab

Gcdl

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1186433
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 14, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Nov. 19, 2019
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
11725483

Address

Address
Global Change Data Lab
Urbanoid Workspace
1 &3 Kings Meadow
Oxford
OX2 0DP

Activities

Global Change Data Lab is an educational charity with a focus on large global problems and international development. The charity's flagship project is the web publication Our World in Data, where we focus on communicating data and research to make progress against the world's largest problems.

Objects: The Advancement Of Public Education In The Field Of How Global Living Conditions And The Earth’s Environment Are Changing, In Particular, But Not Exclusively, Through The Production And Maintenance Of Public Online Resources Presenting 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.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.

Classification

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

Geography

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 July 14, 2026On time £4,551,476 £3,157,881 £6,550,864 14
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 24, 2025On time £4,243,812 £2,893,379 £5,037,520 15
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 25, 2024On time £2,450,820 £2,478,181 £3,635,637 11
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 23, 2023On time £1,784,746 £1,768,490 £3,662,998 7
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 20, 2022On time £2,416,307 £1,089,632 £3,646,742 2
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 19, 2021 £2,306,735 £550,152 £2,320,067 -

Trustees

Name Appointed
Hetan Shah (Chair) Sept. 13, 2022
Dr Claire Helen Melamed Jan. 1, 2025
Michael Iain Blastland Jan. 1, 2025
Rachel Glennerster Sept. 1, 2023
Sir Andrew William Dilnot CBE Sept. 1, 2023