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Charity Commission Annual Return 2025
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Charity registration number: 306083
Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked.
This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2025.
PART A - Charity information
Financial period
Financial period start date
01/04/2024
Financial period end date 31/03/2025
Income and spending
Income £
£ 4,016,050 Spending £ £ 4,146,584
Number of contracts from government
How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? 3
Value of contracts from government
What was the total value of the contracts received from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
£ 178,834
Number of grants from government
How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
3
Value of grants from government
What was the total value of the grants received from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
£ 178,834
Corporate donations
What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from a corporate donor during the financial period of this return? £ 20,000
Donations from individuals
What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from an individual during the financial period of this return?
£ 400
Donations from related parties
What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from a related party during the financial period of this return?
£ 0
Grantmaking
Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?
No
Recipients of grants
Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas). Individuals
£ 0 Other charities £ 0 Other organisations that are not charities £ 0
Trustee payments
Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return? ⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return? No
Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?
unknown
Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom
Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?
Unknown
Spending outside of the United Kingdom
Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Total Spending outside of the United Kingdom £
Trading subsidiaries
Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?
Yes
Have any of your charity's trading subsidiaries dissolved during the financial period of this return? No How many trustees of the charity are also directors of the trading subsidiary or subsidiaries at the date of this return? 1
Employment contract types
People were permanently employed by your charity 39 People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity 9 Self-employed people were working for your charity 0
Total overseas employees
How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom? 0
Total employee payroll
What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return? £ 2,725,692
Employees' salaries
Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return?
Yes £60,000 to £70,000 1 £70,001 to £80,000 1 £80,001 to £90,000 1 £90,001 to £100,000 1 £100,001 to £110,000 1 £110,001 to £120,000 0 £120,001 to £130,000 0
£130,001 to £140,000
1
£140,001 to £150,000
0
£150,001 to £200,000 1
What was the value of the total employee benefits (including salary) provided by the charity to its highest paid employee in the financial period of this return? Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas) £ 173,961
Governance policies
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures Yes Safeguarding policy and procedures Yes Financial reserves policy and procedures Yes Complaints policy and procedures Yes Serious incident reporting policy and procedures Yes Internal risk management policy and procedures Yes Trustee expenses policy and procedures Yes Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures Yes Investing charity funds policy and procedures Yes Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures Yes Bullying and harassment policy and procedures Yes Social media policy and procedures Yes Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures Yes
Safeguarding
Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return?
No
Serious Incidents
There were no incidents to report
Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?
External risk and impact
Donations Unknown
Other income - grants Unknown Other income - contracts Unknown Other income - investment Unknown Expenditure on charitable activities Unknown Expenditure on overheads Unknown Number of volunteers Unknown Number of employees Unknown Number of trustees Unknown Fundraising activities Unknown Capacity to deliver services Unknown Total service demand Unknown
Volunteers
Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?
0
PART B - Financial information
Account type
Does your charity prepare: Charity only accounts
Assets
Total fixed assets
£ 1,937,861
Total current assets
£ 1,141,885
Of the total fixed assets what value is Fixed asset investments
£ 1,669,299 Of the total current assets what value is Current asset investments £ 0
Of the total current assets what value is Cash at bank and in hand £ 251,513
Liabilities
Creditors falling due after one year and Creditors due within 1 year provisions £ 1,212,225 £ 0 Defined benefit pension scheme asset/(liability) This figure should be prefixed with a minus symbol if it is a negative value £ 0 Total net assets/(liabilities) £ 1,867,521
Funds
| Endowment funds | Restricted funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ 0 | £ 8,995 | ||
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| £ 1,858,526 | |||
| Total Funds | |||
| £ 1,867,521 |
Additional information
| Support costs £ 750,622 Level of reserves £ 1,867,521 |
Depreciation charge for the year £ 42,159 Average number of employees 48 |
|---|---|
Income and endowments
| Donations & legacies £ 35,904 Of the total donations & legacies what amount is Endowments received £ 0 |
Of the total donations & legacies what amount is Legacies £ 0 Other trading activities £ 263,885 |
|---|---|
Income from charitable activities £ 2,723,029
Investment income £ 26,230
Other income
£ 967,002
Total Income and endowments
£ 4,016,050
Expenditure
Of the total expenditure on raising funds
Expenditure on raising funds
£ 0
what value is Investment management costs
£ 0
Other expenditure
£ 1,146,025
Expenditure on charitable activities
£ 3,000,559
Of the total expenditure on charitable Of the total expenditure on charitable activities activities what value is Grants to institutions what value is Governance costs
£ 2,001,951 £ 4,146,584
Total Expenditure
£ 23,361
Gains/(losses)
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets pension schemes This figure should be prefixed with the minus symbol This figure should be prefixed with the minus symbol if it is a negative value. if it is a negative value. £ 0 £ 0 Net gains/(losses) on investments Other gains/(losses) This figure should be prefixed with the minus symbol This figure should be prefixed with the minus symbol if it is a negative value. if it is a negative value. £ 12,588 £ 0
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