mySociety
Registered charity 1076346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UK CITIZENS ONLINE DEMOCRACY, UKCOD
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £99,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income decreasing by 15% to £2.628m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £873,357, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs plus cessation costs, supporting the going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months operating costs plus earmarked cessation costs (£0.4m) to six months operating costs plus cessation costs and opportunity reserves (£1.4m) (held: £873k)
“At a minimum, the charity aims to hold a minimum of three months operating costs plus earmarked cessation costs as free reserves (£0.4m). At a maximum, the charity aims to hold six months operating costs across the group, earmarked cessation costs across the group, as well as an opportunity reserves fund that may be designated to support strategic programmes (£1.4m).” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: SocietyWorks Ltd owed mySociety £384,869
“At 31 March 2025, SocietyWorks Ltd owed mySociety £384,869 (2024: £245,931). There were no other related party transactions in the current or prior reporting period.” — page 80
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 49.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Genevieve Eleanor Maitland Hudsonchair
- Ade Adewunmi
- Alastair John Tibbitt
- Alexander Christopher Scales
- Amanda Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
- Anna Scott
- Devin Sean O'Shaughnessy
- Jennifer Francis Thornton
- Nigel Jeremy Ball
- Ravi Gidoomal · trustee of 2 other charities
- Steven James Skelton
- Timothy James Hughes
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is mySociety financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £99,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income decreasing by 15% to £2.628m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £873,357, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs plus cessation costs, supporting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.
Who funds mySociety?
Funders whose own accounts filings name mySociety as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AURORA TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE J R S S T CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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