HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED
Registered charity 1091364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We are an independent, non-partisan political research and education society working in the UK and around the world to promote democracy and strengthen parliaments.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £56,834 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £134,566, exceeding the stated policy target of £76,002, and the organization confirmed it is a financially viable going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of core operational expenditure, or £76,002 (held: £135k)
“The Society’s reserves policy is currently set at a minimum of three months’ core operational expenditure, or £76,002.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)
Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Baroness Winifred Ann Taylor of Boltonchair
- Dr Rebecca Anne Rumbul
- Emma Elizabeth Laura Caldecourt
- Jacqueline Ashley · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lina Banivanua Mar
- Lord Andrew James Dunlop
- Lord GERALD SHAMASH
- Shirley Cameron · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sir David Richard Beamish · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £56,834 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £134,566, exceeding the stated policy target of £76,002, and the organization confirmed it is a financially viable going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
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