Population Matters

Registered charity 1114109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPTIMUM POPULATION TRUST, POPOFFSETS

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell by 54% to £1.74 million, primarily due to a significant decrease in legacy income. Despite this drop, the charity reported a net surplus of £534,369 and held unrestricted reserves of £1.62 million, which the trustees note are above the minimum level of £400,000 required by their reserves policy.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Amy Jankiewicz — Chief Executive (source)
• Dr Joshua HIll — Director of Research & Learning (source)
• Jameen Kaur — Director of Advocacy and Influence (source)
• NIHAR RESHAMWALA — Director of Finance and Operations (source)
• Emma Lewendon-strutt — Director of Fundraising and Engagement (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~51.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

• Anup Tiwari
• Iain Heaton
• Karin Kanewske Turner Birnie
• Simon Moore
• Stacy Taylor
• Victoria Katherine Poll

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brazil · Colombia · Egypt · India · Kenya · Nigeria · Scotland · Sierra Leone · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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