THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1114839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Resolution Foundation is an independent research and policy organisation. Our public benefit goal is to improve outcomes for people on low and modest incomes. We do this by undertaking original research and economic analysis to understand the challenges they face. We then develop practical and effective policy proposals and engage with policy makers and key stakeholders to bring about change.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £719,583 for the year, with total income of £4,199,034 against expenditure of £3,479,451. Free reserves stood at £2,283,823, which is above the trustees' stated optimal target of approximately £1,000,000. The auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: £140,001 - £150,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £140,001 - £150,000” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months running costs or c£1,000,000 (held: £2.3m)
“the Trustees consider the optimal level of free reserves to be at least three months running costs or c£1,000,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ruth Curtice — Chief Executive (source)
- David Willetts — Chair of the advisory council (source)
- Clive Cowdery — Chair of the board of trustees (source)
- Mike Brewer — Deputy Chief Executive (source)
- James Smith — Chief Economist (source)
- Sophie Hale — Research Director (source)
- Lindsay Judge — Research Director (source)
- Jayne Desmond — Director of Finance and Resources (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.
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): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- CLIVE ADAM COWDERYchair
- CHRISTINA JEAN ALEXANDROU
- Danuta Gray
- Kate Josephs
- LORD ADAIR TURNER
- PAT BUTLER
- Siobhan Moynihan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £719,583 for the year, with total income of £4,199,034 against expenditure of £3,479,451. Free reserves stood at £2,283,823, which is above the trustees' stated optimal target of approximately £1,000,000. The auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
What does the highest-paid employee of THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £140,001 - £150,000 band.
Who funds THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE RESOLUTION TRUST, THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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