POLITICS AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1121849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q109041689 · also known as THE TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE RESEARCH TRUST

To advance the education of the public and in particular to promote for the public benefit research into matters of public taxation, public policy, applied economics and political science and to disseminate the useful results thereof.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO MATTERS OF PUBLIC TAXATION, PUBLIC POLICY, APPLIED ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.'PUBLIC TAXATION' MEANS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT TAXATION POLICY, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY, AND THE IMPACT OF TAXATION ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND INDIVIDUALS.'PUBLIC POLICY' MEANS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE OPERATION OF MARKETS, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY, THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE STRUCTURE AND SIZE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD.'APPLIED ECONOMICS' MEANS THE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO SPECIFIC ISSUES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.'POLITICAL SCIENCE' MEANS THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICS AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW ALTERNATIVE MODELS COULD BE USED TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2007

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2k£18k
31/12/2024£17k£29k
31/12/2023£37k£22k
31/12/2022£2k£48k
31/12/2021£2k£36k

Common questions

Who funds POLITICS AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POLITICS AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH TRUST as a grant recipient include THE STREET FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STREET FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not statedOther