COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS

Registered charity 1123023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £43,972 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £387,276 to £343,304. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and maintains reserves above its stated strategic target of £225,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06389120

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HU, Changjie — director, appointed 06/07/2026on trustee list
• SOULIÈRE, Marie Soulière, Dr — director, appointed 05/03/2026not on trustee list
• ROSENDAAL, Frits, Professor — director, appointed 05/03/2026on trustee list
• MARUŠIĆ, Ana, Professor — director, appointed 05/03/2026not on trustee list
• SAFER, Rachel — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• SANZ ÁLVAREZ, Emilio José, Professor — director, appointed 13/11/2023not on trustee list
• GARFINKEL, Susan, Dr — director, appointed 07/08/2023on trustee list
• LANE, Trevor, Dr — director, appointed 02/10/2022on trustee list
• BROWMAN, Howard, Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2022on trustee list
• KERSJES, Tim — director, appointed 06/09/2022on trustee list
• CHESCHEIR, Nancy, Professor — director, appointed 01/02/2020on trustee list
• KULP, Daniel — director, appointed 30/05/2017on trustee list
• RIDGEWAY, Natalie — secretary, appointed 16/03/2012

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Nancy Chescheirchair
• Changjie Hu
• Daniel Kulp
• Dr Howard Browman
• Dr Marie Souliere
• Dr Susan Garfinkel
• Dr Trevor Lane
• Professor Ana Marusic
• Professor Emilio Jose Sanz Alvarez
• Professor Frits ROSENDAAL
• Rachel Safer
• Tim Kersjes

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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