THE EVOLUTION EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1137520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objects are the education of the public (with particular emphasis on students engaged in full time education) in the scientific principles of evolution. The charitable company meets these objectives by making monies available in the form of one-off donations to other charitable organisations, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust paused operational activity from 1 January 2025 for an indeterminate period while refining future priorities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £2,359,390 from £2,813,158 in the prior year, following a year with no incoming donations and reduced grant-making expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sopher + Co LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07285615 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• GOUNARI, Roza — director, appointed 17/09/2021on trustee list
• MAGNAY, Michael Simon Alexander — director, appointed 15/06/2010on trustee list
• MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr — director, appointed 15/06/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~31.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr JONATHAN MILNERchair
• MICHAEL MAGNAY
• Roza Gounari

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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