LONDON INSTITUTE OF SPACE POLICY AND LAW

Registered charity 1137838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSTITUTE OF SPACE POLICY AND LAW, ISPL

The Institute teaches and provides for others, courses in space policy and law at university level or above; carries out research, including commissioned independent studies of policy and legal issues arising in the use and exploration of outer space; provides information, including reports and commentaries of relevance in the use and exploration of outer space. The Institute operates worldwide.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NATIONALLY ANDINTERNATIONALLY, AND TO PROMOTE AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE POLICIES ANDLAWS APPLICABLE TO THE GOVERNANCE, USE AND EXPLORATION OF OUTER SPACE, FOR THE BENEFITOF THE PUBLIC.3.2 THIS PROVISION MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTENCONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£23k

Latest spending

£84k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,131, which is above the stated policy minimum of £10,000. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate assets to meet its liabilities as they fall due over the next 12 months, despite noting a principal uncertainty regarding the potential loss of external funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £10,000 (reserves figure: £65k)

“The policy is therefore changed to maintain reserves at a minimum of £10,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Trustees consider that the principal uncertainty regarding going concern relates to the potential loss of external funding.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £7,500 — contracts £7,500 (5); 33% of the £23,044 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £14,000 — contracts £14,000 (10); 24% of the £58,623 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £1,400 — contracts £1,400 (1); 3% of the £43,708 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR DAVID JOHN SOUTHWOODchair
LAWRENCE JOHN HAYNES
PROFESSOR SIR MARTIN NICHOLAS SWEETING · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Canada · France · Germany · Italy · Japan · Kenya · Netherlands · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£23k	£84k
31/12/2024	£59k	£55k
31/12/2023	£44k	£44k
31/12/2022	£60k	£87k
31/12/2021	£85k	£53k

Common questions

Is LONDON INSTITUTE OF SPACE POLICY AND LAW financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,131, which is above the stated policy minimum of £10,000. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate assets to meet its liabilities as they fall due over the next 12 months, despite noting a principal uncertainty regarding the potential loss of external funding. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£1.6m
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£346k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	1	£295k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£225k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£195k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£170k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£151k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION	1	£120k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE.

HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE income £842k
THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH income £201k
THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH POLICY RESEARCH income £897k
INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON income £310k
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH income £6.2m
INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION income £128k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON INSTITUTE OF SPACE POLICY AND LAW	£23k	—	0	above	—	noted
HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE FY2025	£842k	£110,000 - £119,999	1	above	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH FY2025	£201k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH POLICY RESEARCH FY2025	£897k	£120,001 - £130,000	5	below	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON FY2025	£310k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH FY2025	£6.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.