ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD.

Registered charity 1142784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Antipode Foundation promotes and advances social scientific research, education and scholarship in the field of radical and critical geography. It produces the peer-reviewed academic journal 'Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography'; funds research in higher education and related institutions; and supports academic conferences, summer schools, and the translation of scholarship.

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Latest income

£280k

Latest spending

£276k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £4,491 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total incoming resources of £280,104 against total expenditure of £275,613. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £503,499, which the trustees note are intended to build resilience against the risk of falling subscription revenues and the expiration of the current publishing agreement in 2026. The trustees have resolved to maintain reserves covering at least three years of staff and office expenses, targeting at least £200,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 60

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 60

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three years of staff and office expenses (held: £503k)

“Given the general economic outlook, the trustees resolved at the 2021/22 AGM to increase the funds held in reserve to cover three (as opposed to two) years of staff and office expenses—at least GBP 200,000 (up from GBP 150,000 given increasing costs).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Foundation also has a legal responsibility to perform as outlined in its publishing agreement, and if subscription revenues were to fall dramatically (following a significant adverse change in business conditions) funds would need to be in place to enable it to do so, that is, to employ the journal’s Managing Editor (who is also its Executive Director) and meet incidental operating expenses for a period of at least 36 months while its trustees seek alternative sources of funding for the longer term.” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07604241

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Royal Geographical Society — “thanks to the Royal Geographical Society, a recording of the lecture is...” (source page)

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.

WERNER, Marion, Professor — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
SIMONE, Abdoumaliq, Dr — director, appointed 01/06/2021on trustee list
EAVES, Latoya, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list
GIESEKING, Jennifer Jack, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list
STORY, Brett, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list
DAIGLE, Michelle, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list
SUCHET-PEARSON, Sandie, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list
THEODORE, Nikolas, Professor — director, appointed 01/05/2020on trustee list
JAZEEL, Tariq, Professor — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
CHARI, Sharad, Professor — director, appointed 20/04/2017on trustee list
KENT, Andrew Jonathan — secretary, appointed 21/10/2011

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr AbdouMaliq Simone
Dr Brett Story
Dr Jen Jack Gieseking
Dr Katherine McKittrick
Dr LaToya Eaves
Dr Marion Werner
Dr Michelle Daigle
Dr Nikolas Theodore
Dr Sandie Suchet-Pearson
Dr Sharad Chari
Professor Tariq Jazeel · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Argentina · Canada · Germany · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£280k	£276k
30/04/2024	£256k	£269k
30/04/2023	£244k	£255k
30/04/2022	£232k	£196k
30/04/2021	£241k	£187k

Common questions

Is ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £4,491 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total incoming resources of £280,104 against total expenditure of £275,613. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £503,499, which the trustees note are intended to build resilience against the risk of falling subscription revenues and the expiration of the current publishing agreement in 2026. The trustees have resolved to maintain reserves covering at least three years of staff and office expenses, targeting at least £200,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD. earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£970k
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851	1	£155k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATION	1	£50k
MISSION44	1	£34k
THE NATIONAL MANUSCRIPTS CONSERVATION TRUST	1	£18k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE LECHE TRUST	1	£5k
THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION.

RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION income £495k
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) income £6.1m
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON income £2.6m
Autotelic Foundation income £502k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £19.2m
RPD FOUNDATION income £110k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD.	£280k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	noted
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION FY2024	£495k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) FY2024	£6.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON FY2025	£2.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
Autotelic Foundation FY2026	£502k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES FY2025	£19.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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