SOCIETY FOR LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES

Registered charity 1144426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLLS

To promote interdisciplinary and inter-study understanding and collaboration in longitudinal and life course research.To promote new thinking about making measurements comparable across studies and across time.To promote how best to exploit the potential scientific and policy value of comparing findings within and across societies.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CROSS-NATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION IN LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted funds of £68,007 at the end of the year, resulting in a net deficit of £8,153 for the period. The trustees' report describes the year as financially satisfactory and notes that the reserves policy aims to maintain 10 months of expenditure, though the current balance is below that target. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 10 months expenditure (held: £68k)
“The SLLS aim to maintain unrestricted reserves of 10 months expenditure to enable them to meet expenses as they fall due.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · China · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany · Iran · Ireland · Italy

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£119k£127k
31/12/2023£140k£118k
31/12/2022£76k£70k
31/12/2021£41k£57k
31/12/2020£13k£38k

Common questions

Is SOCIETY FOR LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted funds of £68,007 at the end of the year, resulting in a net deficit of £8,153 for the period. The trustees' report describes the year as financially satisfactory and notes that the reserves policy aims to maintain 10 months of expenditure, though the current balance is below that target. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.