THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION

Registered charity 1144595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAPERE, Thoughtful

Provision of training to teachers and others in philosophical thinking and reasoning within education and the community.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE YOUNG PERSONS UP TO THE AGE OF 16 YEARS, BY THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SKILLS IN LOGICAL THINKING AND OTHER PHILOSPHICAL TECHNIQUES SO THAT THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIVES ARE ENRICHED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £108,300 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £1,946. The trustees note that these reserves are below the target level of three months' running costs and that the going concern status is dependent on the charity's ability to generate future income. Despite this, the trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07821030 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

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

• Mayor of London's Shared Endeavour Fund — “This project, founded by former Thoughtful Trainer Richard Gore, has been funded by the Mayor of London's Shared Endeavour Fund for six year…” (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.

• PEARCE CORNISH, Charlotte Grace — director, appointed 11/07/2026not on trustee list
• MACPHERSON, Fiona Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/08/2025on trustee list
• BURGESS, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 21/07/2025on trustee list
• GRADY, Brian — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
• SHAYANEWAKO, Brian Takudzwa — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• JOHN, Gareth Luke Sefton — director, appointed 08/03/2024on trustee list
• WILSON, Rosie — director, appointed 29/06/2023on trustee list
• HOUGHTON, Christine — director, appointed 30/03/2021on trustee list
• LANGLEY, Jack Samuel Sean — director, appointed 14/07/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JACK LANGLEYchair
• Amanda Jane Burgess
• Brian Grady
• Brian Takudzwa Shayanewako
• Charlotte Grace Pearce Cornish
• Christine Houghton
• Fiona Elizabeth Macpherson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gareth John
• Luke Donnellan
• Rosie Wilson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST.

• THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST income £638k
• SOCIETY FOR APPLIED PHILOSOPHY income £175k
• SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION income £32k
• THE MINDFULNESS NETWORK income £564k
• USER VOICE income £784k
• INSPIRING TEACHERS income £395k

Side by side with its peers

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