THE SCHUMACHER INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1144674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SCHUMACHER CENTRE LTD.

To develop, find, finance and carry out projects which promote concepts such as convergent action in the form of integrated solutions and strategiesTo promote the application of critical systems thinkingTo undertake, promote and assist the undertaking of research, collaboration and facilitation

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE USE OF APPLIED SYSTEMS SCIENCES;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS THINKING, AND THE CONCEPTS OF CONVERGENCE AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY TO SOCIAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES, INCLUDING RESOURCE USE, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL COHESION;C) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:I. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;II. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;III. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS."D) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £14,898 for the year, reducing its total funds to £68,270. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £14,953 remain above their stated policy target of £5,589, and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• BRENDA JANE MCLENNAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Sarah Dick
• Dharmendra Kapletia
• Edward Simon Langham
• Emma Jane Collier
• Hugh Parker Atkinson
• IAN FELTON RODERICK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kate Elizabeth Swatridge
• Michael Thomas
• Richard Arthur John Hellen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).