SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE

Registered charity 1146170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide advice on scientific matters to the media, policymakers, the general public and others.Produce educational materials on scientific issues for the public as well as medical professionals and others.Respond to misleading or false information by providing the public with relevant scientific evidence.Promote the importance of independent scientific advice for public policy.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £373,400 at the year end, a decrease from £399,696 in the prior year. The trustees aspire to hold six months of fixed costs in reserve to support organisational resilience, though the specific monetary target for this policy is not explicitly calculated in the text. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue for the foreseeable future.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sense about Science (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alessandro Allegra
• Catherine Guinard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Maria Ulrika Fonjallaz Bjorksten
• James Wren · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Alan Conradi
• Prof Robin Howard Lovell-Badge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Lesley Yellowlees · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Nicole Grobert
• Professor Paul Garner
• Professor Willem van Saarloos
• Russ Tucker
• Shaoni Bhattacharya
• Simon Denegri OBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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