FULL FACT

Registered charity 1158683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£2.9m

Latest spending

£2.8m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £83,569 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £1,178,863, which the trustees state is equivalent to 4.1 months of projected running costs. The accounts note uncertainty regarding future internet company income but confirm the charity has secured over 70% of its budgeted income for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 4 months (£1,149,346) and up to 6 months (£1,724,019) of projected 2025 running costs (held: £1.2m)

“It remains the charity’s policy to aim to maintain unrestricted reserves of between 4 months (£1,149,346) and up to 6 months (£1,724,019) of projected 2025 running costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from The M J Samuel Charitable Trust

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £nil from The M J Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £25,000). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The M J Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £25,000 from The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £nil). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £nil from The M J Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £25,000). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The M J Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £25,000 from The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £nil). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donated services from Bristows LLP

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £nil from The M J Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £25,000). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The M J Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the Charity received donations totalling £25,000 from The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust (2023: £nil). Mr M J Samuel served on the Board of Trustees of Full Fact and The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust throughout the period.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Full Fact (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Chris Morris — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Hosting UK — “Thanks to Hosting UK for donating our web hosting.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.9m

Total spending

£2.8m

Cost of raising funds

£263k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Frances Walkerchair
Anand Menon
Anna Cook
Antonia Mary Cox
Baroness Janet Royall
Claire Wardle
Dr Claire Helen Melamed · trustee of 1 other charity
James Paul Harding
LORD INGLEWOOD · trustee of 2 other charities
Tim Gordon

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.9m	£2.8m
31/12/2023	£2.6m	£2.8m
31/12/2022	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/12/2021	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/12/2020	£2.3m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is FULL FACT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £83,569 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £1,178,863, which the trustees state is equivalent to 4.1 months of projected running costs. The accounts note uncertainty regarding future internet company income but confirm the charity has secured over 70% of its budgeted income for the following year. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds FULL FACT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FULL FACT as a grant recipient include THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION, THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£775k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	FY2022	£496k	Other (Includes Cross-cutting and COVID-19 grants)
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£308k	Full Fact: Evidence-based responses to harmful misinformation
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£250k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£150k	unrestricted funding.
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£150k	Towards core costs supporting Full Fact’s work aiding people who want to tackle poor information in areas they care about
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£150k	Core funding
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£105k	Core Funding
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£73k	Full Fact: Evidence-based responses to harmful misinformation
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2026	£40k	Core Costs
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£25k
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k	Christmas Challenge
Tinsley Charitable Trust	FY2025	£20k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2021	£15k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	FY2023	£10k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	FY2024	£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE M J SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
GOOD THINKING	FY2024	£4k	support the team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find and expose bad information and counter the harm it does
GOOD THINKING	FY2025	£4k	To support the team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find and expose bad information and counter the harm it does.
GOOD THINKING	FY2023	£4k	support the team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find and expose bad information and counter the harm it does.
GOOD THINKING	FY2022	£4k	To support the team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find and expose bad information and counter the harm it does.
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	National
PETER SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	National

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 JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
ROSCA TRUST	1	£132k
THE TOY TRUST	1	£86k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY income £275k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
1692 income £462k
WCCF LTD income £967k
Safe Steps income £1.7m
FULLNESS OF CHRIST FOR ALL NATIONS income £249k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FULL FACT	£2.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FY2025	£275k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025	£781k	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
1692 FY2025	£462k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
WCCF LTD FY2025	£967k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Safe Steps FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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