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RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1162762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RDA FOUNDATION

The objects of the Foundation are to advance education and promote research for the public benefit in particular but without limitation by accelerating, promoting and facilitating research data sharing and exchange and (saving for purposes incidental and ancillary to those objects) no other purposes.

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Latest income
£495k
Latest spending
£628k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £132,703 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £187,792. The trustees note that these funds are currently below their stated reserves policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to operate for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £188k; policy: one year's anticipate expenditure based on the last Annual Budget)
“Currently funds are below this level and the Trustees have taken steps to improve this position.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£665k
Total spending
£599k
Reserves (reported)
£321k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Akrotiri · Albania · Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£495k£628k
31/12/2023£665k£599k
31/12/2022£354k£324k
31/12/2021£279k£122k
31/05/2021£236k£299k

Common questions

Is RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £132,703 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £187,792. The trustees note that these funds are currently below their stated reserves policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to operate for at least 12 months. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.