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PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY

Registered charity 1170492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PERSPECTIVA · filing overdue (register status)

To advance the education of the public in general (particularly amongst intellectual leaders and social innovators) on the subject of the relationships between complex global challenges and the inner lives of human beings, and how these relationships play out in society; and to promote research, activities and discourse for the public benefit in these subjects and to publish useful results.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (PARTICULARLY AMONGST THOUGHT LEADERS IN THE PUBLIC REALM, INCLUDING WRITERS AND ACADEMICS) ON THE SUBJECT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE INNER LIVES OF HUMAN BEINGS, AND HOW THESE RELATIONSHIPS PLAY OUT IN SOCIETY; AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH, ACTIVITIES AND DISCOURSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THESE SUBJECTS AND TO PUBLISH USEFUL RESULTS.

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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Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£296k
Latest spending
£416k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £120,392 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £159,352. The trustees state that these free reserves are comfortably within their policy target of retaining 3-4 months of operational costs. They anticipate lower expenditure and increased income from book sales from 2026 onwards, with no anticipated future deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-4 months of operational costs (reserves figure: £159k)
“To ensure financial stability, the trustees have agreed to maintain reserves of 3-4 months of operating costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Dr. Jonathan Rowson received remuneration of £88,325 and pension contributions of £1,321 as CEO.
“During the year, Dr. Jonathan Rowson was employed as the Charity's full time CEO and received remuneration of £88,325 (2023: managing director, £76,539) and pension contributions of £1,321 (2023: £1,321)” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: J Rowson's wife received £600 remuneration for work at the Realisation Festival.
“During the year to 31 December 2024, the wife of J Rowson received remuneration of £600 for her work at the Realisation Festival (2023: nil).” — page 16
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 24/04/2024, 176 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 08/03/2023, 128 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£296k£416k
31/12/2023£264k£411k
31/12/2022£488k£201k
31/12/2021£265k£343k

Common questions

Is PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £120,392 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £159,352. The trustees state that these free reserves are comfortably within their policy target of retaining 3-4 months of operational costs. They anticipate lower expenditure and increased income from book sales from 2026 onwards, with no anticipated future deficits. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£210kTowards core funding.
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£170kCore funding
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kTo support a detailed scoping phase for the TEAMedia channel.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION1£28k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST1£15k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION1£14k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LANCASTER1£12k
The Parochial Church Council of Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmer Green and Caversham Park St Barnabas1£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHBOROUGH1£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with USER VOICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY£296k——within—no doubt
USER VOICE FY2025£784k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS FY2025£371k—0above—no doubt
SOCIETY FOR LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES FY2025£125k—0below—no doubt
PSHE ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION FY2025£266k—0unclear—no doubt

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