SCHOOL OF CIVIC EDUCATION

Registered charity 1173608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects ("objects") are specifically restricted to the following: to advance the education of the public worldwide in the principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WORLDWIDE IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW. THE CHARITY PURSUES THIS BY, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (I) THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF LECTURES, CONGRESSES, SEMINARS, FORUMS, SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES, AND OTHER TYPES OF SIMILAR EVENTS BOTH IN THE TERRITORY OF THE UK, AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES; (II) DESIGN AND PUBLICATION OF JOURNALS, BOOKS, ALMANACS, CATALOGUES AND ANY OTHER PERIODICAL AND NON-PERIODICAL ISSUES AND PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE INTERNET AND OTHER MODERN MASS MEDIA BODIES; (III) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BOTH INDEPENDENTLY, AND IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS, INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON THE INTERNET; (IV) THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO THE GOALS OF THE COMPANY IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH DIFFER FROM THE MEANS INDICATED ABOVE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £4,974 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £1,192,861 and total expenditure of £1,186,369. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £(2,199) and restricted funds of £7,173 at the year-end, while the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit II Limited. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lena Nemirovskaya — co-founder (source)
• Yuri Senokosov — co-founder (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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anders Sixten Georg Alex Alexandersson
• Berit Nising Lindeman
• JOHN NICOL FORTUNE LLOYD
• MICHAEL SOHLMAN
• Marcia Levy · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Armenia · Belarus · France · Georgia · Germany · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Lithuania · Moldova · Norway · Poland

Income and spending

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