PHILOSOPHY IN PRISON

Registered charity 1177805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Delivering philosophy education, advice and information to persons in custody in Her Majesty's prisons throughout England and Wales. We achieve this by running workshops, conferences, seminars and lectures. We train philosophers to deliver philosophy courses which we arrange, facilitate and fund.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE PROMOTION OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY AND EDUCATION FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY IN HER MAJESTY'S PRISONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of (£2,275) for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds carried forward of £38,459. The trustees have determined that there are sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover three months' core operating costs, which is currently set at £6,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• University of Sheffield — “We are very grateful to the University of Sheffiled for funding courses at HMP Stafford, HMP Maidstone and HMP Downview.” (source page)
• British Academy — “Our sincere thanks to the British Academy for funding our 2024 'Prisons Voices' conference in Sheffield.” (source page)
• Royal Institute of Philosophy — “We are hugely grateful to the Royal Institute of Philosophy for funding both courses in prisons, and for our research on Prison Voices.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR MARY MARGARET ANNE MCCABEchair
• BILL BREWER
• James Patrick Chamberlain
• Michael Alexanda Coxhead
• Tom Broughton Harrison · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION.

• THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION income £266k
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY income £469k
• THE THEATRE IN PRISONS AND PROBATION CENTRE income £247k
• JOURNEY WITHIN FOUNDATION income £229k
• THE PHILOSOPHY FOUNDATION income £206k
• PRISON FELLOWSHIP income £841k

Side by side with its peers

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