SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES

Registered charity 1183651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the advancement of education, in particular but without limitation:(a) of young people and people who work with young people, predominantly in the UK;(b) through facilitating dialogue with regards to diverse narratives on the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its resolution; and(c) through teaching conflict resolution skills.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION:(A) OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE UK;(B) THROUGH FACILITATING DIALOGUE WITH REGARDS TO DIVERSE NARRATIVES ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION; AND(C) THROUGH TEACHING CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS.

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: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£590k

Latest spending

£623k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £33,375 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total expenditure of £623,268 against income of £590,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £131,376, which the trustees consider sufficient to provide financial security into the current financial year and beyond.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of recurring expenditure (approximately £100,000–£120,000) (reserves figure: £131k)

“The intention of the Trustees is to maintain free reserves at three to six months of recurring expenditure (approximately £100,000–£120,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £62,843 — grants £62,843 (1); 11% of the £589,893 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £48,000 — contracts £6,000 (5), grants £42,000 (3); 8% of the £593,397 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (1); 8% of the £367,264 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£590k

Total spending

£623k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£131k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gareth Stapleton OBEchair
Helen McCord
Leila Pourarkin
Naved Siddiqi · trustee of 1 other charity
Raahim Zafar
Reuben John Moore MBE
Steven Lewis

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£590k	£623k
31/08/2024	£593k	£541k
31/08/2023	£367k	£357k
31/08/2022	£261k	£311k
31/08/2021	£390k	£329k

Common questions

Is SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £33,375 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total expenditure of £623,268 against income of £590,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £131,376, which the trustees consider sufficient to provide financial security into the current financial year and beyond. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES as a grant recipient include DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE TRUST, THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST, THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£300k	Educational Funding
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£160k	Core funding
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£120k	Core funding renewal
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£80k	Core Funding £60,000 renewal Covid-19 Support Grant £20,000
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£60k	General charitable funding
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k	General charitable funding
THE RAYNE TRUST	FY2023	£45k	Towards a youth education programme that aims to provide a safe space and the skills for young people to discuss their views and learn about the IsraeliPalestin
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2025	£45k	Social Service
LARA ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified read£45k
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	FY2022	£40k	Towards core costs.
THE FUNDING NETWORK	FY2025	£23k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£20k	Additional core funding
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k	Towards the youth Education programme.
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£16k	Educational Funding
LARA ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£11k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2022	£10k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Social Service
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	FY2021	£10k	General charitable purpose donations
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2021	£8k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£5k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Educational funding
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	amount not stated
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated	Social Service

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority (GLA)	01/09/2022	£30k	Grant to Solutions Not Sides
Greater London Authority	01/09/2022	£30k	Grant to Solutions Not Sides

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
Richmond Foundation	1	£54k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£42k
THE THOMAS HOWELL'S EDUCATION FUND FOR NORTH WALES	1	£10k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£10k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, MAIDENHEAD	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

ROMODELS income £200k
CORE & CO FOUNDATION income £1.3m
LSSP income £907k
SOUTH INDIA CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST income £30k
RE N-GAGE income £327k
PROGRAMME FOR APPLIED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION income £169k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES	£590k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROMODELS FY2026	£200k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORE & CO FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
LSSP FY2025	£907k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH INDIA CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST FY2026	£30k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RE N-GAGE FY2025	£327k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	noted

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