HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S COMMONWEALTH STUDY CONFERENCES

Registered charity 1186852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity oversees the delivery of a leadership programme that offers a life-changing experience for Commonwealth people of high potential emerging from a technical or professional focus to the broader challenges of leadership in a complex world. Through work in highly diverse small groups focused on urgent problems they gain leadership experience and a lifelong network across the Commonwealth.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,424 at the end of the year, with total incoming resources of £60,132 and total resources expended of £55,808. The trustees report that the charity employed no staff and that three trustees received no remuneration. The financial review notes that reserves policy is based on financial demands over conference cycles, with no specific target amount stated.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR ALAN PARKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ladi Mudakai Dariya MSc. ACMI
• Lord Karan Faridoon Bilimoria
• Lord William Arthur Waldegrave · trustee of 2 other charities
• Peter Flavel
• Sumithra Thayanandarajah
• Velummayilum Thayanandarajah · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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