PARRHESIA INC

Registered charity 1193561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Parrhesia Inc is a charitable research body which conducts research into whistleblower protection issues to inform best practice and policy. We work collaboratively, bringing all those with a stake in whistleblowing protection together to find solutions to improve outcomes for whistleblowers.

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Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £1,260, which is below its stated intention to build reserves covering three months of expenditure (£15,000). The charity reported a net expenditure of £10,576 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £11,836 to £1,260.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1k; policy: three months of ongoing expenditure)

“The charity currently has no reserves and thus no reserves policy is applicable at present. Our intention is to build up reserves that cover 3 months of ongoing expenditure, which currently amounts to around £15,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust — “Parrhesia is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Arpita Dutt
Prof David Lewis
Rev Nicholas Mercer
Sara Rowbotham MBE
Tracy Amanda Boylin · trustee of 1 other charity
john Blenkinsopp

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£35k	£46k
31/03/2024	£100k	£98k
31/03/2023	£58k	£62k
31/03/2022	£49k	£35k

Common questions

Is PARRHESIA INC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £1,260, which is below its stated intention to build reserves covering three months of expenditure (£15,000). The charity reported a net expenditure of £10,576 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £11,836 to £1,260. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PARRHESIA INC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARRHESIA INC as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£80k	Core costs
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k	Core costs
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£40k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£12k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£6k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/08/2023	£10k	Rebuilding Lives: Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Trauma