BIG TENT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1195014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bringing together political thinkers and entrepreneurial and cultural thought leaders and the public to discuss and debate public policy ideas in environments that are conducive to open minded, collaborative and civil dialogue, such as public festivals, summits and citizens assemblies;

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN A NON-PARTISAN MANNER IN ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY [INCLUDING HEALTH, WELLBEING, ECONOMY, COMMUNITY AND HOUSING, EDUCATION, DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND REPRESENTATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT, AND UK’S RESPONSIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT], IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:I. BRINGING TOGETHER POLITICAL THINKERS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL AND CULTURAL THOUGHT LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE PUBLIC POLICY IDEAS IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO OPEN MINDED, COLLABORATIVE AND CIVIL DIALOGUE, SUCH AS PUBLIC FESTIVALS, SUMMITS AND CITIZENS ASSEMBLIES; ANDII. PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH IN ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £232,097, providing sufficient liquid assets to meet liabilities. The charity remains dependent on individual donations and corporate sponsorship to maintain its activities. The trustees confirmed that the company is entitled to exemption from audit requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vasiliki Vicky Prycechair
• Dr Paul Goldsmith
• GUY DE SELLIERS
• Lord Andrew Lansley
• Magdelena Polan
• Michael Holland
• Nick Silver
• Rachel Blake MP
• Steffan Aquarone MP

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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