THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES

Registered charity 1205648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO: (A) ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH IN RELATION TO SOCIAL POLICY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (I) THE UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSMENT OF POVERTY, ITS CAUSES AND OF THE PATHWAYS OUT OF IT AND (II) THE UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSMENT OF RACIAL DISPARITIES AND THE CAUSES OF SUCH DISPARITIES.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:(A) ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH IN RELATION TO SOCIAL POLICY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (I) THE UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSMENT OF POVERTY, ITS CAUSES AND OF THE PATHWAYS OUT OF IT AND (II) THE UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSMENT OF RACIAL DISPARITIES, THE CAUSES OF SUCH DISPARITIES AND OF THE PATHWAYS TOWARDS A GREATER COLLECTIVE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF RACIAL EQUALITY, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND (B) PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE RACIAL BACKGROUNDS AND CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT AMONGST THE PUBLIC IN FAVOUR OF RACIAL HARMONY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small deficit of £22,400, resulting in unrestricted funds of £2,872. Per the trustees' report, this reserves level is marginally below their stated policy target of three months' running costs. The charity relies on unrestricted grants and donations for funding.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Baroness Stroud Philippa Claire Stroudchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Olufemi Ishola
• Stephen Michael Brien

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• THE SOCIAL POLICY ASSOCIATION income £219k
• THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH income £201k
• TRINITY COMMUNITY PROJECT income £79k
• USER VOICE income £784k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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