COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS

Registered charity 207471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARA, COUNCIL FOR ASSISTING REFUGEE ACADEMICS, SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING LIMITED

To assist academics who are subject to or at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence, to relieve needs among them and their dependants so that their abilities can continue to be used for the public benefit; to support academics and their institutions in countries where their work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that they can continue to fulfil their role as educators.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £306,852 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £11,394,068 and total expenditure of £11,141,446. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are maintained in a range of not less than six months and not more than twelve months of normal operating costs, and the auditors confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CARA (COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Chemist’s Community Fund (Royal Society of Chemistry) — “Chemist’s Community Fund (Royal Society of Chemistry)” (source page)
• Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust (DCEPT) — “Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust (DCEPT)” (source page)
• French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust — “French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Karl Eusebius von und zu Liechtenstein Foundation — “Karl Eusebius von und zu Liechtenstein Foundation” (source page)
• Rob Granieri Fund/Harper Philanthropic — “Rob Granieri Fund/Harper Philanthropic” (source page)
• Sir Hans Krebs Trust — “Sir Hans Krebs Trust” (source page)
• Springer Nature Limited — “Springer Nature Limited” (source page)
• Thriplow Charitable Trust — “Thriplow Charitable Trust” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge DBEchair
• Alan John Mackay
• Dr Cornelia Katharine Sorabji CBE
• Dr Mehroosh Tak
• Naina Patel
• Professor Vincent Clive Emery
• SIMON JAMES KNEVETT BARRATT
• Sarah Margaret Dickson OBE
• Vivienne Esther Catherine Stern MBE

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · France · Germany · Hong Kong · Jordan · Malaysia · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Syria · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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