HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 259194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LTD, HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OF GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC044360 (OSCR)

Provision of classes lectures and discussion groups on economics and the social sciences and the publication of "Land & Liberty" a magazine of analysis and comment on the core issues of economics.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING BY RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THEREIN AND IN PARTICULAR BY PUBLISHING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROPAGATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF IDEAS AND RESEARCH DEALING WITH OR IN PURSUANCE OF ANY OF THE SAID OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£189k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £835,372, with the trustees considering these sufficient to maintain core activities. The charity reported a net income of £158,134 for the year, driven by legacies and investment gains, while operating with no paid employees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Gavin Kerr received a research grant.

“A research grant was paid to Gavin Kerr (who temporarily relinquished the position of Chair and Trustee) during the year to conduct a piece of research for future publication and dissemination.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Purves
Barry Scott
Dr Graham Blackbourn
Duncan William Pickard · trustee of 1 other charity
June Mulford
MICHAEL LEAROYD
Ms Angela ST CLAIR
Richard Allan Bolton
Rosemary Susan ATTACK

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£189k	£25k
31/03/2024	£142k	£39k
31/03/2023	£31k	£26k
31/03/2022	£124k	£30k
31/03/2021	£28k	£42k

Common questions

Is HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £835,372, with the trustees considering these sufficient to maintain core activities. The charity reported a net income of £158,134 for the year, driven by legacies and investment gains, while operating with no paid employees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION.

THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £175k
HA MEEM FOUNDATION income £496k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
LSEG Foundation income £4.6m
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION income £1.3m
EARTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £417k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OF GREAT BRITAIN	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HA MEEM FOUNDATION FY2025	£496k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LSEG Foundation FY2024	£4.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.3m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt

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