SOCIETY FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS LIMITED
The principal activity is the promotion of both the production and dissemination of high quality research in the general area of Economics, with particular emphasis on the support of young researchers.
Objects
A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY FOSTERING, PROMOTING AND FURTHERING INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE TO ARRANGE LECTURES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, CLASSES AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS. B. TO PROMOTE FACILITIES FOR AND TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPLEMENT THE FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves were just over £556k, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering five years of expenditure (approx. £2.5m). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with reserves increasing largely due to unrealised investment gains rather than operational surplus.
What the accounts disclose
“Gift Aid distribution from trading subsidiary” — page 11
“it was agreed that available reserves should be sufficient to cover at least five years of direct and overhead expenditure of both the charity and its trading subsidiary.”
“The charity has a 100% interest in Review of Economic Studies Limited (working name "RESL"), a company that publishes an academic economics journal. The charity is dependent on RESL for the majority of its income.” — page 7
“The mechanism for this is to trade through a wholly owned subsidiary company, Review of Economic Studies Limited.” — page 2
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Risk management
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustees
- Dr Swati Dhingra
- Professor Andrea Galeotti
- Professor Davide Werner Cantoni
- Professor FLORIAN SCHEUER
- Professor Kalina Manova
- Professor Konrad Burchard Burchardi
- Professor RUBEN ENIKLOPOV
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £52k | £119k |
| 31/12/2023 | £188k | £107k |
| 31/12/2022 | £150k | £147k |
| 31/12/2021 | £250k | £24k |
| 31/12/2020 | £313k | £7k |
Common questions
Is SOCIETY FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were just over £556k, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering five years of expenditure (approx. £2.5m). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with reserves increasing largely due to unrealised investment gains rather than operational surplus. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.