Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED

We are an independent, non-partisan political research and education society working in the UK and around the world to promote democracy and strengthen parliaments.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£274	£426	£-152	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21		£297	£391	£-94	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	*	£661	£716	£-55	£0	£396	£396	6.6	7	0
31/12/19		£1,161	£1,136	£24	£0	£450	£450	4.8	8	1
31/12/18		£845	£882	£-37	£0	£426	£426	5.8	8	0
31/12/17		£995	£935	£60	£0	£463	£453	5.8	8	0
31/12/16		£812	£784	£27	£0	£403	£378	5.8	10	0
31/12/15		£878	£749	£129	£1	£376	£305	4.9	7	0
31/12/14		£777	£757	£20	£19	£247	£181	2.9	10	0
31/12/13		£1,061	£941	£120	£21	£228	£123	1.6	10	0
31/12/12		£1,038	£1,021	£16	£21	£107	£88	1	11	0
31/12/11		£1,069	£1,137	£-67	£26	£91	£74	0.8	9	0
31/12/10		£1,065	£1,143	£-77	£27	£158	£158	1.7	14	0
31/12/09		£1,091	£1,136	£-45	£24	£236	£225	2.4	17	0
31/12/08		£1,094	£1,127	£-33	£51	£280	£280	3	18	0
31/12/07		£1,144	£1,112	£32	£80	£313	£310	3.3	19	0
31/12/06		£1,203	£1,131	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£1,243	£1,162	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£1,492	£1,429	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 22 years

www.hansardsociety.org.uk

contact@hansardsociety.org.uk

0203 925 3979

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Hansard Society
£232,311	18/03/2023	Building a Better Commons
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Hansard Society
£120,000	10/07/2020 24	Core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-76

DR REBECCA ANNE RUMBUL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Research, Mysociety

LORD ANDREW JAMES DUNLOP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Affairs

PROFESSOR ROGER AWAN-SCULLY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor Of Political Science, Cardiff University

BARONESS WINIFRED ANN TAYLOR OF BOLTON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST,

DIANNE BEVAN Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

GERALD SHAMASH Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Solicitor

SIR DAVID RICHARD BEAMISH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Clerk Of The Parliaments, Other trusteeships: THE DULWICH SOCIETY, THE SOUTH LONDON CHURCH FUND AND SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DULWICH, ST BARNABAS,

SUE INGLISH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JACQUELINE ASHLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Media Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,

SHIRLEY CAMERON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Group Financial Controller, Other trusteeship: BBC MEDIA ACTION,

SIR PAUL SILK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self-Employed Consultant, Other trusteeships: CWMDU WATER UNDERTAKING, BRECKNOCK SOCIETY AND MUSEUM FRIENDS CYMDEITHAS BRYCHEINIOG A CHYFEILLION YR AMGUEDDFA, FRIENDS OF CWMDU MUSIC, THE CWMDU WATER UNDERTAKING,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2002, number: 1091364
Registered at Companies House on 30/11/2001, number: 04332105

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 1 days late,

Main office

Hansard Society
Millbank Tower
21-24 Millbank
LONDON
SW1P 4QP

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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