Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Volatile income
spending growth: -1

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

DEMOS

Demos exists to promote education and research for the public benefit in issues of politics, economics, and public policy; and to make the research findings publicly availably. It achieves these objectives by carrying out a wide range of research projects, organising lectures, seminars and conferences, and through publishing in a number of different formats.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 29 years

www.demos.co.uk

hello@demos.co.uk

02038783955

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22		£1,131	£1,130	£1	£0	£407	£407	4.3	19
31/12/21		£1,425	£1,396	£29	£0	£406	£406	3.5	20
31/12/20		£1,514	£1,265	£249	£1,214	£377	£377	3.6	19
31/12/19		£1,214	£1,052	£162	£0	£128	£96	1.1	19
31/12/18		£964	£798	£167	£0	£-35	£-35	-0.5	14
31/12/17	*	£738	£883	£-145	£0	£-201	£0	n/a	20
31/12/16		£1,183	£1,104	£80	£0	£-56	£-56	-0.6	18
31/12/15		£969	£1,065	£-96	£19	£-136	£-136	-1.5	16
31/12/14		£1,221	£1,183	£39	£19	£-40	£-50	-0.5	12
31/12/13		£1,223	£1,246	£-24	£39	£-79	£-79	-0.8	12
31/12/12	*	£1,473	£1,346	£128	£39	£-77	£-80	-0.7	13
31/12/11		£1,898	£1,552	£346	£89	£-205	£-270	-2.1	15
31/12/10	*	£1,533	£1,817	£-284	£61	£-550	£-603	-4	12
31/12/09	*	£1,508	£1,646	£-138	£59	£-266	£-249	-1.8	20
31/12/08	*	£1,465	£1,458	£7	£65	£-128	£-156	-1.3	22
31/12/07		£1,738	£2,268	£-529	£74	£-136	£-154	-0.8	27
31/12/06	*	£2,012	£2,068	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05	*	£1,734	£1,813	£-79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£1,833	£1,705	£127	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Sport England	£267,127
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£80,200
The Joffe Trust	£30,000
Nuffield Foundation	£4,700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - A just transition for the Black Country
£70,000	29/01/2022	To support transition to a low-carbon economy in the Black Country in a way that benefits all
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Towards green, inclusive Black Country manufacturing.
£10,200	20/08/2021	Scoping the potential for a research project exploring an inclusive transition to Green manufacturing in the Black Country
The Joffe Trust - Demos
£30,000	02/10/2020 8	Work on business views on taxation
Sport England - Radio Taiso
£267,127	01/05/2020 48	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Radio Taiso. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Nuffield Foundation - Strategic Fund Seedcorn Grant
£4,700	07/10/2019	The Center for a Better Web
Sport England - Radio Taiso
£218,716	01/05/2018 48	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Radio Taiso. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Sport England - Radio Taiso
£15,050	21/09/2017 7	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Radio Taiso'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Radio Taiso
£15,050	21/09/2017 48	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Radio Taiso. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Friends Provident Foundation - Demos - Brexit brief
£20,000	28/11/2016	A discussion based approach to tackling key questions outlined in the brief from the Foundation. Demos will add value in ther ability to convene and facilitate well attended, balanced events, drawing ....more A discussion based approach to tackling key questions outlined in the brief from the Foundation. Demos will add value in ther ability to convene and facilitate well attended, balanced events, drawing on their networks, experience and breadth as well as their experience of writing policy-focused material.
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Demos
£41,548	12/03/2015	A six month programme of research to establish an evidence base by comparing alternative housing models in terms of supply and quality. The research findings and recommendations will be published
JRSST-CT - Creating a Voter Advice Application for Young People
£5,000	01/01/2015	towards developing the first Voter Advice Application specifically designed for young non-voters, to be released in the run up to the 2015 election
Nesta - AR00159
£9,400	28/03/2014	Mapping programme grant to Demos Grant Ref AR00159
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Demos
£27,700	17/03/2014	Towards the costs to explore alternative community development models to alleviate food poverty.
Friends Provident Foundation - Demos - Testing the local lender hypothesis
£56,000	11/03/2014	To test the hypothesis that regional banks would be good for UK growth, stripping back the debate about local banking to ask what we want regional type banks to do that the current system fails to ....more To test the hypothesis that regional banks would be good for UK growth, stripping back the debate about local banking to ask what we want regional type banks to do that the current system fails to provide, and the best methods for delivering this.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - The Typology of Debt
£30,000	23/07/2013	The Typology of Debt
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Demos
£197,583	30/06/2011	Towards a research programme aimed at the development of a new multi-dimensional measure of poverty.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Demos
£54,300	30/06/2010 5	Towards Project costs Towards a scoping study for a multi-dimensional measure of poverty.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Demos
£29,500	07/10/2009 12	Towards Project costs Towards research costs for a Power Map identifying how much influence people have and to generate debate from this.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-66

ALEX WILLIAM KEWNEY DAWSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Practice Lead, Global Counsel

DAME JULIE MELLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chair And Ombudsman, Phso

DAVID CAMPBELL ROBB Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

HALIMA BEGUM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Executive

MARCIAL ANTONIO BOO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

MATILDA MCAULIFFE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

MOHAMMED AZIZ Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/11/1994, number: 1042046
Registered at Companies House on 11/10/1994, number: 02977740

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR17: 34 days late, AR12: 111 days late, AR10: 67 days late, AR09: 98 days late, AR08: 51 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR05: 22 days late,

Main office

15 Whitehall
Westminster
London
SW1A 2DD

Objectives

(1)TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ISSUES OF POLITICS, ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, METHODS AND PRACTICES OF PUBLIC DELIBERATION, THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY. (2)TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH IN ANY OF THE ABOVE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (3)TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE, WITH A FOCUS ON PREVENTING SOCIAL EXCLUSION, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC SERVICES, AND RELIEVING POVERTY. (4)FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE [3]: A. “SOCIAL EXCLUSION” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY; AND B. “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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