Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE FOOD ETHICS COUNCIL

The Food Ethics Council brings people to the table to think deeply about, and to navigate ways through, critical ethical challenges in the food system. It does a mix of convening, research and advocacy across a range of food and farming issues, from GM crops to food poverty.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 20 years
(24 years as a company)

www.foodethicscouncil.org

info@foodethicscouncil.org

03330124147

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£150	£131	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/21		£150	£131	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/20		£161	£121	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/19		£103	£156	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/18	*	£156	£154	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	9
31/12/17		£90	£120	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£158	£106	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£95	£97	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£88	£121	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£130	£168	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12?		£274	£178	£96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/11		£236	£230	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/10		£210	£233	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/09		£167	£172	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/08	*	£175	£140	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/07		£76	£76	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/06		£49	£67	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/01/05	*	£82	£69	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

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?

Unknown number of employees
8 volunteers

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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£5,000	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£52,500	08/07/2022	Making food citizenship the norm
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£150,000	17/06/2020 36	Towards project costs for Livestock Transition Dialogues ; a 3-year initiative to develop strategies with livestock farmers and other key stakeholders to transition to ‘only the best’ business ....more Towards project costs for Livestock Transition Dialogues ; a 3-year initiative to develop strategies with livestock farmers and other key stakeholders to transition to ‘only the best’ business models for livestock in the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£2,800	24/04/2020 3	Towards project costs for online talks for the food sector to respond to Covid-19.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£70,000	30/11/2019 24	Unleashing food citizenship - core costs
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£70,000	02/12/2017 24	Food Citizenship
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£182,256	14/09/2016 36	Towards the delivery of core activities and the development and implementation of the Food Realities Index and the Food Policy Barometer as tools to influence food policy change.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Food Ethics Council
£7,000	06/06/2016 12	Towards Project costs Towards the preparation and publication of a second Food Census Report to capture the changes in operating context for civil society organisations engaged with work around ....more Towards Project costs Towards the preparation and publication of a second Food Census Report to capture the changes in operating context for civil society organisations engaged with work around increased sustainability in the food system.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-81

ALBERT TUCKER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chair The Karma Cola Foundation

CHLOE DONOVAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth Engagement/Business Development Consultant

DR JULIAN BAGGINI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Philosopher

DR NIGEL DOWER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Academic

ELTA SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Independent Researcher

PATRICIA WHALEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Freelance Consultant

RALPH EARLY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Academic

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2004, number: 1101885
Registered at Companies House on 04/01/2000, number: 03901671

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR18: 54 days late, AR08: 21 days late, AR05: 3 days late,

Main office

Kings Cross Hub
34b York Way
LONDON
N1 9AB

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ISSUES OF ETHICS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, POLITICS, SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY, AS THEY RELATE TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH IN ANY OF THE ABOVE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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