Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 7

Deficit latest year: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 18

THE PHILOSOPHY FOUNDATION

Our aim is to bring philosophy to the wider community and particularly into challenging schools to develop childrenÔÇÖs autonomous learning and higher-order thinking skills, equipping them for life-long learning and creative and critical thinking essential in the 21st Century. We also want to engage the general public in philosophy and its uses for every day living.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 13 years

www.philosophy-foundation.org

info@philosophy-foundation.org

07842410992

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
31/08/22	£212	£241	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/21	£220	£217	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/20	£249	£218	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/19	£255	£246	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/08/18	£249	£272	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	2
31/08/17	£254	£274	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£307	£302	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£275	£239	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£264	£252	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£234	£222	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£105	£98	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£41	£41	£0	£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

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Isle Of Wight, Leeds City, Manchester City, Portsmouth City, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£89,303
The Fore	£65,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£9,918

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to MSL Discover
£89,303	08/03/2023	MSL Discover: Tressell's Children
Sussex Community Foundation - Jubilee: Sun Shall Rise
£9,918	31/03/2022	Funding was provided to commission new choral works to celebrate the Queens Jubilee, performed flash mob style.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	18/03/2022	Philosophy in Schools
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	09/04/2021	Philosophy in Schools
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	07/05/2020	Philosophy in Schools
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to The Philosophy Foundation
£5,000	17/04/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to The Philosophy Foundation, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
The Fore - Grant to The Philosophy Foundation
£30,000	08/12/2019 24	The Philosophy Foundation works with children and adults to help them develop critical thinking skills, cognitive ability, communication skills, higher order reasoning skills, problem solving, ....more The Philosophy Foundation works with children and adults to help them develop critical thinking skills, cognitive ability, communication skills, higher order reasoning skills, problem solving, confidence and the ability to see beyond the content delivered to them. It provides a variety of critical thinking interventions for schools in disadvantaged areas, prisons and the elderly – all provided by trained volunteer philosophy graduates. Even resource constrained schools value the programme to such a degree that 91% renew contracts, a remarkable rate of success. The Philosophy Foundation will use funding from The Fore to provide the necessary staff capacity to meet demand from additional schools for the programme, while also freeing up the leadership from administrative tasks. This new staff capacity will be funded through the new school contracts within two years, enabling the organisation to successfully scale its work across the UK.
The Fore - Grant to The Philosophy Foundation
£30,000	01/12/2019 24	The Philosophy Foundation works with children and adults to help them develop critical thinking skills, cognitive ability, communication skills, higher order reasoning skills, problem solving, ....more The Philosophy Foundation works with children and adults to help them develop critical thinking skills, cognitive ability, communication skills, higher order reasoning skills, problem solving, confidence and the ability to see beyond the content delivered to them. It provides a variety of critical thinking interventions for schools in disadvantaged areas, prisons and the elderly - all provided by trained volunteer philosophy graduates. Even resource constrained schools value the programme to such a degree that 91% renew contracts, a remarkable rate of success. The Philosophy Foundation will use funding from The Fore to provide the necessary staff capacity to meet demand from additional schools for the programme, while also freeing up the leadership from administrative tasks. This new staff capacity will be funded through the new school contracts within two years, enabling the organisation to successfully scale its work across the UK.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/07/2018	Main Grants award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Philosophy Foundation
£2,807	04/08/2017	Our Young Philosophers Programme gives disadvantaged pupils the chance to experience new activities, gain confidence and improve literacy.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Philosophy Foundation
£68,262	13/06/2012	Towards the salary and associated project costs of an evaluation to identify and measure the impact of teaching philosophy to children in 20 English primary schools, aiming to generate practical ....more Towards the salary and associated project costs of an evaluation to identify and measure the impact of teaching philosophy to children in 20 English primary schools, aiming to generate practical outcomes.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-61

KATHRYN LOUISE BARRETT FINCH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor And Edi Consultant

KEERTI CHANDRA RAJAN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consulting Director

KEVIN MCAREVEY Appointed: 2022

STEWART EDGINTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Wealth Management

CATHY ROSE TUPMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Administrator

JOHN SKELTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Principle Engineering Architect

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2011, number: 1140338
Registered at Companies House on 22/10/2010, number: 07416912

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

RO GSM
21-27 Lamb's Conduit Street
London
WC1N 3GS

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF PHILOSOPHY AND TO PROMOTE THE SKILLS WHICH DERIVE FROM PHILOSOPHICAL LEARNING AND THE APPLICATION OF PHILOSOPHICAL METHODOLOGY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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