Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -3

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

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 15

WRITERS AND SCHOLARS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Such charitable purposes including the advancement and promotion by teaching, lecturing, publishing or disseminating in written or spoken form or otherwise, as shall best advance and encourage education or other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in connection with the study of political, economic, social, natural sciences and the humanities and human rights.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£1,399	£1,320	£79	£358	£570	£507	4.6	10	1
31/03/23	*	£1,591	£1,267	£324	£326	£490	£490	4.6	9	10
31/03/22		£1,137	£1,002	£135	£274	£166	£166	2	8	0
31/03/21		£811	£665	£147	£262	£32	£32	0.6	8	0
31/03/20?		£726	£887	£-161	£320	£-115	£-115	-1.6	14	15
31/03/18		£1,028	£1,054	£-26	£340	£60	£57	0.7	13	0
31/03/17		£898	£854	£44	£289	£86	£38	0.5	12	0
31/03/16		£848	£830	£18	£370	£42	£27	0.4	11	0
31/03/15		£679	£692	£-14	£214	£24	£24	0.4	10	0
31/03/14		£817	£875	£-58	£180	£38	£36	0.5	10	0
31/03/13		£1,132	£1,117	£16	£182	£96	£72	0.8	14	0
31/03/12		£1,099	£1,090	£9	£190	£80	£67	0.7	14	0
31/03/11		£1,073	£1,017	£56	£124	£71	£51	0.6	12	0
31/03/10		£714	£730	£-16	£102	£15	£5	0.1	8	0
31/03/09		£622	£632	£-10	£516	£31	£13	0.3	7	0
31/03/08	*	£699	£705	£-6	£511	£41	£29	0.5	8	0
31/03/07	*	£201	£179	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£231	£233	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£122	£103	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£122	£189	£-67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 51 years

www.indexoncensorship.org

info@indexoncensorship.org

02038489820

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Albania, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Congo (Democratic Republic), Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Liverpool City, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Poland, ....more

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£148,141
David & Elaine Potter Foundation	£60,000
The Joffe Trust	£59,968

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Index on Censorship
£148,141	16/03/2024 24	UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£20,000	09/05/2023 12	Core funding
The Joffe Trust - Index on Censorship
£59,968	20/05/2022	To work with the Foreign Policy Centre on 'SLAPP' law suits
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	04/08/2021	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	31/10/2019 16	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	13/02/2019 12	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	18/10/2017 12	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	10/05/2016 12	Core funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Writers and Scholars Educational Trust (Index on Censorship)
£36,200	04/11/2015	What a Liberty
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	24/02/2015 12	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£35,000	20/08/2013	Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - TRIPWIRES
£10,000	04/11/2010 12	This is a project by a community organisation in Islington. They will create a live performance featuring young people and based on the theme of censorship, to highlight how it affects people and the community. The young people involved will also ....more This is a project by a community organisation in Islington. They will create a live performance featuring young people and based on the theme of censorship, to highlight how it affects people and the community. The young people involved will also receive a recognised qualification, which can be used to deliver similar projects.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Index on Censorship
£15,000	10/03/2010 12	Towards Project costs Towards the core costs of the Artistic Expression and Self Censorship Programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-71

ANDREW FRANKLIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Publishing

HELEN MOUNTFIELD Appointed: 2023

IAN ROSENBLATT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer

JAMES GOODE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director

KATE MALTBY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Journalist

NICK TIMOTHY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Journalist

TREVOR PHILLIPS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Writer & Broadcaster

WSET (TRUSTEE) LTD Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1974, number: 325003
Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2016, number: 10188386

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 90 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 149 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 25 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Haysmacintyre LLP
Thames Exchange
10 Queen Street Place
LONDON
EC4R 1AG

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT AD PROMOTION BY TEACHING LECTURING AND PUBLISHING OR DISSEMINATING IN WRITTEN OR SPOKEN FORM OR OTHERWISE AS SHALL BEST ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION OR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS. (SEE DETAILS OF CLAUSE 1 OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEED)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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