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Mysociety

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.mysociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Mysociety
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£2.2m£2.4m
  • 2025£2.6m£2.5m
  • 2024£3.1m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2023£2.5m£2.3m
  • 2022£1.9m£2.1m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 69% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1. EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CITIZENSHIP, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY, WITHOUT LIMITATION: A. USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO: I. DEVELOP THE PUBLIC’S INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN THESE SUBJECTS II. INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION FROM AND ABOUT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, BUILDING CAPACITY AND KNOWLEDGE WITHIN COMMUNITIES B. CONDUCTING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH AND PROVIDING STRUCTURED INFORMATION ON CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES 2. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A. FACILITATING INFORMED PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC IN DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND DECISION-MAKING WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES B. INNOVATION IN THE EFFECTIVE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THESE PURPOSES

Grants received

21 grants · £934,640 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 2Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 16Business services 2Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

32 from 25 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
57%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1076346
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 NOV 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 APR 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUN 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 MAR 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 SEP 2024AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 SEP 2024
Companies House
Company number 03277032 · Active
Contact on the register
02032390725 · hello@mysociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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