Registered charity · London
Policy Exchange Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £3.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- The HON Alexander Downer ACChair · since 2018
- Dame Patricia HodgsonTrustee · since 2018
- Daniel PosenTrustee · since 2023
- Lord Andrew Roberts of BelgraviaTrustee · since 2014
- Lord Feldman of ElstreeTrustee · since 2017
- Lord Karan BilimoriaTrustee · since 2022
- Lord Simon Wolfson of Aspley GuiseTrustee · since 2020
- Ommasalma ShahTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Greta JonesTrustee · since 2015
- SIR David HardingTrustee · since 2020
- SIR David ORDTrustee · since 2020
- William SalomonTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.policyexchange.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Policy Exchange Limited
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.9m£3.8m
- 2024£4.3m£4.0m
- 2023£4.0m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.0m£3.7m
- 2021£3.4m£3.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE: 3.1 THE NON-PARTISAN ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PUBLIC POLICY AND THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE UK AND THE PROMOTION AND PUBLICATION OF OBJECTIVE RESEARCH; 3.2 THE PURSUIT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE TRUSTEES") SHALL DETERMINE
Grants received
4 grants · £200,000 total360Giving 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
- Pears Foundation · £135,000 (3 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £65,000
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
- The HON Alexander Downer AC Chair since 2018
- Dame Patricia Hodgson since 2018
- Daniel Posen since 2023
- Lord Andrew Roberts of Belgravia since 2014
- Lord Feldman of Elstree since 2017
- Lord Karan Bilimoria since 2022
- Lord Simon Wolfson of Aspley Guise since 2020
- Ommasalma Shah since 2025
- Professor Greta Jones since 2015
- SIR David Harding since 2020
- SIR David ORD since 2020
- William Salomon since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- The HON Alexander Downer AC Chair since 2018
- Dame Patricia Hodgson since 2018
- Lord Andrew Roberts of Belgravia since 2014
- Lord Feldman of Elstree since 2017
- Lord Simon Wolfson of Aspley Guise since 2020
- Professor Greta Jones since 2015
- SIR David Harding since 2020
- SIR David ORD since 2020
- William Salomon since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- The HON Alexander Downer AC Chair since 2018
- Dame Patricia Hodgson since 2018
- Daniel Posen since 2023
- Lord Feldman of Elstree since 2017
- Lord Simon Wolfson of Aspley Guise since 2020
- Ommasalma Shah since 2025
- Professor Greta Jones since 2015
- SIR David Harding since 2020
- SIR David ORD since 2020
- William Salomon since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Lord Andrew Roberts of Belgravia since 2014
- Lord Karan Bilimoria since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096300
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION DATED 9 11 01 AS AMENDED BY A RESOLUTION DATED 18 02 03
- Companies House
- Company number 04297905 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073402650 · info@policyexchange.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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