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The Food Ethics Council

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £214k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.foodethicscouncil.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Food Ethics Council
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£214k£106k
  • 2024£118k£133k
  • 2023£153k£165k
Earlier years
  • 2022£150k£131k
  • 2021£150k£131k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

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

Grants received

3 grants · £192,500 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.

7 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Professional services 13Education 3Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£118k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1101885
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 NOVEMBER 2003
Companies House
Company number 03901671 · Active
Contact on the register
03330124147 · info@foodethicscouncil.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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