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Registered charity · London

The Resolution Foundation

1) to promote research and the education of the public into the economic and social sciences including, but without prejudice to the generality, the effect of economic, social and financial factors on the living standards at all stages of life of...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £4.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.resolutionfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Resolution Foundation
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.2m£3.5m
  • 2024£4.0m£3.7m
  • 2023£3.7m£3.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.3m£3.0m
  • 2021£2.7m£2.8m
Charitable objects

1) to promote research and the education of the public into the economic and social sciences including, but without prejudice to the generality, the effect of economic, social and financial factors on the living standards at all stages of life of people benefiting from an income at or below the national average; and 2) to the extent resources of the charity are not required for object 1), to prevent and relieve poverty and to advance such other exclusively charitable purposes as the trustees see fit, including, but without prejudice to the generality, through social investment projects.

Board analysis for researchers

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

5.2y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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

Finance 27Professional services 9Business services 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2020

30 from 24 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1114839
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 OCTOBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 MAY 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 NOV 2017 as amended on 05 Feb 2020
Companies House
Company number 05588883 · Active
Contact on the register
02033722960 · info@resolutionfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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