The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Committee on Publication Ethics

Registered charity 1123023 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

9
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 12

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 8Tech and media 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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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£638k latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.5 in 2020

4 from 3 in 2022
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.publicationethics.org
Emailcope_execofficer@publicationethics.org
Phone023 8090 8090
AddressNEW KINGS COURT, TOLLGATE, CHANDLER'S FORD, EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE, SO53 3LG

Finances

£638,162 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£450,014£396,988
2021£461,119£401,354
2022£524,742£488,274
2023£566,307£533,158
2024£638,162£682,134

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENCE JOURNALS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/10/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/02/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/03/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/09/2015 as amended on 12 Dec 2019

Trustees (12)

12trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Committee on Publication Ethics · 06389120 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/10/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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