Ecfr

Registered charity 1143536 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout London, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Lykke Friis Chair since 2013
Adam Thomas Lury since 2023
Ian Clarkson since 2017

8.3y median 9y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lykke Friis Chair since 2013
Ian Clarkson since 2017

21.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Lykke Friis Chair since 2013
Adam Thomas Lury since 2023
Ian Clarkson since 2017

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 3

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 6Education 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£7.4m 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.6 in 2020

18 from 19 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.

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

ST Catherine's School, Twickenham Similar size; both Education
Fordham University UK Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education
The Metanoia Institute Similar size; both Education
Ruskin Mill Land Trust Similar size; both Education
Remedi - Restorative Services Similar size; both Education
ARK UK Programmes Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	WWW.ECFR.EU
Phone	02072276860
Address	FIRST FLOOR, 10 QUEEN STREET PLACE, LONDON, EC4R 1BE

Finances

£7,373,787 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£5,004,814	£4,420,115
2021	£4,560,480	£4,012,848
2022	£5,689,737	£5,747,926
2023	£6,642,426	£6,585,596
2024	£7,373,787	£7,674,700

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN POLICY AND RELATED AREAS BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/02/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/08/2011

Trustees (3)

3trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

Lykke Friisage band 55-59 Chair since 2013
Adam Thomas Luryage band 70-74 since 2023
Ian Clarksonage band 70-74 since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

Ecfr · 07154609 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/02/2010

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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