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Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester

European Consortium for Political Research

European Consortium for Political Research is a registered charity (number 1167403) based in Colchester, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Dr Daniela Irrera since 2021. Latest income £2.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Ecpr (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2025)
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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, Australia, Austria, Belgium and more
Website
www.ecpr.eu (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.2m£2.1m
  • 2024£2.2m£2.4m
  • 2023£1.9m£2.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.9m£2.3m
  • 2021£1.9m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ECPR ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:1.1.1 FOSTERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS ACTIVE IN POLITICAL RESEARCH, TEACHING AND TRAINING; 1.1.2 PLACING BETTER FACILITIES AT THE DISPOSAL OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE;1.1.3 INCREASING THE CONTACTS BETWEEN POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF EACH OTHER'S RESEARCH; AND1.1.4 MAKING IT EASIER FOR POLITICAL SCIENTISTS TO ENGAGE IN CO-OPERATIVE ADVANCED RESEARCH, TRAINING AND RESEARCH-LED TEACHING.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ECPR FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011, SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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.

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

0
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

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.2m 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.

14.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 24.1 in 2021

27 from 21 in 2021
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
1167403
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 01 Jun 2016
Contact on the register
01206630020 · finance@ecpr.eu
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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