Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester
Basic Income Research Group
- 11 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Matthew Thomas JohnsonChair · since 2024
- Anne Glenda MillerTrustee · since 2017
- Daniel MermelsteinTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Elliott Aidan JohnsonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr John Simon DuffyTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Remco Pieter Johan PetersTrustee · since 2024
- Howard Robert ReedTrustee · since 2024
- Joanna Kate PoultonTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan Rhys WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Julia Elizabeth Maryke HinesTrustee · since 2024
- Roweena RussellTrustee · since 2024
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.birg.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£33k
- 2024£8k£65
- 2023£2k£60
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£81
- 2021£3k£514
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ADVANTAGES AND FEASIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN’S BASIC INCOME: THAT IS, A PERIODIC, UNIFORM (EXCEPT BY AGE), UNCONDITIONAL CASH PAYMENT DELIVERED TO ALL ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, WITHOUT MEANS TEST OR BEHAVIOURAL REQUIREMENT
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Matthew Thomas Johnson Chair since 2024
- Anne Glenda Miller since 2017
- Daniel Mermelstein since 2024
- Dr Elliott Aidan Johnson since 2024
- Dr John Simon Duffy since 2022
- Dr Remco Pieter Johan Peters since 2024
- Howard Robert Reed since 2024
- Joanna Kate Poulton since 2024
- Jonathan Rhys Williams since 2025
- Julia Elizabeth Maryke Hines since 2024
- Roweena Russell since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Glenda Miller since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dr Matthew Thomas Johnson Chair since 2024
- Anne Glenda Miller since 2017
- Daniel Mermelstein since 2024
- Dr Elliott Aidan Johnson since 2024
- Dr John Simon Duffy since 2022
- Dr Remco Pieter Johan Peters since 2024
- Howard Robert Reed since 2024
- Joanna Kate Poulton since 2024
- Jonathan Rhys Williams since 2025
- Julia Elizabeth Maryke Hines since 2024
- Roweena Russell since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1171533
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 08 FEB 2017AMENDED ON 09 MAY 2022AMENDED ON 21 FEB 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07968499697 · info@birg.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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