Registered charity · London
Ideas Matter
- 4 trustees
- Income £236k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- ideasmatter.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ideas Matter
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£236k£193k
- 2024£124k£128k
- 2023£122k£114k
Earlier years
- 2022£152k£123k
- 2021£278k£175k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):2.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF PUBLIC DEBATES, FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS INVOLVING ACADEMICS, THINKERS AND EXPERTS THAT DEEPEN AND ENRICH THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PARTICIPANTS; AND2.1.2 TO ADVANCE GOOD CITIZENSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF IDEAS OF TOLERANCE, OPEN DEBATE AND PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF LIVE EVENTS, AND IN PRINT AND ONLINE.
Grants received
3 grants · £30,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- CHK Foundation · £30,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Ferenc Furedi since 2018
- Luke Samuel Gittos since 2018
- Philip ROY Mullan since 2018
- Sheila Frances Lewis since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Ferenc Furedi since 2018
- Luke Samuel Gittos since 2018
- Philip ROY Mullan since 2018
- Sheila Frances Lewis since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Ferenc Furedi since 2018
- Luke Samuel Gittos since 2018
- Sheila Frances Lewis since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Philip ROY Mullan since 2018
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1178999
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 FEB 2018 as amended on 03 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 11213433 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207 269 9234 · info@ideasmatter.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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