Global Change Data LAB

Registered charity 1186433 Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Hetan Shah Chair since 2022
Dr Claire Helen Melamed since 2025
Michael Iain Blastland since 2025
Rachel Glennerster since 2023
Sir Andrew William Dilnot CBE since 2023

2.4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Hetan Shah Chair since 2022
Michael Iain Blastland since 2025
Sir Andrew William Dilnot CBE since 2023

Portfolio (2)

Dr Claire Helen Melamed since 2025
Rachel Glennerster since 2023

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 5General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 5Business services 2Professional services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£4.2m 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.

14.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.7 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Full Fact 1 shared trustee
CGD Europe 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Twickenham Preparatory School Similar size; both Education
Policy Exchange Limited Similar size; both Education
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group Similar size; both Education
Red Balloon Educational Trust Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://global-change-data-lab.org/
Email	info@ourworldindata.org
Phone	01865 403178
Address	Global Change Data Lab, Urbanoid Workspace, 1 &3 Kings Meadow, OXFORD, OX2 0DP

Finances

£4,551,476 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,416,307	£1,089,632
2022	£1,784,746	£1,768,490
2023	£2,450,820	£2,478,181
2024	£4,243,812	£2,893,379
2025	£4,551,476	£3,157,881

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF HOW GLOBAL LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE EARTH’S ENVIRONMENT ARE CHANGING, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ONLINE RESOURCES PRESENTING OBJECTIVE, IMPARTIAL RESEARCH AND RIGOROUS FACTUAL ANALYSIS, FULL, ACCURATE AND RELEVANT INFORMATION TO ASSIST SUCH PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND TO INFORM AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC DEBATE.SUCH PURPOSES SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS AND AT ALL TIMES BE CONSTRUED AND PROMOTED:(I) IN AN IMPARTIAL, OBJECTIVE, BALANCED AND INDEPENDENT MANNER OBSERVING STRICT POLITICAL NEUTRALITY, AND(II) EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW RELATING TO CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 NOV 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees

60median age

0aged 70+

Hetan Shahage band 50-54 Chair since 2022
Dr Claire Helen Melamedage band 55-59 since 2025
Michael Iain Blastlandage band 60-64 since 2025
Rachel Glennersterage band 60-64 since 2023
Sir Andrew William Dilnot CBEage band 65-69 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Global Change Data LAB · 11725483 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/12/2018

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Full Fact 1 shared trustee
CGD Europe 1 shared trustee

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