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Registered charity · Albert House

The Degrees Initiative

The Degrees Initiative is a registered charity (number 1196532) based in Albert House, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Oliver Edmund Morton since 2021. Latest income £3.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £3.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Benin, South Africa and more
Website
www.degrees.ngo (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Degrees Initiative
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.6m£2.6m
  • 2024£2.6m£1.4m
  • 2023£3.1m£886k
Earlier years
  • 2022£262k£262k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF SOLAR GEOENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. CARRYING OUT AND COMMISSIONING EVIDENCE-LED RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS;2. ORGANISING, CONVENING, FUNDING AND DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH EVENTS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS; AND3. BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ACADEMICS, POLICYMAKERS, NGOS AND THE PUBLIC IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO EVALUATE SOLAR GEOENGINEERING.

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

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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 4

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 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

30.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.0 in 2022

8 from 5 in 2023
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
1196532
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 NOV 2021
Companies House
Company number 13290405 · Active
Contact on the register
02045367351 · admin@degrees.ngo
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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