The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Social Policy Association

Registered charity 528347 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance
3
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 20Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Other services 2Business services 1Education 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£219k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.social-policy.org.uk/
Emailadmin@social-policy.org.uk
Phone0333 222 4445
AddressOffice 605, Albert House, 256-260 Old Street, London, EC1V 9DD

Finances

£219,392 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£81,675£36,018
2022£106,396£69,552
2023£164,219£163,964
2024£182,645£146,775
2025£219,392£218,290

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE TEACHING RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 JULY 1968 AS AMENDED 12 JULY 1988 as amended on 17 Jul 2020

Trustees (20)

20trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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