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Activities & Mission

Improving policing for the benefit of the public by: Undertaking credible quality applied research of direct relevance to policy and practice;Hosting events and independent enquiries into specific policing issues;Offering training and consultancy to help the police and others transfer evidence and knowledge into policy and practice; andDisseminating key issues through publications etc.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£615,982
Latest Expenditure
£627,353

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 101.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £313,422
Charitable Activities £256,671
Other Trading £0
Investments £10,223
Other Income £35,666

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £622,974
Raising Funds £4,081
Governance £2,675
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £298

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£615,982£627,353£622,974£472,012£472,0128 / 0
2023£538,199£530,742£530,742£483,383£483,3837 / 0
2022£440,562£494,8950 / 0
2021£490,166£412,8430 / 0
2020£450,701£499,0560 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
The Police Foundation
124 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Registration Date
15 August 1979
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
278257
Charity Number
278257

Trustees

SIR DAVID GARRARD
LORD DHOLAKIA OF WALTHAM BROOKS PC OBE DL
PROFESSOR NICHOLAS FYFE
Dame SARA THORNTON DBE QPM
Mary-Jane Calam
Martin Innes
Stephen Rimmer
Michael Cunningham CBE QPM
Andrew Tivey
HUGH SHERRIFFE