01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 25 September 2014
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 06975984
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £3,054,478
- Latest expenditure
- £3,283,942
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 17 Oval Way, London, SE115RR
Website recorded by the regulator: fullfact.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We provide free tools, advice, and information so that anyone can check the claims we hear about public issues.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,054,478
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,283,942
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,915,195
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,831,384
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,643,646
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,784,418
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,547,541
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,497,818
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 September 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,449,633
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,409,919
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 20 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,054,478
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,283,942
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 8
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 32570
- Income From Government Grants
- £92,074
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,915,195
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,831,384
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 8
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 27700
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,643,646
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,784,418
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 3
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,547,541
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,497,818
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 6
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,449,633
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,409,919
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 20 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1808926
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1233418
- Income Investments
- 12134
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3054478
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £332,341
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,951,601
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3283942
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 78979
- Expenditure Governance
- 10272
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 118084
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3389
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 78091
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £666,391
- Assets Total Fixed
- 327991
- Assets Own Use
- 327991
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £904,330
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £202,346
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,029,975
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 202346
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £549,601
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 994382
- Funds Restricted
- 35593
- Funds Total
- 1029975
- Count Employees
- 47
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1533892
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1359562
- Income Investments
- 21741
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2915195
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £262,913
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,568,471
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2831384
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 28329
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 29445
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3909
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,178,863
- Assets Total Fixed
- 249900
- Assets Own Use
- 249900
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,693,839
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £684,300
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,259,439
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 684300
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £904,480
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1178863
- Funds Restricted
- 80576
- Funds Total
- 1259439
- Count Employees
- 43
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1576920
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1053941
- Income Investments
- 12785
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2643646
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £210,808
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,573,610
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2784418
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 184
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 29118
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3513
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,126,282
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11197
- Assets Own Use
- 11197
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,643,669
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £478,996
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,175,870
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 478996
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,551,671
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1126282
- Funds Restricted
- 49588
- Funds Total
- 1175870
- Count Employees
- 41
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1831199
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 716342
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2547541
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £217,847
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,279,971
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2497818
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 5448
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 30015
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2831
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,287,919
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11425
- Assets Own Use
- 11425
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,672,672
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £367,455
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,316,642
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 367455
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,572,744
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1287919
- Funds Restricted
- 28723
- Funds Total
- 1316642
- Count Employees
- 36
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 September 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1903756
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 545877
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2449633
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £181,210
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,228,709
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2409919
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 192
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 13997
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 966
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,266,919
- Assets Total Fixed
- 12055
- Assets Own Use
- 12055
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,114,725
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £859,861
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,266,919
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 859861
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,054,960
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1266919
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1266919
- Count Employees
- 31
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FULL FACT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2014-09-25T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- FULL FACT
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2023-12-08T00:00:00
- Reason
- Removed by application
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5037785
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1153567
- Assoc Charity Name
- EDUCATION MEDIA CENTRE
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/09/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/09/2014 as amended on 18 Mar 2020 as amended on 12 Aug 2021 as amended on 30 Mar 2022
- Charitable Objects
- The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit:(1) to advance public education in the fields of crime, health, immigration, economy, education, environment and social welfare, through education, research and training, to promote and advance public understanding and inform public debate in those fields and in particular by making available to the public, through a process of 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(2) to promote citizenship and civic responsibility including by encouraging and facilitating informed participation and engagement by members of the public in their communities, promoting high standards of informed public debate and the provision of Public Interest Content by exclusively charitable means(3) to advance health and in particular to minimise the damage to people’s health caused by inaccurate or unreliable information“Public Interest Content” means news and other information, which is generated, checked, confirmed, corrected as necessary and disseminated to the public online or by other means according to high standards of ethical conduct and best practice in journalism and which provides one or more of the following benefits to the public:• informs members of the public about matters of relevance to their role and responsibilities as citizens;• enables members of local communities to become aware of and understand matters of common concern to them as members of their community and which promotes their involvement and cooperation in such matters and community cohesion accordingly;• enables members of the public to participate in an informed manner in relevant democratic processes and, as a result, supports the legitimacy of the democratic process as a whole;• benefits the public by promoting charitable educational outcomes, such as improving public understanding of health and medical matters or the conservation of the environmentSuch 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.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff