01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 19 November 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11725483
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £4,551,476
- Latest expenditure
- £3,157,881
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Global Change Data Lab, Urbanoid Workspace, 1 &3 Kings Meadow, OXFORD, OX2 0DP
Website recorded by the regulator: https://global-change-data-lab.org/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Global Change Data Lab is an educational charity with a focus on large global problems and international development. The charity's flagship project is the web publication Our World in Data, where we focus on communicating data and research to make progress against the world's largest problems.
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
- 14 July 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,551,476
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,157,881
- 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
- 24 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,243,812
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,893,379
- 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
- 25 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,450,820
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,478,181
- 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
- £1,784,746
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,768,490
- 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
- 20 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,416,307
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,089,632
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
- 14 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,551,476
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,157,881
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- 4
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 2
- 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
- 24 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,243,812
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,893,379
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 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
- 25 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,450,820
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,478,181
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- 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
- £1,784,746
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,768,490
- 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
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 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
- 20 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,416,307
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,089,632
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £187,428
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 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
- 14 July 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4430857
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 120619
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4551476
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,157,881
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3157881
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 11500
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 690459
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3623
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,162,515
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1711800
- Assets Own Use
- 2084
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1709716
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,974,847
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £135,783
- Assets Current Investment
- 3344208
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,550,864
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 135783
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £612,904
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5162515
- Funds Restricted
- 1388349
- Funds Total
- 6550864
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only 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
- 24 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4133098
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 110714
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4243812
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,893,379
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2893379
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 14444
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 707890
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3388
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,467,771
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1633274
- Assets Own Use
- 3908
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1629366
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,538,751
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £134,505
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,037,520
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 134505
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,253,255
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3467771
- Funds Restricted
- 1569749
- Funds Total
- 5037520
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only 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
- 25 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2309987
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 140833
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2450820
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,478,181
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2478181
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 489693
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5565
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,100,475
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1699
- Assets Own Use
- 1699
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,732,410
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £98,472
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,635,637
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 98472
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,982,879
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3100475
- Funds Restricted
- 535162
- Funds Total
- 3635637
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only 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
- 1753607
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 31139
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1784746
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,768,490
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1768490
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 9000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 317441
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6540
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,515,161
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3866
- Assets Own Use
- 3866
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,759,177
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £100,045
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,662,998
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 100045
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,654,871
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2515161
- Funds Restricted
- 1147837
- Funds Total
- 3662998
- Count Employees
- 7
- Charity Only 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
- 20 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2416157
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 150
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2416307
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,089,632
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1089632
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7800
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 72005
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2674
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,705,831
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2673
- Assets Own Use
- 2673
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,729,788
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £85,719
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,646,742
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 85719
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,711,018
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2705831
- Funds Restricted
- 940911
- Funds Total
- 3646742
- Count Employees
- 2
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GLOBAL CHANGE DATA LAB
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-11-19T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 NOV 2019
- 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.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 617720
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- GCDL
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures