01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 6 February 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 6 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £14,757
- Latest expenditure
- £14,644
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 9 EARL STREET, OXFORD, OX2 0JA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.friendshiplab.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Friendship Lab empowers adults with the wisdom and skills to make their friendships thrive. We achieve this purpose by providing evidence based courses and training, media engagement and thought leadership, and accessible research, to directly address the pressing crises of escalating loneliness and decreasing mental health.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,757
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,644
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £42,328
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £24,511
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 13 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,757
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,644
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 8
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 23 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £42,328
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £24,511
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 3
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Australia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Oceania
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- 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
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDSHIP LAB
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-02-06T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Feb 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, UNDERTAKEN WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC-BASED EDUCATIONAL COURSES, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND INFORMATION ON THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL FRIENDSHIPS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL FRIENDSHIPS TO A HEALTHY LIFE, AND BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN THE SAME AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures