Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

RETHINKING ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL 

Rethinking Economics is an international network of students, academics and professionals building a better economics in society and the classroom.Through a mixture of campaigning, events and engaging projects, Rethinking Economics connects people globally to discuss and enact the change needed for the future of economics, and to propel the vital debate on what economics is today.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 9 years

www.rethinkeconomics.org

info@rethinkeconomics.org

07512307123

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£358£611£-254n/an/an/an/an/a500
31/03/22£663£337£326£10£558£3661385
31/03/21£349£262£87n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£293£311£-18n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/19£274£295£-21n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/18£263£143£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£137£83£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£195£185£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 500 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£207,000
Friends Provident Foundation£200,000
The Joffe Trust£54,973
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rethinking Economics International
£57,000 18/03/2023
UK Rethinking Economics Development – Core Funding
The Joffe Trust - Rethinking Economics
£29,973 20/05/2022
To scope a Rethinking Acountancy campaign
Friends Provident Foundation - Rethinking Economics - Core Funding 2021
£200,000 01/04/2021
Core funding in support of Rethinking Economics' work
The Joffe Trust - Rethinking Economics
£25,000 29/01/2021
12
Upgrade communications infrastructure
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rethinking Economics
£150,000 30/11/2019
36
Core funding for Rethinking Economics' UK Operations
Friends Provident Foundation - REPCE- Core Funding
£200,000 12/03/2019
Our purpose is to build a diverse movement of people who challenge and renew the practice, teaching and application of economics in order to create economic systems which serve people and planet. We ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rethinking Economics
£80,000 02/12/2017
24
Core costs
Friends Provident Foundation - REPCE - A sustainable and effective student-led movement to transform economics for the benefit of society
£190,000 14/03/2017
Economics is failing to answer to the pressing social, environmental and political challenges we face today. Rethinking Economics' (RE) first aim is to equip economists with tools to build fair and ....more
Friends Provident Foundation - Rethinking Economics - To set up a new national network to promote, support and co-ordinate student Post-Crash campaigns
£95,000 09/09/2014
The education of economists reproduces harmful forms of financial thinking and practice. By professionalising our existing campaign to reform university syllabuses, our work will create economists ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2014, number: 1158972
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

22A Beswick St
Manchester
M4 7HR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ECONOMICS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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