FULL FACT
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2,643,646 | £2,915,195 | £3,054,478 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£140,772 | £83,811 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£140,772 | £83,569 | -£229,464 | -374.6% | |
| Cash | £1,551,671 | £904,480 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,175,870 | £1,259,439 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,175,870 | £1,259,439 | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,175,870 | £1,259,439 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 41 | 43 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,941,351 | £2,170,555 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -5.3% | 2.9% | -7.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.9% | 35.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.43x | 2.48x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FULL FACT 2011-06-23 → present
- FULL FACT LTD 2011-03-25 → 2011-06-23
- FACTCHECK 2009-07-29 → 2011-03-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- FULL FACT · parent
- Full Fact Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In November and December 2025, the difficult decision was taken to make 11 employees redundant due to the financial pressures we were facing.”
- “We lost £1m in direct or indirect funding from Google over the course of 2025, partly as a result of political changes in the United States.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS, Charlotte Elizabeth | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| COOK, Anna | Director | 2019-11-13 | Mar 1971 | British |
| COX, Antonia Mary | Director | 2022-03-29 | Nov 1963 | British |
| GORDON, Timothy Alan | Director | 2019-11-13 | Aug 1971 | British |
| HARDING, James Paul | Director | 2019-07-03 | Sep 1969 | British |
| INGLEWOOD, Richard | Director | 2014-06-05 | Jul 1951 | British |
| MELAMED, Claire Helen, Dr | Director | 2022-03-29 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MENON, Anand, Professor | Director | 2019-11-13 | Sep 1965 | British |
| ROYALL, Janet Anne, Baroness | Director | 2019-11-13 | Aug 1955 | British |
| WALKER, Sarah Frances | Director | 2026-03-11 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WARDLE, Claire | Director | 2022-03-29 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, John Nicol Fortune | Secretary | 2009-07-29 | 2011-07-31 |
| MOY, William Andrew | Secretary | 2009-07-29 | 2021-12-01 |
| ARCHER OF SANDWELL, Peter Kingsley, Lord | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2012-04-30 |
| BRISCOE, Simon Jonathan Wilson | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2021-12-01 |
| DE WINTON, William Michael | Director | 2022-03-29 | 2023-07-04 |
| LIPSEY, David Lawrence, Lord | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2019-07-03 |
| NEUBERGER, Julia Babette Sarah, Baroness | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2019-09-11 |
| SAMUEL, Michael John | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2026-03-11 |
| SEATON, Jean, Professor | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2020-11-18 |
| SHARKEY, John, Lord | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2022-01-10 |
| WITHERSPOON, Sharon Fae | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2021-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.