Committee on Publication Ethics

Analysis

Committee on Publication Ethics is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06389120). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Committee on Publication Ethics reported income of £729k and spending of £635k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £461k to £729k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Committee on Publication Ethics sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst) (£727k), The King Edward's School Birmingham Trust (£730k) and Sue Lambert Trust (£725k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £91k. Reserves of £225k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.