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London Institute of Space Policy and Law

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1137838LondonEducation and training
Income£23k2025-12-31
Spending£84ksame year
Spent / received119%5-year average
Size in its cause55th pctEducation and training
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

London Institute of Space Policy and Law is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2010, 16 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 07034158). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, London Institute of Space Policy and Law reported income of £23k and spending of £84k, spending 363% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £85k to £23k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, London Institute of Space Policy and Law sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 6th Christchurch (Bransgore) Scout Group (£23k), Friends of Malmesbury Park Primary School (£23k) and 68th Doncaster (Hatfield) Scout Group (£23k).

Income and spending

£0£22k£43k£65k£87k2021 Income: £85,2802021 Spending: £53,24920212022 Income: £60,3672022 Spending: £86,64420222023 Income: £43,7082023 Spending: £44,47520232024 Income: £58,6232024 Spending: £55,15520242025 Income: £23,0442025 Spending: £83,6992025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Institute teaches and provides for others, courses in space policy and law at university level or above; carries out research, including commissioned independent studies of policy and legal issues arising in the use and exploration of outer space; provides information, including reports and commentaries of relevance in the use and exploration of outer space. The Institute operates worldwide.

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CharityLocationIncome
6th Christchurch (Bransgore) Scout GroupChristchurch£23k
Friends of Malmesbury Park Primary SchoolBournemouth£23k
68th Doncaster (Hatfield) Scout GroupDoncaster£23k
Friends and Relations of Greysbrooke SchoolLichfield£23k