The Directory of Social Change

Analysis

The Directory of Social Change is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1988, 38 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 02320712). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Directory of Social Change reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £1.7m to £1.9m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Directory of Social Change sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leadership Centre for Local Government (£1.9m), National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (£1.9m) and Demos (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £217k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.