DEMOS

1. DEMOS 1999-09-21 → present
2. DEMOS LIMITED 1994-10-11 → 1999-09-21

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

BURGESS HODGSON AUDIT LIMITED

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. DEMOS · parent
   1. Demos Consulting Limited

Significant events

• “Demos continued its strengthening trajectory in 2024 growing its influence, financial security and organisational maturity, together enabling it to deliver more impactfully on its charitable objectives.”
• “The calling of the election in June 2024 had two major impacts on our work: first, we had to triage our entire project slate to establish how the new political context would affect our influencing operation... Secondly, it froze the pipeline of future project funding as our funders awaited the outcome of the election.”
• “During the year the Charity undertook a review of its Articles of Association and the board approved a set of revised Articles designed to reflect the correct and desired organisation of membership and trusteeship. These were filed with the appropriate governing authorities in November 2024.”
• “Recruitment resulted in the appointments of five new trustees bringing a rich range of experience and thinking to Demos: Dame Sara Khan, Chine McDonald, Will Moy, James Plunkett and Alex White.”
• “With the strength of the executive and new board teams in place at the beginning of 2025, we embarked on a multi-stage strategy review to develop a new long term strategy for Demos.”
• “In March 2024 we launched the Collaborative Democracy Network for politicians, policymakers and civil society to come together to discuss innovations that put people at the heart of policy making.”
• “Throughout 2024 we hosted the Future Public Services Taskforce, a major cross-party initiative to produce a new, public service reform strategy for central government.”
• “In 2024 CASM took a significant step forward, rebranding as Demos Digital to better integrate our digital policy work across all of Demos's pillars.”
• “Our international reach also expanded with a second wave of funding from the Government of South Korea, supporting work developing and promoting a draft bill of digital rights for the UK.”
• “First, the Google Foundation is funding Waves, which is project managed by the team and second, the Epistemic Security programme, which is funded at £900k.”
• “IHT was reformed, raising substantial revenue and closing opportunities for the well-advised to avoid the tax.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +28.1%

  £1,389,773 → £1,780,475

• Cash

  +39.3%

  £1,363,364 → £1,899,323

• Net assets

  +21.6%

  £455,767 → £554,205

• Employees

  +16.7%

  18 → 21

• Operating profit

  +103.3%

  £48,421 → £98,438

• Profit before tax

  +103.3%

  £48,421 → £98,438

• Wages

  +32%

  £730,118 → £963,846

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers