Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Which? |
| Acronym: |
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| Legal status: |
Charity and a company limited by guarantee
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| Website address: |
http://www.which.co.uk/
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Peter Vicary-Smith
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| Position: |
Chief Executive |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Michelle Smyth
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| Position: |
Head of EU & International |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
2 Marylebone Road
London NW1 4DF
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44) 02077707000 |
| Fax number: |
(+44) 02077707600 |
| Other contact information: |
Which? is the operational name of Consumers' Association, registered in England and Wales No. 580128, a registered charity No. 296072.
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Which? is an independent, not-for-profit consumer organisation. Which? has around one million subscribers and is the largest consumer organisation in the UK and in Europe. Independent of government and industry, Which? is funded through the sale of Which? consumer magazines, online services and books. Which? is a consumer champion working to make things better for consumers. Our campaigns make people's lives fairer, simpler and safer.
Which? exists to make individuals as powerful as the organisations they have to deal with in their daily lives. We campaign for all UK consumers to help them get a fairer deal. We currently focus on energy, personal finance, food, health and other consumer markets.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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On behalf of Which?, the persons listed below have spent, during the last 12 months 20 percent or more of their working time on EU lobbying activities for Which?
Aniela Sroczynski, Senior Advocate, EU & International
Legal, food, personal finance and energy issues
Michelle Smyth, Head of EU & International
Food, energy, data protection and travel issues
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Aniela Karina
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SROCZYNSKI
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27/10/12
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29/08/13
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Michelle
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Smyth
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06/04/13
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04/04/14
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Which? has covered the following EU initiatives over the past year:
-Common European Sales Law
-Collective Redress
-Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution
-Food Information Regulation
-Novel Foods
-Health Claims and Nutrient Profiles
-Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive
-Mortgage Directive
-Energy Efficiency Directive
-Data Protection
-Single Market Act
-MiFID
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Food Safety
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
786,258 |
| Number of member organisations: |
0 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Which? is a member of the European Consumers' Association (BEUC) and Consumers International (CI). Which? is also active in the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD). We conduct some of our product testing through International Consumer Research & Testing (ICRT).
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
06/2010
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06/2011
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Total budget:
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84,117,682
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€
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of which public financing:
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0
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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0
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€
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- Grants:
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0
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€
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- from national sources:
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0
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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0
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€
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from other sources: |
84,117,682
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€
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- donations:
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0
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€
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- contributions from members:
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0
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€
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- trading income :
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83,187,147
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€
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- investment income :
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930,535
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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450000
€ - 500000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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More details available at Companies House: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk//index.shtml
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