Governance,
Objects & Public Benefit
The Human Reimagined Institute is being established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation model) in England & Wales. This page sets out its legal position, charitable objects, trustee arrangements, and public benefit while an application to the Charity Commission is prepared.
Charitable Objects (draft)
The Institute's proposed objects, to be adopted in its CIO constitution, are:
- To advance the education of the public in the ethical, philosophical, social and civic implications of artificial intelligence and related technologies, in particular by developing, publishing and disseminating research, standards and open educational materials that support human agency, dignity, judgment, creativity, responsibility and meaning.
- To promote research for the public benefit into the design, deployment and governance of intelligent systems, and to publish the useful results of such research, including through open-access white papers, frameworks and public consultations.
- To promote and support the responsible use of artificial intelligence by public bodies, civil society organisations and other institutions, including through the development of non-binding standards, assessment tools and educational programmes that help preserve human judgment in decision-making.
Final wording will be settled with the Charity Commission before registration.
Public Benefit
The Institute exists to benefit the public. Its research, standards and consultations are made openly available so that anyone — practitioners, policymakers, educators, students and citizens — can use them to think more clearly about how artificial intelligence is shaping public and private life.
Benefit is not restricted to any private group. Membership of the Founding Circle carries no financial return, no ownership stake and no preferential access to services beyond early sight of drafts and invitations to open consultations. All published outputs — including the Judgment Net Gain framework and the proposed Minimum Viable Soul® standard — are available without charge.
Trustees
The Institute will be governed by a board of at least three unconnected trustees, appointed under the CIO constitution and subject to the Charity Commission's fit-and-proper-person and disqualification rules.
Head of Property in London local government, RICS Registered Valuer, MSc Artificial Intelligence candidate at the University of Bath, and a serving Magistrate. Independently published on AI governance, civic memory and human-centred decision systems. Founder of the Institute and originator of the Minimum Viable Soul® standard and the Judgment Net Gain framework.
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Trustees serve without remuneration. Any expenses and any related party interests will be declared, managed under a written Conflicts of Interest Policy, and reported in the Institute's annual accounts once registered.
Safeguarding & Conduct
The Institute does not deliver services to children or adults at risk. Consultations and events are conducted in accordance with a written safeguarding statement, a code of conduct for contributors, and a data protection policy consistent with UK GDPR. Concerns can be raised confidentially at hello@humanreimagined.org.
Independence & Non-partisanship
The Institute is politically independent and non-partisan. It does not exist to advance the interests of any political party, government or commercial entity. It may respond to public consultations and comment on policy where directly relevant to its charitable objects, in line with Charity Commission guidance CC9: Campaigning and political activity.
Standards, Certification & Trading
The Minimum Viable Soul® standard and the Judgment Net Gain framework are, at this stage, research and consultation instruments. They are not conformity assessments, legal opinions or safety assurances, and no organisation is currently certified under them.
If, in future, the Institute establishes a fee-bearing assessment or certification programme, it will be delivered through a wholly-owned trading subsidiary that gift-aids its taxable profits to the charity, in line with HMRC and Charity Commission guidance on charity trading.
Funding
The Institute intends to be funded through unrestricted donations, grants aligned with its objects, and — in due course — trading income routed through a subsidiary as above. It does not accept funding that would compromise its independence or the impartiality of its research. Once registered, annual accounts and a trustees' annual report will be published on the Charity Commission register.
Contact
For governance, trustee, or press enquiries, or to express interest in serving as an independent trustee, please write to hello@humanreimagined.org.