Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Which?, the consumer's association (Which?)
EU Transparency Register
673306032010-87 First registered on 10 Jul 2018
Goals / Remit
Goals / remit of your organisation:
Which? is an independent, not-for-profit consumer organisation. Which? has more than 1 million member and supporters and is the largest independent consumer membership organisation in the UK. Independent of government and industry, Which? is funded through its successful commercial businesses. 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 and other consumer markets.Main EU files targeted
Which? engages on a broad range of issues including financial services, energy, food safety, telecommunications and consumer rights.
Address
Head Office
2 Marylebone Road
LONDON nw1 4df
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
On our EU work we have 3 people working at 25% of their working time, however none hold passes to the European Parliament.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Jane Wallace (Public Affairs Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Peter Vicary-Smith (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
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).
Member organisations
As of December 2017 Which? had 714,643 as reported in our annual report.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
Which? is entirely self-funded, our annual report outlines the further details of our incoe: file:///F:/Downloads/59e9ba5c394e2-Annual%20Report%202016%20-%202017.pdf
Our group trading income totaled £100.5 million in July 2016-30 June 2017. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Which? publishes position papers on proposals of interest.
Other activities
Which? has been particularly interested in REFIT, distance sales and e-privacy in the last year.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared