The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Registered charity 1001565 Registered since 1991

Operates: Liverpool City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

15
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 15Other Charitable Purposes 15General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 22Arts and leisure 12Other services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£15.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

16.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 19.3 in 2021

157 from 152 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.lipa.ac.uk
Emailreception@lipa.ac.uk
Phone01513303000
AddressLiverpool Institute for Performing, Mount Street, LIVERPOOL, L1 9HF

Finances

£15,039,194 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,496,228£11,698,169
2022£12,857,497£12,131,746
2023£13,115,020£12,819,823
2024£14,263,569£13,738,686
2025£15,039,194£14,888,505

What it does

What

Education/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENABLE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FOR AND ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO GENERATE INTEREST IN, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO CONDUCT, CARRY ON, ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM INSTITUTIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS OR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY POOR CHILDREN, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ANCILLARY SKILLS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JUNE 1990 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 25 MARCH 2011 AND APPROVED BY PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE (UNDER THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1988 (AS AMENDED)) ON 20 APRIL 2011

Trustees (15)

15trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · 02511501 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/06/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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