Registered charity · Surrey
The International Association for the Study of Arabia
- 12 trustees
- Income £31k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Jose Cristobal Carvajal LopezChair · since 2026
- Dr Ahmad Al-JalladTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Clive HolesTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Derek John KennetTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Julian Jansen Van RensburgTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Michael Christopher Archibald MacdonaldTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Robert Andrew CarterTrustee
- Dr Salman Ahmed AlmahariTrustee · since 2023
- Dr William DeadmanTrustee · since 2023
- John Albert Noel BrehonyTrustee · since 2017
- Professor Timothy Insoll FBATrustee · since 2023
- Simon AldersonTrustee · since 2012
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and more
- Website
- www.theiasa.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31k£23k
- 2024£28k£8k
- 2023£4k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£7k
- 2021£10k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH RELATING TO THE ARABIAN PENINSULAR AND IN PARTICULAR ITS HISTORY ANTIQUITIES ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHY LANGUAGES LITERATURE ART CULTURE CUSTOMS GEOGRAPHY GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY
Board analysis
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Dr Jose Cristobal Carvajal Lopez Chair since 2026
- Dr Ahmad Al-Jallad since 2021
- Dr Clive Holes since 2021
- Dr Derek John Kennet since 2021
- Dr Julian Jansen Van Rensburg since 2019
- Dr Michael Christopher Archibald Macdonald since 2026
- Dr Robert Andrew Carter
- Dr Salman Ahmed Almahari since 2023
- Dr William Deadman since 2023
- John Albert Noel Brehony since 2017
- Professor Timothy Insoll FBA since 2023
- Simon Alderson since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Julian Jansen Van Rensburg since 2019
- John Albert Noel Brehony since 2017
- Simon Alderson since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Jose Cristobal Carvajal Lopez Chair since 2026
- Dr Clive Holes since 2021
- Dr Derek John Kennet since 2021
- Dr Julian Jansen Van Rensburg since 2019
- Dr Robert Andrew Carter
- Dr Salman Ahmed Almahari since 2023
- Dr William Deadman since 2023
- John Albert Noel Brehony since 2017
- Professor Timothy Insoll FBA since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Ahmad Al-Jallad since 2021
- Dr Michael Christopher Archibald Macdonald since 2026
- Simon Alderson since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1003272
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1991 AS AMENDED 21 MAY 2008 AND 23 JULY 2010 as amended on 12 Mar 2014 as amended on 21 Feb 2022 as amended on 24 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02086882139 · membership@theiasa.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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