The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Institute of Professional Sound

Registered charity 1016699 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United States

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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.

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

7
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13Other Charitable Purposes 13

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

Other services 7Arts and leisure 1Tech and media 1

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£71k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ips.org.uk
Emailsecretariat@ips.org.uk
Phone03004008427
AddressIPS Secretariat, PO Box 208, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 9BQ

Finances

£70,824 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£48,300£39,900
2022£47,182£26,641
2023£56,691£38,113
2024£88,222£96,287
2025£70,824£63,140

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT BROADCAST SOUND,AND TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS RESULTING FROM BROADCASTING SOUND OF HIGH TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC QUALITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/12/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2011 as amended on 03 Apr 2018 as amended on 05 Aug 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Institute of Professional Sound · 02776194 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/12/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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