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Registered charity · Peterborough

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £42m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, China, Singapore and more
Website
www.cips.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£42m£42m
  • 2024£39m£38m
  • 2023£34m£34m
Earlier years
  • 2022£30m£28m
  • 2021£27m£25m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY AND LIKEWISE TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED METHODS OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY IN ALL ORGANISATIONS (B) TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL, ABILITY AND INTEGRITY AMONG PERSONS ENGAGED IN PURCHASING AND SUPPLY (C) TO EDUCATE PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY AND BY MEANS OF EXAMINATION AND OTHER METHODS OF ASSESSMENT TO TEST THE SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ENTER THE INSTITUTE.

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£38.7m latest income
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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2020

240 from 196 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1017938
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 28/09/1992AS AMENDED ON 30/11/2011AS AMENDED ON 08/10/2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 15 NOV 2023
Contact on the register
01780756777 · member.services@cips.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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