The Institute of Commercial Management Limited

Registered charity 1045370 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Bahrain, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Burma, Nigeria

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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.

3 trustees on the board

John Caithness Chair since 2018
Crescents George since 2020
Johannes Ludick since 2024

5.3y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

John Caithness Chair since 2018

7.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

John Caithness Chair since 2018
Crescents George since 2020
Johannes Ludick since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 3Education/training 3

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 3Arts and leisure 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021

24 from 36 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.

Also active in the same field

Blackburn With Darwen Council for Voluntary Service Similar size; both Community development
Leicestershire Education Business Company Limited Similar size; both Community development
Protect (Whistleblowing Advice) Limited Similar size; both Community development
Mosaic Clubhouse Similar size; both Community development
Halton Community Transport Similar size; both Community development
Warwickshire Rural Community Council Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.icm.education
Email	info@icm.education
Phone	01202490555
Address	I C M, I C M House, Yeoman Road, RINGWOOD, BH24 3FA

Finances

£1,083,687 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,515,451	£1,121,400
2022	£1,386,942	£1,523,602
2023	£1,320,632	£1,449,999
2024	£1,223,946	£1,232,865
2025	£1,083,687	£1,215,556

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PREPARATION, VALIDATION, ACCREDITATION, CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS, EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF ASSESSING AND RECORDING ACADEMIC OR OTHER ACHIEVEMENT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 MARCH 1995

Trustees (3)

3trustees

53median age

1aged 70+

John Caithnessage band 75-79 Chair since 2018
Crescents George since 2020
Johannes Ludickage band 50-54 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

The Institute of Commercial Management · 03031779 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/03/1995

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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