The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Open City

Registered charity 1072104 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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 13Professional services 8Tech and media 3

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.
2020
2021
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.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2020

18 from 12 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.
10%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.open-city.org.uk
Emailhello@open-city.org.uk
Phone07575229726
AddressUnit 2, C1 Design District, 1a Cripps Yard

Finances

£1,122,037 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£764,565£728,071
2021£898,362£784,319
2023£1,162,863£1,070,676
2024£1,033,055£1,088,685
2025£1,122,037£1,206,044

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

To foster public appreciation of and advance public education in architecture.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH FEBRUARY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1998 AND BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 FEBRUARY 2010 as amended on 04 Nov 2022 as amended on 04 Dec 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Open City · 03159878 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/02/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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