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Told BY AN Idiot

Told BY AN Idiot is a registered charity (number 1086571) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Prof Sophie Kerttu Scott since 2019. Latest income £353k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £353k (2025)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, China, Luxembourg
Website
www.toldbyanidiot.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Told BY AN Idiot
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£353k£354k
  • 2024£318k£268k
  • 2023£398k£425k
Earlier years
  • 2022£428k£378k
  • 2021£238k£212k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA.

Grants received

5 grants · £180,309 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 12General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 13Business services 1Health and social care 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£353k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1086571
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED ON 10 JUNE, 1999. as amended on 26 Oct 2018 as amended on 18 Dec 2019
Companies House
Company number 03786895 · Active
Contact on the register
02074074123 · info@toldbyanidiot.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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