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Academy of Social Sciences

Academy of Social Sciences is a registered charity (number 1088537) based in London, governed by 20 trustees and chaired by William Nicholas Hutton since 2021. Latest income £589k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Academy, The Academy of Social Sciences (Charity Commission)

  • 20 trustees
  • Income £589k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.acss.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Academy of Social Sciences
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£589k£594k
  • 2024£775k£728k
  • 2023£702k£644k
Earlier years
  • 2022£605k£757k
  • 2021£617k£630k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ACADEMY IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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.

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9y
average years in governance
17
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 20Education/training 20The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Other services 18Education 7Professional services 6

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
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£775k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.2 in 2020

9 from 10 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
1088537
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/09/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/08/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/03/2013 as amended on 12 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 03847936 · Active
Contact on the register
03003033513 · operations@acss.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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