Registered charity · Bristol
The Ideas Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £357k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.ideasfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ideas Foundation
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£357k£373k
- 2024£293k£474k
- 2023£658k£639k
Earlier years
- 2022£992k£891k
- 2021£677k£668k
Charitable objects
10 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREDIJUCE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS; AND 2) THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Charles Mawer since 2024
- Edward Michael Richard Smith since 2019
- Jenny Wilkins
- Naomi Desalegene since 2016
- Simeon Quarrie since 2024
- Will Worsdell since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Edward Michael Richard Smith since 2019
- Naomi Desalegene since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Charles Mawer since 2024
- Edward Michael Richard Smith since 2019
- Naomi Desalegene since 2016
- Simeon Quarrie since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Jenny Wilkins
- Will Worsdell since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1090451
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 AUGUST 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14 DECEMBER 2001
- Companies House
- Company number 04270652 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072535004 · ideas@ideasfoundation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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