The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Institute of Conservation

Registered charity 1108380 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

16 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 16Education/training 16Environment/conservation/heritage 16

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 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£847k 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.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.7 in 2021

8 from 10 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.icon.org.uk
Emailgovernance@icon.org.uk
Phone02031426784
AddressTHE FINSBURY BUSINESS CENTRE LTD, 40 BOWLING GREEN LANE, LONDON, EC1R 0NE

Finances

£846,800 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£763,286£730,399
2022£782,222£738,005
2023£696,048£741,468
2024£693,068£748,203
2025£846,800£866,721

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RESEARCH INTO AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION OF ITEMS AND COLLECTIONS OF ITEMS OF CULTURAL, AESTHETIC, HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE.2) TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE ITEMS AND COLLECTIONS OF ITEMS OF CULTURAL, AESTHETIC, HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/02/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 02/12/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/2014 as amended on 27 Aug 2020

Trustees (16)

16trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute of Conservation · 05201058 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/08/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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