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Institute of Conservation

Institute of Conservation is a registered charity (number 1108380) based in London, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £847k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £847k (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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.icon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Institute of Conservation
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£847k£867k
  • 2024£693k£748k
  • 2023£696k£741k
Earlier years
  • 2022£782k£738k
  • 2021£763k£730k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

9 grants · £2,890,259 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,662,020 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £194,792 (3 grants)
  • The Clothworkers' Foundation · £25,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £7,500
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £947

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £178,2202026-01-15
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £9472024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £25,0002022-12-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £99,4002020-10-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £83,9002020-10-14
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.

16 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.9y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1108380
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 05201058 · Active
Contact on the register
02031426784 · governance@icon.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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