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The Gemmological Association of Great Britain

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £3.3m (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Australia, Bahrain, Canada, China and more
Website
www.gem-a.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.3m£3.0m
  • 2024£3.2m£3.2m
  • 2023£3.2m£3.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.0m£2.8m
  • 2021£2.8m£2.6m
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF GEMMOLOGY IN PARTICULAR BY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

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.

7 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
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 7Education/training 7

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 6Hospitality 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.2m latest income
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.

9.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

18 from 24 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
1109555
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 SEPTEMBER 1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14 JANUARY 1986, 4 SEPTEMBER 1990, 17 OCTOBER 1990, AND 20 APRIL 2005. as amended on 28 Jun 2007
Companies House
Company number 01945780 · Active
Contact on the register
02074043334 · information@gem-a.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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