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The Albany 2001 Company

Registered charity 1112521 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 4Business services 2Health and social care 1

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£2.5m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.5 in 2021

39 from 45 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.
30%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.thealbany.org.uk
Emailreception@thealbany.org.uk
Phone02086920231
AddressTHE ALBANY, ALBANY CENTRE & THEATRE, DOUGLAS WAY, LONDON, SE8 4AG

Finances

£2,456,075 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,615,356£2,634,943
2022£3,616,310£3,391,751
2023£3,604,157£4,348,923
2024£2,181,563£2,664,180
2025£2,456,075£2,849,485

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR THE PARTICULAR BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING IN, WORKING IN, OR RESORTING TO THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF GREENWICH, LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK IN ORDER TO:1. PROMOTE THE ARTS;2. PROMOTE EDUCATION;3. RELIEVE NEED AND DISADVANTAGE;4. PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;5. PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND6. PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 DECEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 JULY 2003 AND 7 OCTOBER 2005.AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 NOV 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Albany 2001 Company · 04333098 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/12/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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