Registered charity · London
The English Association
- 20 trustees
- Income £245k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Barbara DavidsonTrustee · since 2025
- Cassandra MartinTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Fiona Margaret DouglasTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Lorna Ann RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary DraperTrustee · since 2020
- Helen WallaceTrustee · since 2021
- Julia MorrisTrustee · since 2025
- Katherine Anne StoneTrustee · since 2025
- Kirstie HewettTrustee · since 2022
- Kirsty ArmstrongTrustee · since 2025
- Lucy CuthbertsonTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew Robin CarnabyTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Alexander John Peter ThomsonTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Anshuman Ahmed MondalTrustee · since 2022
- Professor David Duff FEATrustee · since 2015
- Professor Greg Walker FEATrustee · since 2016
- Professor Jennifer RichardsTrustee · since 2016
- Professor Katherine Isobel BaxterTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Martin Halliwell FEATrustee · since 2013
- Tracey MaloneyTrustee · since 2020
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.englishassociation.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£245k£198k
- 2024£231k£82k
- 2023£240k£149k
Earlier years
- 2022£224k£142k
- 2021£215k£375k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ITS LITERATURES AND TO FOSTER GOOD PRACTICE IN ITS TEACHING AND LEARNING AT ALL LEVELS.
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.
20 trustees on the board
- Barbara Davidson since 2025
- Cassandra Martin since 2025
- Dr Fiona Margaret Douglas since 2022
- Dr Lorna Ann Robinson since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary Draper since 2020
- Helen Wallace since 2021
- Julia Morris since 2025
- Katherine Anne Stone since 2025
- Kirstie Hewett since 2022
- Kirsty Armstrong since 2025
- Lucy Cuthbertson since 2025
- Matthew Robin Carnaby since 2024
- Professor Jennifer Richards since 2016
- Professor Martin Halliwell FEA since 2013
- Professor Alexander John Peter Thomson since 2022
- Professor Anshuman Ahmed Mondal since 2022
- Professor David Duff FEA since 2015
- Professor Greg Walker FEA since 2016
- Professor Katherine Isobel Baxter since 2024
- Tracey Maloney since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Mary Draper since 2020
- Professor Jennifer Richards since 2016
- Professor Martin Halliwell FEA since 2013
- Professor David Duff FEA since 2015
- Professor Greg Walker FEA since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (19)
- Barbara Davidson since 2025
- Dr Fiona Margaret Douglas since 2022
- Dr Lorna Ann Robinson since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary Draper since 2020
- Helen Wallace since 2021
- Julia Morris since 2025
- Katherine Anne Stone since 2025
- Kirstie Hewett since 2022
- Kirsty Armstrong since 2025
- Lucy Cuthbertson since 2025
- Matthew Robin Carnaby since 2024
- Professor Jennifer Richards since 2016
- Professor Martin Halliwell FEA since 2013
- Professor Alexander John Peter Thomson since 2022
- Professor Anshuman Ahmed Mondal since 2022
- Professor David Duff FEA since 2015
- Professor Greg Walker FEA since 2016
- Professor Katherine Isobel Baxter since 2024
- Tracey Maloney since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Cassandra Martin since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1124890
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 8 DECEMBER 2006
- Contact on the register
- 01162297622 · hello@englishassociation.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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