The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Geographical Association

Registered charity 1135148 Registered since 2010

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

14 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

14
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 14Environment/conservation/heritage 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 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.

Other services 15Education 4Business services 2

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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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£1.2m 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.

18.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 25.2 in 2021

15 from 16 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.geography.org.uk
Emailinfo@geography.org.uk
Phone01142960088
AddressTHE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION, 160 SOLLY STREET, SHEFFIELD, S1 4BF

Finances

£1,208,254 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£953,692£962,851
2022£1,066,279£1,269,158
2023£1,125,312£1,221,160
2024£1,274,684£1,323,160
2025£1,208,254£1,293,517

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FURTHERING GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF GOOD PRACTICE IN GEOGRAPHICAL TEACHING AND LEARNING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JANUARY 2010

Trustees (14)

14trustees
54median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Geographical Association · 07139068 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/01/2010

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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