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Registered charity · London

The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial)

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £424k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th 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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Iraq
Website
www.bisi.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£424k£282k
  • 2024£164k£166k
  • 2023£175k£187k
Earlier years
  • 2022£61k£117k
  • 2021£73k£102k
Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATING TO IRAQ AND THE NEIGHBOURINGCOUNTRIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND RELATEDDISCIPLINES WITHIN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

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.

14 trustees on the board

5y median 4.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 14Education/training 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14

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 14Arts and leisure 3Professional services 3

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£424k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1135395
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/07/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/2010
Companies House
Company number 06966984 · Active
Contact on the register
02079695274 · bisi@britac.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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