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Registered charity · Bristol

The Schumacher Institute

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £71k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.schumacherinstitute.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Schumacher Institute
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£71k£86k
  • 2024£128k£97k
  • 2023£119k£215k
Earlier years
  • 2022£157k£170k
  • 2021£220k£129k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE USE OF APPLIED SYSTEMS SCIENCES;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS THINKING, AND THE CONCEPTS OF CONVERGENCE AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY TO SOCIAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES, INCLUDING RESOURCE USE, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL COHESION;C) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:I. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;II. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;III. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS."D) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

1 grant · £27,400 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £27,400

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £27,4002010-08-04
Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

6.8y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 10Other services 5Retail and trade 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£71k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1144674
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/05/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/10/2011 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/11/2011 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22 AUGUST 2014
Companies House
Company number 06606284 · Active
Contact on the register
07921970952 · info@schumacherinstitute.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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