The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Ambition Institute

Registered charity 1146924 Registered since 2012

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 10Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Education 40Health and social care 9Tech and media 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£33.1m 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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.3 in 2021

335 from 221 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.ambition.org.uk
Emailgovernance@ambition.org.uk
Phone020 3846 5828
AddressUnit 2, Bridge Wharf, 156 Caledonian Road, LONDON, N1 9UU

Finances

£33,089,396 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,410,965£13,838,778
2022£21,027,104£20,489,303
2023£30,162,903£29,698,037
2024£31,954,409£32,143,845
2025£33,089,396£33,537,381

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING HIGH STANDARDS IN TEACHING, PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/03/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 NOV 2016 as amended on 28 Nov 2018

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Ambition Institute · 07984030 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/03/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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