The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Idries Shah Foundation

Registered charity 1150876 Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand

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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.

5 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

4
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 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Retail and trade 4Professional services 1Property 1

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 · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.idriesshahfoundation.org
Emailinfo@idriesshahfoundation.org
Phone01225336829
AddressTHE IDRIES SHAH FOUNDATION, 66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA

Finances

£70,796 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£160,436£532,316
2022£112,820£399,061
2023£101,526£241,597
2024£92,695£251,159
2025£70,796£173,481

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit:1. the advancement of education by the dissemination and promotion of the works of Idries Shah; and2. the promotion of the arts, culture and heritage with particular (but not exclusive) reference to the works of Idries Shah.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2012 as amended on 07 Oct 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees
68median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Idries Shah Foundation · 08193475 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/08/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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