Registered charity · London
Breaking Convention Events
Breaking Convention Events is a registered charity (number 1159687) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Dave Luke since 2013. Latest income £228k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Breaking Convention (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £228k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.breakingconvention.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Breaking Convention Events
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£228k£225k
- 2024£55k£66k
- 2023£180k£195k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£37k
- 2021£2k£29k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) ORGANISING AND HOSTING A BIENNIAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BRINGING TOGETHER MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES (INCLUDING MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, LAW, POLITICS AND THE ARTS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH OF PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES; B) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES AND THE DISSEMINATION, AND ASSISTANCE IN THE DISSEMINATION, OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.C) THE PUBLICATION OF AN ACADEMIC BOOK BASED ON EACH CONFERENCE
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dave Luke Chair since 2013
- Aimee Tollan since 2013
- Alexander Jakob Beiner since 2020
- Dr Peter Howard Hughes since 2024
- Harriet Wells since 2018
- Nikki Wyrd since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Dave Luke Chair since 2013
- Aimee Tollan since 2013
- Alexander Jakob Beiner since 2020
- Harriet Wells since 2018
- Nikki Wyrd since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dave Luke Chair since 2013
- Aimee Tollan since 2013
- Alexander Jakob Beiner since 2020
- Dr Peter Howard Hughes since 2024
- Harriet Wells since 2018
- Nikki Wyrd since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159687
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/11/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08482397 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07929357973 · admin@breakingconvention.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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