Registered charity · Glasgow
The Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing
The Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing is a registered charity (number 1160351) based in Glasgow, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Dr Marwa Mohammed Adel Mahmoud since 2020. Latest income £9k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Aaac (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £9k (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
- Where
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- Website
- aaac.world (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£4k
- 2024£9k£9k
- 2023£83k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£15k
- 2021£17k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF AFFECTIVE COMPUTING AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE. AFFECTIVE COMPUTING IS DEFINED AS THE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THAT CAN RECOGNISE, INTERPRET, PROCESS, AND SIMULATE HUMAN AFFECTS.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dr Marwa Mohammed Adel Mahmoud Chair since 2020
- Dr Gary John Mckeown since 2025
- Dr Joost Broekens since 2018
- Dr Mathieu Noel Jean Chollet since 2023
- Dr Mohammad Soleymani since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Marwa Mohammed Adel Mahmoud Chair since 2020
- Dr Joost Broekens since 2018
- Dr Mohammad Soleymani since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Marwa Mohammed Adel Mahmoud Chair since 2020
- Dr Gary John Mckeown since 2025
- Dr Joost Broekens since 2018
- Dr Mathieu Noel Jean Chollet since 2023
- Dr Mohammad Soleymani since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160351
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 02 DEC 2013AS AMENDED ON 19/12/2014 as amended on 21 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01212433108 · contact@aaac.world
- 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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