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British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

To encourage and promote interest and study of the Middle Eastern cultural region from the end of classical antiquity to the present day in particular but not exclusively through the dissemination of information and by the encouragement of...

  • 19 trustees
  • Income £141k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.brismes.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£141k£164k
  • 2023£130k£146k
  • 2022£121k£119k
Earlier years
  • 2021£74k£40k
  • 2020£0£0

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

To encourage and promote interest and study of the Middle Eastern cultural region from the end of classical antiquity to the present day in particular but not exclusively through the dissemination of information and by the encouragement of co-operation amongst persons concerned with the scholarly study of the region.

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.

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (18)

Portfolio (1)

14
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 19

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

Other services 14Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£141k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1161206
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 OCT 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 MAR 2017 as amended on 28 Aug 2020 as amended on 13 Jul 2023 as amended on 02 Jul 2025 as amended on 02 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 08747770 · Active
Contact on the register
07378258068 · office@brismes.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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