Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge
The Ancient India and Iran Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £161k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- A. HintzeChair · since 1999
- C. PetrieTrustee · since 2011
- C. VAN RuymbekeTrustee · since 2009
- Dr Arash ZeiniTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Piers Howard Burton BakerTrustee · since 2022
- Jo CribbTrustee · since 2016
- N Sims-WilliamsTrustee · since 1992
- S. LieuTrustee · since 2011
- SIR Nicholas John BarringtonTrustee · since 1992
- T Richard Blurton MATrustee · since 2006
- U. Sims-WilliamsTrustee · since 2004
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 And Wales
- Website
- www.indiran.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£161k£168k
- 2024£115k£96k
- 2023£85k£127k
Earlier years
- 2022£73k£82k
- 2021£73k£83k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE INDO-IRANIAN LANGUAGES AND THEIR HISTORY, AND OF THE EARLY CULTURES OF THE INDIAN AND IRANIAN WORLDS PARTICULARLY AS REPRESENTED BY THE PREHISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ART HISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE REGIONS INVOLVED.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- A. Hintze Chair since 1999
- C. Petrie since 2011
- C. VAN Ruymbeke since 2009
- Dr Arash Zeini since 2026
- Dr Piers Howard Burton Baker since 2022
- Jo Cribb since 2016
- N Sims-Williams since 1992
- S. Lieu since 2011
- SIR Nicholas John Barrington since 1992
- T Richard Blurton MA since 2006
- U. Sims-Williams since 2004
Trustees past 6 years
- A. Hintze Chair since 1999
- C. Petrie since 2011
- C. VAN Ruymbeke since 2009
- Jo Cribb since 2016
- N Sims-Williams since 1992
- S. Lieu since 2011
- SIR Nicholas John Barrington since 1992
- T Richard Blurton MA since 2006
- U. Sims-Williams since 2004
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- C. Petrie since 2011
- C. VAN Ruymbeke since 2009
- Dr Arash Zeini since 2026
- Jo Cribb since 2016
- S. Lieu since 2011
- SIR Nicholas John Barrington since 1992
- T Richard Blurton MA since 2006
- U. Sims-Williams since 2004
Portfolio (3)
- A. Hintze Chair since 1999
- Dr Piers Howard Burton Baker since 2022
- N Sims-Williams since 1992
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
- 1162982
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Aug 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07974168572 · ah69@soas.ac.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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