The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design

Registered charity 1174289 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel

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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

10.6y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£9k latest income

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.mechanism-design.org/
Emailcmid@york.ac.uk
Phone07835433003
Address49 HORSFIELD WAY, DUNNINGTON, YORK, YO19 5RH

Finances

£9,105 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£60£755
2022£0£1,394
2023£9,114£892
2024£272£1,332
2025£9,105£2,083

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECT OF MECHANISM AND INSTITUTION DESIGN BY:-A) MANAGING THE FLAGSHIP JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY: JOURNAL OF MECHANISM AND INSTITUTION DESIGN; B) PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DESIGNING, IMPROVING, ANALYSING AND TESTING ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL OR SOCIAL MECHANISMS AND INSTITUTIONS; C) ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, EQUALITY, PROSPERITY, STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN SOCIETY; D) SUPPORTING AND ORGANISING LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ON MECHANISM AND INSTITUTION DESIGN; E) FOSTERING EXCHANGES AND DISCUSSIONS AMONG ACADEMICS, PRACTITIONERS AND POLICY MAKERS AND DISSEMINATE THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31 MAY 2015AS AMENDED ON 10 AUG 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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