The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Ideas Matter

Registered charity 1178999 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

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

Construction 5Education 3Property 2

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.

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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£236k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteideasmatter.org.uk
Emailinfo@ideasmatter.org.uk
Phone0207 269 9234
Address5-8 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JS

Finances

£235,957 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£278,357£174,824
2022£152,327£123,022
2023£122,204£113,989
2024£123,922£127,675
2025£235,957£192,799

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):2.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF PUBLIC DEBATES, FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS INVOLVING ACADEMICS, THINKERS AND EXPERTS THAT DEEPEN AND ENRICH THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PARTICIPANTS; AND2.1.2 TO ADVANCE GOOD CITIZENSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF IDEAS OF TOLERANCE, OPEN DEBATE AND PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF LIVE EVENTS, AND IN PRINT AND ONLINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 FEB 2018 as amended on 03 Feb 2023

Trustees (4)

4trustees
72median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Ideas Matter · 11213433 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/2018

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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