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The AGA Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom

The AGA Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom is a registered charity (number 1179136) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Dr Lisa Anderson since 2021. Latest income £5.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as AKU-Ismc, The AGA Khan University - Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £5.4m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.aku.edu/ismc/Pages/home.aspx (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The AGA Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.4m£5.7m
  • 2024£6.6m£6.0m
  • 2023£5.6m£5.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.1m£5.6m
  • 2021£5.5m£5.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE MEANS OF THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION, TRAINING AND TEACHING IN ANY BRANCHES OF LEARNING AND THROUGH ANY AVAILABLE MEDIA.

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 8Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 11Tech and media 2Health and social care 1

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£6.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

37 from 31 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1179136
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 OCT 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 JUL 2018
Companies House
Company number 04448389 · Active
Contact on the register
02073803800 · ismc@aku.edu
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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