The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The BGI

Registered charity 1183530 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 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.

Other services 5Health and social care 2Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£650k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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: 4.0 months

19 from 21 in 2021
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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thebgi.uk
Emailinfo@thebgi.uk
Phone0114 321 0299
AddressNational Videogame Museum, Castle House, Angel Street, Sheffield, S3 8LN

Finances

£649,630 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£859,826£733,243
2022£667,748£595,309
2023£534,532£675,165
2024£573,225£528,262
2025£649,630£544,805

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

To advance the education of the public in general in the art, science, history and technology of digital games by:- the development and maintenance of a museum and associated collection;- the provision and assistance in the provision of facilities for education; and- the promotion of research in all aspects of that subject and to publish the useful results.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 May 2019 as amended on 11 May 2020 as amended on 25 Sep 2023 as amended on 20 Feb 2025

Trustees (12)

12trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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