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Aspen Institute UK

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £321k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.aspenuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Aspen Institute UK
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£321k£278k
  • 2024£174k£457k
  • 2023£726k£536k
Earlier years
  • 2022£375k£361k
  • 2021£412k£407k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):5.1 PROMOTING OPEN-MINDED, NON-PARTISAN, STRUCTURED DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN A WIDE RANGE OF GROUPS, USING THE ASPEN METHOD OF TEXT-BASED AND PROFESSIONALLY GUIDED CONVERSATIONS, TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF A RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES;5.2 DEVELOPING AND FOSTERING THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, CAPABILITIES AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING MODERATED AND STRUCTURED SEMINARS ON CHALLENGING TOPICS IN POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE AND BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES AND FELLOWSHIP; 5.3 PUBLISHING AND SHARING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, LEARNINGS AND/OR INSIGHTS ARISING FROM DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION FACILITATED BY THE CHARITY;5.4 UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME THAT ADVANCE EDUCATION.

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.

3 trustees on the board

4.3y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

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.

Education/training 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Professional services 4Tech and media 4Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£174k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1186896
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 OCT 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 SEP 2019 as amended on 22 Feb 2022
Companies House
Company number 11029944 · Active
Contact on the register
+44 7367 949484 · enquiries@aspenuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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