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The Centre for British Photography

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £217k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£217k£163k
  • 2024£156k£434k
  • 2023£459k£298k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£1k
  • 2021£11k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARCHIVE, COLLECTION AND LIBRARY OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY; ANDB) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY ARTISTS THROUGH THE AWARDING OF GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO YOUNG ARTISTS AND TO WOMEN WORKING WITH PHOTOGRAPHY.

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.7y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/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.

Tech and media 2Education 1

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£217k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1190955
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Aug 2020 as amended on 28 Feb 2023
Contact on the register
07766331697 · james@hymancollection.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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