Registered charity (CIO) · Suffolk
The Institute of British Organ Building
- 8 trustees
- Income £69k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- ibo.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£69k£66k
- 2024£67k£59k
- 2023£78k£63k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£57k
- 2021£89k£34k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREA) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE PRACTICE OF BRITISH PIPE ORGAN BUILDING BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO FURTHER THEIR UNDERSTANDING CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES AND SKILLS IN MATTERS RELATED TO THE CRAFT;B) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES USED WITHIN BRITISH PIPE ORGAN BUILDING TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD, RECOGNISED AND AWARDED BY THE CIO IN ORDER TO BE THE CENTRAL ORGANISATION AND ASSOCIATION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE HERITAGE AND PROGRESSIVE CRAFT OF BRITISH PIPE ORGAN BUILDING IN PLACES OF WORSHIP, PRIVATE RESIDENCIES, SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS; NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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
- Abigail Balfour-Rowley since 2023
- Chloe Lunn since 2026
- David Wood since 2026
- Harry Lane since 2026
- Mark Jonathan Gatrell since 2025
- Mark Wood since 2022
- Michael Blighton since 2023
- Philip Johnson since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Abigail Balfour-Rowley since 2023
- Chloe Lunn since 2026
- Harry Lane since 2026
- Mark Jonathan Gatrell since 2025
- Mark Wood since 2022
- Michael Blighton since 2023
- Philip Johnson since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- David Wood since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193458
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Feb 2021 as amended on 22 Oct 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01359233433 · administrator@ibo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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