Registered charity (CIO) · London
Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society
- 14 trustees
- Income £13k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Sarah PearceChair · since 2026
- Dr Anthony RabinTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Arjen Feike BakkerTrustee · since 2024
- Dr David FriedmanTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Mark MerronyTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Nathan MacdonaldTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Paul Thomas CollinsTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Rachael SparksTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Rebekah WeltonTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Sandra JacobsTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Hindy NajmanTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Hugh WilliamsonTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Martin GoodmanTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Tessa RajakTrustee · since 2025
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, Israel
- Website
- aias.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£17k
- 2024£15k£18k
- 2023£155k£36k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£26k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ("THE OBJECTS") ARE AS FOLLOWS;TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CURRENT AND EARLIER WORK RELATING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OFLSRAEL AND ITS NEIGHBOURS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OFLECTURERS , RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE REGION AND KINDREDSUBJECTS , ASSISTING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LSRAEL AND ITSNEIGHBOURS, ESTABLISHING SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE AWARDING OF GRANTS PUBLISHING ANDDISTRIBUTING JOURNALS AND OTHER LITERATURE AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THETRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINENOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THECIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THECHARITIES AND TRUSTEE LNVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THECHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN LRELAND) 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.
14 trustees on the board
- Professor Sarah Pearce Chair since 2026
- Dr Anthony Rabin since 2025
- Dr Arjen Feike Bakker since 2024
- Dr David Friedman since 2024
- Dr Mark Merrony since 2020
- Dr Nathan Macdonald since 2026
- Dr Paul Thomas Collins since 2026
- Dr Rachael Sparks since 2026
- Dr Rebekah Welton since 2026
- Dr Sandra Jacobs since 2024
- Professor Martin Goodman since 2024
- Professor Hindy Najman since 2026
- Professor Hugh Williamson since 2025
- Professor Tessa Rajak since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Mark Merrony since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Professor Sarah Pearce Chair since 2026
- Dr Arjen Feike Bakker since 2024
- Dr David Friedman since 2024
- Dr Mark Merrony since 2020
- Dr Paul Thomas Collins since 2026
- Dr Rachael Sparks since 2026
- Dr Rebekah Welton since 2026
- Dr Sandra Jacobs since 2024
- Professor Tessa Rajak since 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Anthony Rabin since 2025
- Dr Nathan Macdonald since 2026
- Professor Martin Goodman since 2024
- Professor Hindy Najman since 2026
- Professor Hugh Williamson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 1195866
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Sep 2021
- Contact on the register
- 020 3840 3660 · secretary@aias.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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