Registered charity (CIO) · Lancaster
British Philosophical Association
- 14 trustees
- Income £6k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Fiona Elizabeth MacphersonChair · since 2019
- Dr Anne-Marie Kathleen MccallionTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Derek Henry BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Garrath WilliamsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Joshua Ian ForstenzerTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Julian BagginiTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan Edmund Scott ThomsonTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Barry Crawford SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Christian Sophia Grace ChappellTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Fiona Jane WoollardTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Heather Gillian WiddowsTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Rosanna Jancis KeefeTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Simon KirchinTrustee · since 2014
- Robert Christopher PenneyTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- bpa.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£6k£32k
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE TEACHING OF, STUDY OF, AND RESEARCH IN THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ALSO WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
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
- Fiona Elizabeth Macpherson Chair since 2019
- Dr Anne-Marie Kathleen Mccallion since 2025
- Dr Derek Henry Brown since 2024
- Dr Garrath Williams since 2021
- Dr Joshua Ian Forstenzer since 2024
- Dr Julian Baggini since 2024
- Jonathan Edmund Scott Thomson since 2025
- Professor Barry Crawford Smith since 2025
- Professor Christian Sophia Grace Chappell since 2024
- Professor Fiona Jane Woollard since 2024
- Professor Heather Gillian Widdows since 2024
- Professor Rosanna Jancis Keefe since 2024
- Professor Simon Kirchin since 2014
- Robert Christopher Penney since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Fiona Elizabeth Macpherson Chair since 2019
- Professor Simon Kirchin since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Dr Anne-Marie Kathleen Mccallion since 2025
- Dr Derek Henry Brown since 2024
- Dr Garrath Williams since 2021
- Dr Joshua Ian Forstenzer since 2024
- Jonathan Edmund Scott Thomson since 2025
- Professor Barry Crawford Smith since 2025
- Professor Christian Sophia Grace Chappell since 2024
- Professor Fiona Jane Woollard since 2024
- Professor Heather Gillian Widdows since 2024
- Professor Rosanna Jancis Keefe since 2024
- Professor Simon Kirchin since 2014
- Robert Christopher Penney since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Fiona Elizabeth Macpherson Chair since 2019
- Dr Julian Baggini since 2024
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1208038
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Apr 2024
- Contact on the register
- 0152465201 · admin@bpa.ac.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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