The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Society of Antiquaries of London

Registered charity 207237 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13

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 9Arts and leisure 5Tech and media 5

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£2.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021

53 from 31 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sal.org.uk
Emailadmin@sal.org.uk
Phone02074797080
AddressSOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 0BE

Finances

£2,642,435 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,357,182£2,317,244
2022£2,421,985£2,550,072
2023£2,532,080£3,111,343
2024£3,129,568£3,661,436
2025£2,642,435£3,651,669

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE STUDY OF ANTIQUITY AND THE HISTORY OF FORMER TIMES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 1751 AS AMENDED 29 MARCH 1994 AND 9 APRIL 2010

Trustees (13)

13trustees
67median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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