The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The British Institute of International and Comparative LAW

Registered charity 209425 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout London, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Burma, Poland, Qatar, South Africa

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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.

13 trustees on the board

4y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13Environment/conservation/heritage 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 14Education 4Manufacturing 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.5m latest income
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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

45 from 35 in 2020
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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.biicl.org
Emailinfo@biicl.org
Phone02078625151
AddressBRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL, & COMPARATIVE, CHARLES CLORE HOUSE, 17 RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 5JP

Finances

£3,458,821 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,997,771£3,336,449
2021£4,009,193£4,180,387
2022£4,071,164£4,051,116
2023£5,632,135£5,527,160
2024£3,458,821£4,307,287

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE BY MEANS OF STUDY GROUPS, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, TRAINING SESSIONS AND PUBLISHED COMMENTARY THE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW (INCLUDING FOREIGN LAW). TO PROMOTE OR COMMISSION RESEARCH INTO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND COMPARATIVE LAW (INCLUDING FOREIGN LAW) AND TO PUBLISH OR ARRANGE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 NOVEMBER 1958 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT EGM 14/12/05AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 NOV 2023

Trustees (13)

13trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Institute of International and Comparative LAW(the) · 00615025 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/11/1958

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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