The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Town and Country Planning Association

Registered charity 214348 Registered since 1965

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.

15 trustees on the board

6.1y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

15
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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15Arts/culture/heritage/science 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 19Education 5Professional services 5

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£2.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

17.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.1 in 2020

15 from 15 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.tcpa.org.uk
Emailtcpa@tcpa.org.uk
Phone02079308903
AddressTown & Country Planning Association, Sustainable Workspaces, County Hall, 5th Floor, Belvedere Road, LONDON, SE1 7PB

Finances

£2,229,040 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£971,126£1,008,771
2021£1,017,580£998,557
2022£1,103,041£1,095,512
2023£1,098,287£1,073,388
2024£2,229,040£1,132,782

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, AND TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IN THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE AND IN ALL OTHER ARTS AND SCIENCES CONNECTED THEREWITH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD MARCH 1917 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 13TH APRIL 1965, 25TH JANUARY 1989, 18TH APRIL 1989, 25TH APRIL 1995 AND 24TH APRIL 1997 AS AMENDED 13 JULY 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 JAN 2017

Trustees (15)

15trustees
59median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Town and Country Planning Association · 00146309 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/03/1917

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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