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Registered charity · London

The Incorporated Benevolent Association of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £74k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Linked company
The Incorporated Benevolent Association of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£74k£46k
  • 2024£75k£30k
  • 2023£68k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2022£62k£36k
  • 2021£55k£57k
Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE AT NEED BY MEANS OF GRATUITOUS PECUNIARY OR OTHER ASSISTANCE ANY NECESSITOUS PERSON WHO IS OR HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN A FELLOW OR HONORARY MEMBER OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PATENT AGENTS, AS ASSOCIATE THEREOF QUALIFIED BY EXAMINATION, A STUDENT ATTACHED THERETO OR A MEMBER OF ANY COMPARABLE CLASS OF PERSONS IN MEMBERSHIP OR OF ATTACHMENT TO THE SAID INSTITUTE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3.1 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6.5y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Education/training 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 9Professional services 3Education 1

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£74k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
219666
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26TH OCTOBER 1936 AND AMENDED 24TH MAY 1978
Companies House
Company number 00319970 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7405 9450 · enquiries@cipabenevolent.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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