The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Textile Institute

Registered charity 222478 Registered since 1963

Operates: Bulgaria, Estonia, Nigeria, Macau, Bahrain, Cyprus, Romania, Singapore, Ghana, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man

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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.

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (34)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 36Education/training 36Other Charitable Purposes 36

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Health and social care 1Professional services 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£301k latest income

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.textileinstitute.org
Emailtiihq@textileinst.org.uk
Phone01612371188
Address8TH FLOOR, ST JAMES' BUILDINGS, 79 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 6FQ

Finances

£300,736 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£275,661£269,036
2021£239,671£269,177
2022£331,548£311,009
2023£303,943£329,899
2024£300,736£279,135

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, MORE PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION THERETO OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. TO PROMOTE THE PROFESSION AND PRACTICE OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS OUR CHARTER, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER AND THE BYE LAWS OF THE INSTITUTE SHALL MEAN THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES RELATING TO FIBRES, TO ALL PRODUCTS MADE FROM FIBRES, YARNS, FABRICS OR OTHER TEXTILE MATERIALS - INCLUDING CONGENEROUS PRODUCTS MADE FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS - HOWSOEVER PROCESSED OR PRODUCED AND INCLUDING THE RELEVANT FIBROUS MATERIALS THEMSELVES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 11 MARCH 1925, SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER 24 NOVEMBER 1955 AND BYE-LAWS DATED 1956. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER AND VARIATIONS TO THE BYE-LAWS DATED 19 MAY 1999.

Trustees (36)

36trustees
68median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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