The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Institute of Contemporary Arts Limited

Registered charity 236848 Registered since 1969

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 10Education/training 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 13Construction 1Education 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£4.1m 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.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021

71 from 77 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.ica.art
Emailinfo@ica.art
Phone02079300493
AddressTHE MALL, LONDON, SW1Y 5AH

Finances

£4,078,745 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£4,359,045£4,034,424
2023£4,966,563£4,407,090
2024£3,667,732£4,520,811
2025£4,126,501£4,321,600
2026£4,078,745£4,205,872

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS GENERALLY AND PARTICULARLY OF CONTEMPORARY ART AS EXPRESSED IN PAINTING, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, DRAWING, POETRY, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, DRAMA, MUSIC, OPERA, BALLET, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNS, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMS, RADIO AND TELEVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL VALUE;(2) THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE PROPERTY, 12 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON; AND(3) THE COMPILATION, PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF AN ARCHIVE OF CONTEMPORARY FILM, PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER MATERIAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL VALUE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 OCTOBER 1947 AS AMENDED 13 AUGUST 1968, 12 MAY 2003 AND 18 APRIL 2006 as amended on 05 Oct 2022

Trustees (10)

10trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute of Contemporary Arts Limited · 00444351 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/10/1947

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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