The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Institute of Leadership

Registered charity 248226 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
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 7

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 7Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4.7m 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.

17.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 60.1 in 2021

59 from 29 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.institutelm.com
Emailvincent.costello@leadership.global
Phone01827219752
AddressJW Hinks, 19 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, B15 3BH

Finances

£4,707,367 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,015,157£2,592,873
2022£2,421,283£2,252,806
2023£3,864,109£3,959,674
2024£4,931,787£5,975,036
2025£4,707,367£6,067,365

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

(A) THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INVOLVING THE STUDY OF THE SKILLS OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.

Governing document: INCORPORATED 21/03/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/04/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/10/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/03/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/01/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 JUN 2017 as amended on 28 Jun 2018

Trustees (7)

7trustees
38median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Institute of Leadership · 00601049 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/03/1958

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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