The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the United Kingdom

Registered charity 250851 Registered since 1967

Operates: 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.

9 trustees on the board

8.3y median 10y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 9Education/training 9Religious Activities 8Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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 16Tech and media 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
2025
incomespending£10.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 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.

10.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 17.9 in 2020

48 from 44 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bahai.org.uk
Emailnsa@bahai.org.uk
Phone02075842566
Address27 RUTLAND GATE, LONDON, SW7 1PD

Finances

£10,728,187 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£9,001,382£7,388,146
2021£8,426,340£8,573,766
2022£7,030,381£7,307,897
2023£6,981,612£7,085,820
2025£10,728,187£10,811,226

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH, UPHOLD AND PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN TEACHINGS OF HUMAN BROTHERHOOD. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 5 AUGUST 1939 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 25 MARCH 1950, 21 OCTOBER 1994, 16 SEPTEMBER 1995 AND 14 MAY 1999, NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 19 JUNE 2010. as amended on 01 Nov 2014 as amended on 07 Oct 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
45median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the United Kingdom · 00355737 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/08/1939

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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