The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The British Association for Applied Linguistics

Registered charity 264800 Registered since 1975

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.

21 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (20)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 21General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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£61k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Websitehttp://www.baal.org.uk
Emailadmin@baal.org.uk
Phone0330 333 0485
AddressMosaic Events, Tower House, Askham Fields Lane, Askham Bryan, YORK, YO23 3FS

Finances

£60,610 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£47,471£26,699
2022£57,494£25,135
2023£53,274£39,389
2024£87,764£43,334
2025£60,610£38,232

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING AND PROMOTING, BY ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE MEANS, THE STUDY OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, AND THE FOSTERING OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN THIS STUDY. TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS, THE ASSOCIATION WILL ORGANISE AND UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE: MAINTAINING A MAILING LIST; ORGANISING AND SPONSORING CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS; SUPPORTING EARLY CAREER ACADEMICS AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS; FACILITATING THE RUNNING OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGS); PROVIDING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS; AWARDING AN ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE; AND PUBLISHING A NEWSLETTER.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1967 AS AMENDED 1971, 1972, 14TH SEPTEMBER 1974,75 AND 76 AS AMENDED ON 02 SEP 2022AS AMENDED ON 01 MAR 2023

Trustees (21)

21trustees
80median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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