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Design and Industries Association

Design and Industries Association is a registered charity (number 268174) based in Birmingham, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £69 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £69 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.dia.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Design & Industries Association
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£69£1k
  • 2024£233£645
  • 2023£100£363
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£363
  • 2021£66£211

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BRITISH INDUSTRY BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF DESIGN IN THE PRODUCTS THEREOF AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DEVELOPMENT APPRECIATION AND USE OF GOOD DESIGN IN INDUSTRY AND EVERY FIELD CONNECTED WITH THE DAILY LIFE OF THE CITIZEN.

Board analysis

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.

2 trustees on the board

23y median 23y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
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 2Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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 2Retail and trade 2Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£69 latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
268174
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORA-TED 26 TH JANUARY 1944 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14TH DECEMBER 1978
Companies House
Company number 00385188 · Active
Contact on the register
01214597093
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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