The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Council for British Archaeology

Registered charity 287815 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

12 trustees on the board

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 11Amateur Sport 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.

Education 13Arts and leisure 3Construction 2

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£978k latest income
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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

16 from 12 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.archaeologyUK.org
Emailinfo@archaeologyUK.org
Phone01904 671417
AddressDe Grey House, St Leonard's Place, York, YO1 7HE

Finances

£978,068 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£941,417£795,841
2022£924,437£835,928
2023£667,205£750,183
2024£829,878£847,876
2025£978,068£956,534

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF OR PERTAINING TO GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (2) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH ARCHAEOLOGY (3) TO CONDUCT AND COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF RELEVANT RESEARCH(4) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND CARE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/10/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/02/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/03/2013 as amended on 22 Nov 2019

Trustees (12)

12trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Council for British Archaeology(the) · 01760254 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/10/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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