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The Architectural Association (Incorporated)
- 18 trustees
- Income £25m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ravinden Chelliah PonniahChair · since 2021
- Alison Barbara BrooksTrustee · since 2024
- Caspar Llewellyn-SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Derfel OwenTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Cynthia Sue WaltersTrustee · since 2024
- Ingrid Iniga SchroderTrustee · since 2022
- Karen Terry WeymouthTrustee · since 2026
- Mark BassettTrustee · since 2024
- Mark BurchTrustee · since 2024
- Mark GoldieTrustee · since 2025
- Omotayo EmdenTrustee · since 2024
- Pui Quan ChoiTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Benjamin StirlingTrustee · since 2023
- Samuel AleksanderTrustee · since 2025
- Sara Vieira Nobre BiscayaTrustee · since 2023
- Simine Emillie Waliyar-MarineTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Andrew WareTrustee · since 2024
- Steven William MertzTrustee · since 2023
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.aaschool.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Architectural Association (Incorporated)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£25m£25m
- 2024£24m£23m
- 2023£24m£22m
Earlier years
- 2022£24m£21m
- 2021£21m£17m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE AND AFFORD FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE BY THE CARRYING ON OF A SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE; THE FOUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GIVING OF PRIZES BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES AND CLASSES AND SUCH OTHER METHODS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.
Grants received
1 grant · £6,900 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £6,900
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
18 trustees on the board
- Ravinden Chelliah Ponniah Chair since 2021
- Alison Barbara Brooks since 2024
- Caspar Llewellyn-Smith since 2024
- Derfel Owen since 2026
- Dr Cynthia Sue Walters since 2024
- Ingrid Iniga Schroder since 2022
- Karen Terry Weymouth since 2026
- Mark Bassett since 2024
- Mark Burch since 2024
- Mark Goldie since 2025
- Omotayo Emden since 2024
- Pui Quan Choi since 2024
- Robert Benjamin Stirling since 2023
- Samuel Aleksander since 2025
- Sara Vieira Nobre Biscaya since 2023
- Simine Emillie Waliyar-Marine since 2024
- Stephen Andrew Ware since 2024
- Steven William Mertz since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (17)
- Ravinden Chelliah Ponniah Chair since 2021
- Alison Barbara Brooks since 2024
- Caspar Llewellyn-Smith since 2024
- Derfel Owen since 2026
- Dr Cynthia Sue Walters since 2024
- Ingrid Iniga Schroder since 2022
- Karen Terry Weymouth since 2026
- Mark Bassett since 2024
- Mark Burch since 2024
- Mark Goldie since 2025
- Omotayo Emden since 2024
- Pui Quan Choi since 2024
- Samuel Aleksander since 2025
- Sara Vieira Nobre Biscaya since 2023
- Simine Emillie Waliyar-Marine since 2024
- Stephen Andrew Ware since 2024
- Steven William Mertz since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Robert Benjamin Stirling since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
13.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 14.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 311083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 1920 AS AMENDED 16 AUGUST 1963, 7 DECEMBER 2009, 17 JANUARY 2011, AND 25 JANUARY 2016 AND 27 JULY 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00171402 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078874000 · secretary@aaschool.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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