The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The City and Guilds of London Institute

Registered charity 312832 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.8y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Business services 10Professional services 10Education 4

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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£174.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 5.2 in 2021

1506 from 1371 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.
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cityandguildsfoundation.org
Emailbarbara.lefleming@cityandguildsfoundation.org
Phone02072942548
AddressGiltspur House, 5-6 Giltspur Street, London, EC1A 9DE

Finances

£174,800,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£129,900,000£137,400,000
2022£142,500,000£146,900,000
2023£159,000,000£167,900,000
2024£174,100,000£174,600,000
2025£174,800,000£182,400,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALL SUCH BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AND THE FINE ARTS AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT, DISSEMINATION, PROPAGATION, PROMOTION, CULTURE AND APPLICATION OF ALL SUCH BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AND THE FINE ARTS AS BENEFIT OR ARE OF USE TO OR MAY BENEFIT OR BE OF USE TO PRODUCTIVE AND TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES ESPECIALLY AND TO COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY GENERALLY OR ANY BRANCH THEREOF.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 26/10/1900AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 19/07/1910AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 16/03/2011AND STATUTES REVISED 23/12/1980AND STATUTES REVISED 28/10/1993AND STATUTES REVISED 06/10/1994AND STATUTES REVISED 16/03/2011AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 28 JUN 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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