The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Registered charity 313014 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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.

14 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 14Education/training 14Economic/community Development/employment 12Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 4Education 1Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

32.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.6 in 2020

47 from 41 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cilip.org.uk
Emaillaura.chisling@cilip.org.uk
Phone02045132831
Address27 Old Gloucester Street, Holborn, London, WC1N 3AX

Finances

£3,254,335 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,946,319£3,926,700
2021£4,032,534£3,870,109
2022£3,849,026£4,291,071
2023£3,730,510£6,484,381
2024£3,254,335£4,128,477

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND TO ADVANCE INFORMATION SCIENCE (BEING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF THE COLLECTION, COLLATION, EVALUATION AND ORGANISED DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION)

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 17/02/1898AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 05/11/2014

Trustees (14)

14trustees
67median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals · RC000780 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/2000

Connected charities (10)

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