The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Wiener Holocaust Library

Registered charity 313015 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 9General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 13Property 10Construction 9

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.2m 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.

6.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.9 in 2020

24 from 18 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Emailinfo@wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Phone02076367247
Address29 Russell Square, LONDON, WC1B 5DP

Finances

£2,151,979 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,007,338£995,854
2021£1,327,744£1,200,004
2022£1,339,422£1,511,587
2023£1,514,359£1,687,410
2024£2,151,979£2,065,813

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, PARTICULARLY THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/01/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/06/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/1967AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/10/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/11/2015 as amended on 20 Sep 2019 as amended on 12 Sep 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Wiener Holocaust Library · 00596820 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/01/1958

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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