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Business Archives Council
Business Archives Council is a registered charity (number 313336) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Mike Anson. Latest income £21k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as B A C (Charity Commission)
For the benefit of the public, a) to promote the preservation of business records of historical importance; b) to provide advice and information on business archives and modern records; c) to promote interest in and study of business history and...
- 8 trustees
- Income £21k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£22k
- 2024£24k£24k
- 2023£16k£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£18k
- 2021£15k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
For the benefit of the public, a) to promote the preservation of business records of historical importance; b) to provide advice and information on business archives and modern records; c) to promote interest in and study of business history and archives; d) to provide a forum for the custodians and users of business archives.
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Mike Anson Chair
- Dr Alix Rivka Green since 2020
- Dr Brian Christopher O'Sullivan since 2020
- James William Mortlock since 2022
- Kate Murphy since 2012
- Karyn Williamson since 2023
- Richard Adrian Wiltshire
- Robert Osborne since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Kate Murphy since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Mike Anson Chair
- Dr Alix Rivka Green since 2020
- Dr Brian Christopher O'Sullivan since 2020
- James William Mortlock since 2022
- Kate Murphy since 2012
- Karyn Williamson since 2023
- Richard Adrian Wiltshire
Portfolio (1)
- Robert Osborne since 2022
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313336
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 JUL 1963AS AMENDED ON 04 JUL 1973AS AMENDED ON 09 JUL 1980AS AMENDED ON 24 NOV 2003AS AMENDED ON 24 NOV 2016 as amended on 04 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 020 3641 4889 · secretary@businessarchivescouncil.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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