The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Classical Association

Registered charity 313371 Registered since 1964

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.

4.3y median 2y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Education 3Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£533k 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.

42.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

5
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.classicalassociation.org
Emailoffice@classicalassociation.org
Phone07926 632598
Address34 iMex Centre, 575-599 Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7DX

Finances

£532,510 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£495,980£341,318
2021£463,603£488,326
2022£466,445£515,584
2023£491,033£542,423
2024£532,510£676,288

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTAIN THE WELL-BEING OF CLASSICAL STUDIES.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 28 MAY 1904 AS AMENDED 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1956, 1959,1974,1992 , 1993 AND 19 JUNE 1997 BY RESOLUTION PASSED UNDER SECTION 74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AND 13 APRIL 1997. as amended on 23 Mar 2024 as amended on 01 Aug 1925

Trustees (11)

11trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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