The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Operational Research Society Limited

Registered charity 313713 Registered since 1968

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.

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

2
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 1

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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£1.4m 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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

21 from 17 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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.theorsociety.com
Emailemail@theorsociety.com
Phone01212339300
Address12 EDWARD STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2RX

Finances

£1,350,939 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,243,123£1,207,414
2021£1,379,680£1,300,233
2022£1,530,630£1,513,788
2023£1,400,213£1,557,842
2024£1,350,939£1,726,405

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/05/1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/05/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/05/1967AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/2011

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Operational Research Society · 00663819 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/06/1960

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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