The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Arab British Centre

Registered charity 801026 Registered since 1989

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

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 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.

Construction 2Business services 1Professional services 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£593k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.1 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.arabbritishcentre.org.uk
Emailinfo@arabbritishcentre.org.uk
Phone02078321317
AddressARAB BRITISH CENTRE LTD, 1 GOUGH SQUARE, LONDON, EC4A 3DE

Finances

£593,227 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£207,578£333,414
2021£313,042£322,014
2022£383,780£419,475
2023£445,631£435,850
2024£593,227£580,539

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTURE, ART, SCIENCE, RELIGION, ECONOMY AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF THE ARAB WORLD INCLUDING BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH INFORMATION

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/06/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/07/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/07/2011

Trustees (8)

8trustees
47median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Arab British Centre · 01215037 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/06/1975

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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