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The Arab British Centre

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £593k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Arab British Centre
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£593k£581k
  • 2023£446k£436k
  • 2022£384k£419k
Earlier years
  • 2021£313k£322k
  • 2020£208k£333k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

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

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.2y median 6.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
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 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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

Other services 5Construction 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
801026
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01215037 · Active
Contact on the register
02078321317 · info@arabbritishcentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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