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Registered charity · London

The City Literary Institute

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £21m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.citylit.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The City Literary Institute
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21m£21m
  • 2024£20m£20m
  • 2023£18m£19m
Earlier years
  • 2022£18m£18m
  • 2021£19m£20m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION FOR ADULTS BY THE PROVISION OF COURSES MAINLY OF FURTHER EDUCATION AS DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION ACT 1996 OR ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT OR RE-ENACTMENT THEREOF AND SUCH OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE INSTITUTE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ADULT STUDENTS.

Grants received

2 grants · £29,987 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

14
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 14General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 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 23Professional services 8Health and social care 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£21.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

662 from 748 in 2021
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
803007
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 FEBRUARY 1990, AS AMENDED 12 DECEMBER 1994, 12 FEBRUARY 1998, 20 MARCH 2002,19 JULY 2005 AND 21 OCTOBER 2008.
Companies House
Company number 02471686 · Active
Contact on the register
02074922605 · katrina.osullivan@citylit.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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