The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The City Literary Institute

Registered charity 803007 Registered since 1990

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
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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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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.citylit.ac.uk
Emailkatrina.osullivan@citylit.ac.uk
Phone02074922605
AddressMrs Katrina O'Sullivan, KEELEY HOUSE, 1-10 KEELEY STREET, LONDON, WC2B 4BA

Finances

£21,274,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£18,720,000£19,796,000
2022£18,100,000£18,306,000
2023£18,274,000£19,199,000
2024£19,881,000£19,994,000
2025£21,274,000£21,318,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

People With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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.

Trustees (15)

15trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The City Literary Institute · 02471686 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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