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ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)

Company no. 00171402 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) is an active 105-year-old company. One to note: 5 outstanding charges. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
5 outstanding charges — secured debt registered
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
Established — 105+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years5 charges
StatusActive
Company number00171402
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated13 Nov 1920 · 105 yrs
Registered office34-36 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3ES
Nature of business85421 - First-degree level higher education · 85422 - Post-graduate level higher education · 85520 - Cultural education
Next accounts due30 Apr 2027
Confirmation statement due8 May 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
311083
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
9 Sep 1963
Charity type
Other
Latest income
£24,839,000 · year to 31 Jul 2025
Latest expenditure
£24,971,000

What ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) does

For the public benefit to promote and afford facilities for the study of Architecture by the establishment and carrying on of a School of Architecture, the founding of scholarships and the giving of prizes, by provision of lectures and classes; the formation of a library and museum; the organisation of visits the production and circulation of periodicals and other publications.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Jul 2025 £24,839,000 £24,971,000 −£132,000
31 Jul 2024 £23,662,000 £23,143,000 £519,000
31 Jul 2023 £23,806,000 £21,618,000 £2,188,000
31 Jul 2022 £24,291,000 £20,631,000 £3,660,000
31 Jul 2021 £21,276,000 £16,870,000 £4,406,000

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (18)

Ravinden Chelliah PonniahChair
Trustee · appointed 25 Jan 2021
Alison Barbara Brooks
Trustee · appointed 15 Jul 2024
Caspar Llewellyn-Smith
Trustee · appointed 15 Oct 2024
Derfel Owen
Trustee · appointed 30 Jan 2026
Dr Cynthia Sue Walters
Trustee · appointed 15 Jul 2024
Ingrid Iniga Schroder
Trustee · appointed 1 Sep 2022
Karen Terry Weymouth
Trustee · appointed 1 Jul 2026
Mark Bassett
Trustee · appointed 15 Oct 2024
Mark Burch
Trustee · appointed 15 Oct 2024
Mark Goldie
Trustee · appointed 1 Dec 2025
Omotayo Emden
Trustee · appointed 15 Oct 2024
Pui Quan Choi
Trustee · appointed 15 Jul 2024
Robert Benjamin Stirling
Trustee · appointed 17 Jul 2023
Samuel Aleksander
Trustee · appointed 1 Dec 2025
Sara Vieira Nobre Biscaya
Trustee · appointed 17 Jul 2023
Simine Emillie Waliyar-Marine
Trustee · appointed 19 Mar 2024

+ 2 more trustees

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdings (8)Premium

PropertyTenureArea
38 Bedford Square, London (WC1B 3EL) Leasehold Camden, Greater London
1-5 (inclusive) Juniper Barns And 2 And 3 Juniper Cottages Higher Street Lane, Hooke, Beaminster (DT8 3NX) Freehold Dorset
39 Bedford Square, London (WC1B 3EG) Leasehold Camden, Greater London
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Directors & officers

WILKINS, Louise Christine
Secretary · appointed 10 Nov 2022
ALEKSANDER, Samuel David Bendeth
Director · appointed 1 Dec 2025 · British
BASSETT, Mark Camden
Director · appointed 15 Oct 2024 · British
BISCAYA, Sara Vieira Nobre
Director · appointed 17 Jul 2023 · Portuguese
BROOKS, Alison Barbara
Director · appointed 15 Jul 2024 · Canadian
BURCH, Mark Lowrie
Director · appointed 15 Oct 2024 · British
CHOI, Pui Quan
Director · appointed 15 Jul 2024 · British
EMDEM, Omotayo Jayne-Frances Stella
Director · appointed 15 Oct 2024 · British
GOLDIE, Mark Adrian
Director · appointed 1 Dec 2025 · British
LLEWELLYN SMITH, Caspar Michael
Director · appointed 15 Oct 2024 · British
MERTZ, Steven William
Director · appointed 17 Jul 2023 · British
OWEN, Derfel John
Director · appointed 30 Jan 2026 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Jul 2025
Next accounts due30 Apr 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement24 Apr 2026
Next statement due8 May 2027
Accounts typeGroup accounts

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