ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Registered charity 277511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The AIA is the national organisation for people who share an interest in Britain's industrial past. It brings together people who are researching, recording, preserving and presenting the great variety of this country's industrial heritage.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRIAL PERIOD AND TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE IDENTIFICATION, RECOGNITION AND CONSERVATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £787,348, with unrestricted funds rising to £178,893. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £131,293 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £332,997 against expenditure of £201,704. The trustees confirmed the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, expecting to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Jones
• Dr Ian West · trustee of 1 other charity
• Euan Humphreys
• Geoffrey Wallis
• JOHN JONES
• Jinyue Zhang
• Juan Manuel Cano Sanchiz
• Kieran Gleave
• Otis Roger Gilbert
• Richard Vernon · trustee of 2 other charities
• Zoe Arthurs

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION.

• ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION income £151k
• BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £308k
• SPINAL INJURIES ASSOCIATION income £4.1m
• THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS income £435k
• THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) income £24.8m
• ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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