THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 311083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.1m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £24.8m and expenditure of £25.0m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £27.5m, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £15.6m, and cash holdings were £11.4m against a minimum requirement of £10.4m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00171402
• Trading subsidiary: ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS LIMITED Companies House 02475416

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TERRY WEYMOUTH, Karen Ann — director, appointed 01/07/2026not on trustee list
• OWEN, Derfel John — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
• GOLDIE, Mark Adrian — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• ALEKSANDER, Samuel David Bendeth — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• EMDEM, Omotayo Jayne-Frances Stella — director, appointed 15/10/2024not on trustee list
• BURCH, Mark Lowrie — director, appointed 15/10/2024on trustee list
• BASSETT, Mark Camden — director, appointed 15/10/2024on trustee list
• LLEWELLYN SMITH, Caspar Michael — director, appointed 15/10/2024on trustee list
• WARE, Stephen Andrew — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• BROOKS, Alison Barbara — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• CHOI, Pui Quan — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• WALTERS, Cynthia Sue, Dr — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• WALIYAR MARINE, Simine Emillie — director, appointed 19/03/2024on trustee list
• STIRLING, Robert Benjamin — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
• BISCAYA, Sara Vieira Nobre — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
• MERTZ, Steven William — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
• SCHRODER, Ingrid Iniga — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• PONNIAH, Ravindren Chelliah — director, appointed 21/01/2021on trustee list
• WILKINS, Louise Christine — secretary, appointed 10/11/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ravinden Chelliah Ponniahchair
• Alison Barbara Brooks
• Caspar Llewellyn-Smith
• Derfel Owen
• Dr Cynthia Sue Walters
• Ingrid Iniga Schroder
• Karen Terry Weymouth
• Mark Bassett
• Mark Burch
• Mark Goldie
• Omotayo Emden
• Pui Quan Choi
• Robert Benjamin Stirling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samuel Aleksander
• Sara Vieira Nobre Biscaya
• Simine Emillie Waliyar-Marine
• Stephen Andrew Ware
• Steven William Mertz

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

Operates in: 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 THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.

• THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION income £215k
• ARCHITECTS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.2m
• THE COMPANY OF CHARTERED ARCHITECTS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND income £149k
• Beechwood Architecture Charity income £1.4m
• THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• THE ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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