# THE BISHOPSGATE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1090923
- **Other names:** BISHOPSGATE FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE, BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, BISHOPSGATE LIBRARY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 5, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1090923


## Contact

- **Address:** BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, 230 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2M 4QH
- **Phone:** 02073929251
- **Email:** enquiries@bishopsgate.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bishopsgate.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.  THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INSTITUTE IN, OR NEAR THE CITY OF LONDON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF :- A LIBRARY COMPRISED OF BOOKS, JOURNALS AND OTHER MATERIALS (WHETHER ELECTRONIC OR OTHERWISE) FOR THE USE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE MANAGED UNDER REGULATIONS MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES; AND PUBLIC FACILITIES TO BE MANAGED UNDER REGULATIONS MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES INCLUDING THE POWER TO CHARGE FEES FOR THEIR USE.2.  THE RELIEF BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WORKING OR HAVE RESIDED OR WORKED IN THE AREA OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF ST BOTOLPH'S WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE, CHRISTCHURCH SPITALFIELDS AND ST LEONARD'S SHOREDITCH AS DEFINED FROM TIME TO TIME ("THE OBJECTS").

**Activities:** Bishopsgate Institute provides:A programme of short courses for adultsA programme of cultural events including talks, debates, concerts and performancesA specialist library holding collections concerned with the history of London, the East End, the labour and co-operative movements, freethought and humanismA Community Programme providing financial support to local people in need.

**Area of benefit:** GREATER LONDON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1590226 | £3118623 | £28544844 | 26 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1561545 | £3425980 | £30195422 | 32 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1598912 | £3746122 | £31846882 | 52 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1441958 | £3262953 | £37073833 | 49 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2605854 | £2969801 | £37576514 | 48 |



## Trustees

- Anita Datta — appointed July 21, 2025
- Benjamin Ferguson — appointed Dec. 16, 2024
- Benjamin McKnight — appointed March 18, 2024
- Dr Matthew Lodder — appointed March 24, 2025
- Elizabeth Pollock — appointed March 24, 2025
- Kawsar Zaman — appointed July 21, 2025
- Nathan Smith — appointed Dec. 11, 2023
- Robin Dey — appointed March 24, 2025
- Sarah Aitchison — appointed March 18, 2024
- Simon Demissie — appointed March 18, 2024
- The Revd David Thomas Armstrong — appointed March 18, 2019