# THE BISHOPSGATE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1090923
- **Other names:** BISHOPSGATE FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE, BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, BISHOPSGATE LIBRARY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04362659](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04362659)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1090923


## Contact

- **Address:** BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, 230 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2M 4QH
- **Phone:** 020 7392 9251
- **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&#x27;S WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE, CHRISTCHURCH SPITALFIELDS AND ST LEONARD&#x27;S SHOREDITCH AS DEFINED FROM TIME TO TIME (&quot;THE OBJECTS&quot;).

**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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREATER LONDON
- Throughout London





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- THE BISHOPSGATE FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT CHARITY (1090923-1)



