The Solent Centre for Architecture + Design is an independent not for profit company limited by guarantee.  It is headed by Chief Executive, Paul Grover.  Overall strategic direction and governance is given by a Board of Directors, with a subsidiary Finance Committee, both of which meet quarterly.

One of 20 Architecture Centres currently operating or being developed in the UK, the Solent Centre is a member of the Architecture Centre Network.  The ACN supports and advances the work of architecture and built environment centres seeking to secure greater knowledge, access, participation and influence, at all levels, in the creation of an excellent built environment for all.