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Registered charity (CIO) · Guildford

The Bishop of Guildford's Foundation

The Bishop of Guildford's Foundation is a registered charity (number 1017385) based in Guildford, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by The Right Reverend Richard Paul Davies since 2026. Latest income £28k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Bishop of Guildford's Communities Fund (BGCF) (Charity Commission)

The purpose of the Charity is to advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the Trustees see fit from time to time in particular but not limited to relieving poverty advancing education and advancing the...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £28k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
Where
Kingston Upon Thames, Hampshire, Surrey
Website
www.bgcf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£28k£18k
  • 2024£30k£27k
  • 2023£16k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2023£21k£36k
  • 2022£23k£23k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The purpose of the Charity is to advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the Trustees see fit from time to time in particular but not limited to relieving poverty advancing education and advancing the Christian religion for the benefit of people in the Diocese of Guildford (the Diocese) by making grants for activities initiated by Church of England churches in the Diocese or for activities initiated by persons and entities in active partnership with those churches

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Religious Activities 2Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1017385
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 19 APR 2023 as amended on 23 Oct 2025
Contact on the register
01483 590500 · info@bgcf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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