The Common Purpose Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1023384 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

8y median 8y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.3y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Education 16Health and social care 2Other services 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Contact

Website	www.commonpurpose.org
Email	info@commonpurpose.org
Phone	02076088100
Address	124 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2NX

Finances

£6,720,294 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,374,700	£4,259,600
2022	£5,369,100	£5,341,000
2023	£5,487,894	£6,192,058
2024	£6,933,646	£7,127,605
2025	£6,720,294	£6,848,992

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO EDUCATE MEN AND WOMEN FROM A BROAD RANGE OF GEOGRAPHICAL POLITICAL ETHNIC INSTITUTIONAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS IN CONSTITUTIONAL CIVIC ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CIVIL AND SOCIAL AWARENESS AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION SHALL AUTHORIZE OR BE DEEMED TO AUTHORISE THE CARRYING ON OF ANY ACTIVITY FOR ANY PURPOSES SAVE THOSE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/06/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/12/1998 as amended on 28 Mar 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees

68median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 6 trustees are aged 70 or over.

David William Graceage 69 Chair since 2017
Janis Sandersage 66 since 2018
Jonathan Edward Donnerage 69 since 2014
Mark Linderage 73
Professor Christine Ennewage 66 since 2023
Sanjeev Guptaage 59 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

The Common Purpose Charitable Trust · 02832875 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/06/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Harper Adams University 1 shared trustee

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