The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Cbso Development Trust

Registered charity 1042296 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

7 trustees on the board

10.3y median 13y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£125k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cbso.co.uk
Phone01216166500
AddressC B S O, BERKLEY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2LF

Finances

£125,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£143,000
2022£108,000£179,000
2023£2,861,000£533,000
2024£203,000£412,000
2025£125,000£495,000

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIMES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE CBSO SOCIETY LIMITED BY WAY OF GIFT GRANT LOAN GUARANTEE OR SUCH OTHER FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION CONSIDER APPROPRIATE

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 NOVEMBER 1994

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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