The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Chirp Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1058262 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 11

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

Transport 12Education 3Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£553k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

5 from 4 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chirp.co.uk
Emailmail@chirp.co.uk
Phone020 4534 2881
Address167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, LONDON

Finances

£553,213 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£638,362£455,586
2022£224,133£479,547
2023£517,179£469,706
2024£587,238£585,191
2025£553,213£537,805

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) To gather information on the circumstances of incidents and accidents involving aviation and maritime modes of transportation through a confidential reporting system for the collection of Human Factors safety-related issues, to analyse data and identify trends; 2) To advise interested bodies on Human Factors issues relevant to air and maritime transport safety with the aim of the preservation of human life and the protection of the environment.?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996 AS AMENDED 7 APRIL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 FEB 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 FEB 2020 as amended on 10 Jul 2020 as amended on 24 Dec 2021

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Chirp Charitable Trust · 03253764 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/09/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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