Registered charity · Buckinghamshire
Broadcast Journalism Training Council
- 22 trustees
- Income £157k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ralph Bernard CBEChair · since 2014
- Basmah FahimTrustee · since 2024
- Christopher ChohanTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher HowardTrustee · since 2021
- Datshiane NavanayagamTrustee · since 2023
- Debora Ann GorbuttTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Anne-Marie HarbinTrustee · since 2023
- Gail MellorsTrustee · since 2016
- Grace Francesca Melody-GardnerTrustee · since 2023
- James Robert PorterTrustee · since 2013
- Joanna Lucy PottsTrustee · since 2025
- Joe MichalczukTrustee · since 2024
- John Robert BarsbyTrustee
- Kate IronsideTrustee · since 2015
- Leigh Alexandra PurvesTrustee · since 2025
- Lorraine HerbisonTrustee · since 2019
- Matthew Peter WalshTrustee · since 2021
- Michelle PontingTrustee · since 2025
- Rajiv PopatTrustee · since 2023
- Robin EliasTrustee
- Timothy Barnett JohnTrustee · since 2022
- William Peter CopeTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bjtc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Broadcast Journalism Training Council
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£157k£174k
- 2024£186k£159k
- 2023£171k£207k
Earlier years
- 2022£156k£176k
- 2021£161k£163k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVNACE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM
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.
22 trustees on the board
- Ralph Bernard CBE Chair since 2014
- Basmah Fahim since 2024
- Christopher Chohan since 2023
- Christopher Howard since 2021
- Datshiane Navanayagam since 2023
- Debora Ann Gorbutt since 2025
- Dr Anne-Marie Harbin since 2023
- Gail Mellors since 2016
- Grace Francesca Melody-Gardner since 2023
- James Robert Porter since 2013
- John Robert Barsby
- Joanna Lucy Potts since 2025
- Joe Michalczuk since 2024
- Kate Ironside since 2015
- Leigh Alexandra Purves since 2025
- Lorraine Herbison since 2019
- Matthew Peter Walsh since 2021
- Michelle Ponting since 2025
- Robin Elias
- Rajiv Popat since 2023
- Timothy Barnett John since 2022
- William Peter Cope since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Ralph Bernard CBE Chair since 2014
- Gail Mellors since 2016
- James Robert Porter since 2013
- Kate Ironside since 2015
- Lorraine Herbison since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (22)
- Ralph Bernard CBE Chair since 2014
- Basmah Fahim since 2024
- Christopher Chohan since 2023
- Christopher Howard since 2021
- Datshiane Navanayagam since 2023
- Debora Ann Gorbutt since 2025
- Dr Anne-Marie Harbin since 2023
- Gail Mellors since 2016
- Grace Francesca Melody-Gardner since 2023
- James Robert Porter since 2013
- John Robert Barsby
- Joanna Lucy Potts since 2025
- Joe Michalczuk since 2024
- Kate Ironside since 2015
- Leigh Alexandra Purves since 2025
- Lorraine Herbison since 2019
- Matthew Peter Walsh since 2021
- Michelle Ponting since 2025
- Robin Elias
- Rajiv Popat since 2023
- Timothy Barnett John since 2022
- William Peter Cope since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1060668
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 NOVEMBER 1996
- Companies House
- Company number 03283252 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 08456008789 · sec@bjtc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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