The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Third Order, Society of Saint Francis

Registered charity 1064356 Registered since 1997

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus

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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.

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£158k 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

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Contact

Websitehttp://tssf.org.uk
Emailprovsec@tssf.org.uk
Phone0118 947 0258
Address12 LOWFIELD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6PA

Finances

£157,729 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£117,549£117,065
2022£191,264£87,966
2023£130,796£125,688
2024£128,020£144,660
2025£157,729£171,421

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND MASTER, ARE DEDICATED TO HIM IN BODY AND SPIRIT, WITH A DESIRE TO FULFIL THE THREE AIMS OF THE ORDER: TO MAKE OUR LORD KNOWN AND LOVED EVERYWHERE, TO SPREAD A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND HARMONY, AND TO LIVE SIMPLY

Governing document: STATUTES AS AMENDED ON 16TH MARCH 2012

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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