Registered charity · London
British Overseas Ngos for Development (Bond)
- 13 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kirsty SmithChair · since 2024
- Abu AkeemTrustee · since 2024
- Anushree Chirag RaoTrustee · since 2021
- Catherine BrownleeTrustee · since 2026
- Charlotte BeaconTrustee · since 2022
- Graham GordonTrustee · since 2023
- Jasmina HaynesTrustee · since 2023
- Jennifer Lauren CodmanTrustee · since 2021
- Kate NewmanTrustee · since 2024
- Othman MoqbelTrustee · since 2023
- Rainatou SowTrustee · since 2020
- Shazia ArshadTrustee · since 2024
- Stella Opoku-OwusuTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bond.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Overseas Ngos for Development (Bond)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£3.7m
- 2024£2.7m£3.2m
- 2023£3.8m£3.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.9m£3.5m
- 2021£4.2m£3.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ARISING OUT OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS, AGE, INFIRMITY AND DISABLEMENT BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN SO FAR AS SUCH ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE CHARITABLE PURPOSES
Grants received
12 grants · £1,673,284 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £799,784 (2 grants)
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £400,000 (3 grants)
- Unbound Philanthropy · £300,000 (3 grants)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch · £120,000 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £50,000
Most recent
- Unbound Philanthropy
- Unbound Philanthropy
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Kirsty Smith Chair since 2024
- Abu Akeem since 2024
- Anushree Chirag Rao since 2021
- Catherine Brownlee since 2026
- Charlotte Beacon since 2022
- Graham Gordon since 2023
- Jasmina Haynes since 2023
- Jennifer Lauren Codman since 2021
- Kate Newman since 2024
- Othman Moqbel since 2023
- Rainatou Sow since 2020
- Shazia Arshad since 2024
- Stella Opoku-Owusu since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Kirsty Smith Chair since 2024
- Abu Akeem since 2024
- Anushree Chirag Rao since 2021
- Catherine Brownlee since 2026
- Jasmina Haynes since 2023
- Jennifer Lauren Codman since 2021
- Kate Newman since 2024
- Othman Moqbel since 2023
- Rainatou Sow since 2020
- Shazia Arshad since 2024
- Stella Opoku-Owusu since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Charlotte Beacon since 2022
- Graham Gordon since 2023
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068839
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/05/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 05/11/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 03395681 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078378344 · rgreenhill@bond.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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