The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Cord Global

Registered charity 1070684 Registered since 1998

Operates: Coventry City, Warwickshire, Burundi, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam

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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

4y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
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 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Economic/community Development/employment 6Other 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.

Business services 8Education 1Health and social care 1

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£1.8m latest income
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.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021

28 from 34 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cord.org.uk
Emailinfo@cord.org.uk
Phone02477087777
AddressCord, Enterprise House (Office G7), Foleshill Enterprise Park, Courtaulds Way, COVENTRY, CV6 5NX

Finances

£1,785,024 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,560,720£1,590,559
2022£1,482,843£1,541,774
2023£1,966,664£1,677,585
2024£1,443,345£1,642,086
2025£1,785,024£1,527,065

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

In accordance with Christian principles and as an expression of the Christian faith:3.1.1 to advance peace and reconciliation among people anywhere in the world, by means including (but not limited to) building relationships, training and equipping and creating spaces for dialogue;3.1.2 to prevent and relieve poverty among people anywhere in the world by means including (but not limited to) addressing inequalities, advancing fundamental freedoms, creating sustainable income, and building climate resilience; and3.1.3 to further such other purposes which may be charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the trustees see fit from time to time.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/05/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/01/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/07/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11 JUN 2016 as amended on 09 Jan 2025 as amended on 09 Jan 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Cord Global · 03566119 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/05/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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