The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Tread

Registered charity 1081400 Registered since 2000

Operates: India

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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.

5 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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£41k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendsoftread.org
Emailinfo@friendsoftread.org
Phone01454 604977
AddressB & A Church, 279 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8NY

Finances

£40,960 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£52,124£43,773
2022£50,372£57,507
2023£53,231£71,730
2024£49,514£53,867
2025£40,960£50,159

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORISSA IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ORPHANAGES OR HOMES FOR THEM2) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS AND HOSTELS IN THE STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORISSA IN SOUTHERN IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND TO FOUND AND MAINTAIN SCHOOLS AND HOSTELS OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND TO FOUND AND MAINTAIN TECHNICAL TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OUTFITS CLOTHING TOOLS INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ON LEAVING SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE THEM FOR OR TO ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO TRADE PROFESSION OR SERVICE3) TO RESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS IN THE STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORISSA IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY MEDICAL AID TO THEM AND TO FOUND AND MAINTAIN MEDICAL CENTRES TO PROVIDE NECESSARY MEDICAL AID.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 13 MAY 2000.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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