The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Registered charity 1085454 Registered since 2001

Operates: Lambeth, Southwark

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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.

9 trustees on the board

5.1y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 9Economic/community Development/employment 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 10Other services 3Professional services 3

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£1.3m 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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.3 in 2021

19 from 11 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.
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.bost.org.uk
Emailinfo@bost.org.uk
Phone02074033393
Address50 Redcross Way, LONDON, London, SE1 1HA

Finances

£1,320,859 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£756,354£693,967
2022£1,180,545£991,266
2023£1,654,197£1,227,058
2024£1,553,685£1,335,207
2025£1,320,859£1,468,575

What it does

What

Amateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

To promote for the public benefit the conservation, protection and improvement of the built and natural environment, and in so doing to also advance physical and mental health, education opportunities and community development, in areas of high urban density throughout England and Wales.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 25TH JULY 2000 as amended on 16 Oct 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bankside Open Spaces Trust · 04040674 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/07/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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