Registered charity · London
Civitas Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £536k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.civitas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Civitas Limited
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£536k£640k
- 2024£534k£613k
- 2023£631k£692k
Earlier years
- 2022£605k£633k
- 2021£659k£593k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION AND ETHICS IN SOCIETY AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Grants received
10 grants · £196,652 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
- Pears Foundation · £177,294 (9 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £19,358
Most recent
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr David Costain since 2012
- Dr David George Green since 2022
- HON Justin Edward Magnus Shaw
- Peter Desmond Clifford Lloyd since 2023
- SIR Alan Walter Rudge CBE since 2015
- Tom Harris since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr David Costain since 2012
- SIR Alan Walter Rudge CBE since 2015
- Tom Harris since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr David Costain since 2012
- Dr David George Green since 2022
- HON Justin Edward Magnus Shaw
- Peter Desmond Clifford Lloyd since 2023
- SIR Alan Walter Rudge CBE since 2015
- Tom Harris since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
12.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 18.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085494
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH JUNE 2000
- Companies House
- Company number 04023541 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077996677 · info@civitas.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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