Registered charity · London
Council for Education in the Commonwealth
- 13 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen TwiggChair · since 2021
- Anja NielsenTrustee · since 2023
- Chris ChangTrustee · since 2016
- Colin Bryan Riordan ProfTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Alba DE SouzaTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Neil R Kemp OBETrustee · since 2016
- Dr the Lady Susan TunnicliffeTrustee · since 2020
- Lynn AngTrustee · since 2023
- Nasir Sohail KazmiTrustee · since 2024
- Oliver MawhinneyTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Peter GrubbTrustee · since 2024
- Rita OdumosuTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth DorrellTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.cecomm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Council for Education in the Commonwealth
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£7k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£3k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£748
- 2021£3k£870
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FORMED ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY: (A) PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; (B) CONTRIBUTING TO EDUCATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCE AMONG THE GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO THE FORMULATION, ADOPTION AND REVIEW OF APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO THAT END; AND (C) PROVIDING FOR THESE PURPOSES A FORUM WHERE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS MAY EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND VIEWS, AND TO OFFER TO KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED PERSONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES A PLATFORM FOR MAKING KNOWN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, FOR AIRING ISSUE OF CONCERN AND FOR ADVOCACY OF APPROPRIATE ACTION.
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
- Stephen Twigg Chair since 2021
- Anja Nielsen since 2023
- Chris Chang since 2016
- Colin Bryan Riordan Prof since 2024
- Dr Alba DE Souza since 2016
- Dr Neil R Kemp OBE since 2016
- Dr the Lady Susan Tunnicliffe since 2020
- Lynn Ang since 2023
- Nasir Sohail Kazmi since 2024
- Oliver Mawhinney since 2022
- Richard Peter Grubb since 2024
- Rita Odumosu since 2018
- Ruth Dorrell since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Chris Chang since 2016
- Dr Alba DE Souza since 2016
- Dr Neil R Kemp OBE since 2016
- Dr the Lady Susan Tunnicliffe since 2020
- Rita Odumosu since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Anja Nielsen since 2023
- Chris Chang since 2016
- Colin Bryan Riordan Prof since 2024
- Dr Alba DE Souza since 2016
- Dr Neil R Kemp OBE since 2016
- Dr the Lady Susan Tunnicliffe since 2020
- Lynn Ang since 2023
- Nasir Sohail Kazmi since 2024
- Oliver Mawhinney since 2022
- Richard Peter Grubb since 2024
- Ruth Dorrell since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Stephen Twigg Chair since 2021
- Rita Odumosu since 2018
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
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1091704
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED 2ND JULY 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04391999 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02080699018 · secretariat@cecomm.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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