Friends International Ministries

Registered charity 1094095 Registered since 2002

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Geoffrey Peter John Spence since 2018
Ian Masson Roberts since 2023
Jane Hutton since 2024
Matthew East since 2023

4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Geoffrey Peter John Spence since 2018

12y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Ian Masson Roberts since 2023
Jane Hutton since 2024
Matthew East since 2023

Portfolio (1)

Geoffrey Peter John Spence since 2018

company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 4General 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.

Other services 4Finance 2Business services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2022

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incomespending£2.9m 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.

5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.3 in 2021

83 from 74 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

Danbury Mission Church 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Azhar Academy Similar size; both Religion
The Joseph Rank Trust Similar size; both Religion
ST Paul's Theological Centre Similar size; both Religion
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Greyfriars Reading Similar size; both Religion
The Chinese Overseas Christian Mission Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.friendsinternational.uk
Email	info@friendsinternational.uk
Phone	01920460006
Address	CMS House, Watlington Road, Cowley, OXFORD, OX4 6BZ

Finances

£2,913,551 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,892,515	£2,158,985
2022	£2,552,149	£2,348,864
2023	£2,430,108	£2,545,139
2024	£2,603,240	£2,740,741
2025	£2,913,551	£2,868,627

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Human Resources

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:-TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN WITNESS TO STUDENTS FROM OTHER NATIONS STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (OR IN SUCH OTHER COUNTRY WHERE THE CHARITY MIGHT OPERATE), AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (PLEASE SEE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ON FILE FOR DETAILS).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 31 JULY 2002. as amended on 21 Sep 2018 as amended on 21 Sep 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees

66median age

0aged 70+

Geoffrey Peter John Spenceage band 65-69 since 2018
Ian Masson Robertsage band 65-69 since 2023
Jane Huttonage band 65-69 since 2024
Matthew Eastage band 40-44 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Friends International Ministries · 04500270 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/07/2002

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Danbury Mission Church 1 shared trustee

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