Cotswold Friends

Registered charity 1106748 Registered since 2004

Operates: Gloucestershire

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Bridget Salvage since 2025
Christopher Ivan Ridgers since 2019
Colin Dennis since 2022
Diane Bell since 2019
Dr Caroline Holland Bell since 2025
Dr Nigel Moor since 2022
Gary Martyn Selwyn since 2021
Geoffrey Richard Benn since 2018

4.6y median 4.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Bridget Salvage since 2025
Diane Bell since 2019
Dr Caroline Holland Bell since 2025
Dr Nigel Moor since 2022
Geoffrey Richard Benn since 2018

Portfolio (3)

company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Disability 6Education/training 1Other 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.

Health and social care 10Professional services 5Other 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£606k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

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

International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) 1 shared trustee
Bingham Library Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Volunteering Matters 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Carlisle Eden Mind Limited Similar size; both Disability
Disability Focus Similar size; both Disability
Shirdi SAI Baba Temple Association of London Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cotswoldfriends.org
Email	info@cotswoldfriends.org
Phone	01608651415
Address	Cotswold Friends, Moreton Area Centre, High Street, MORETON-IN-MARSH, GL56 0AZ

Finances

£605,988 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£360,254	£317,404
2022	£334,762	£370,631
2023	£349,766	£373,624
2024	£427,754	£404,492
2025	£605,988	£476,369

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE COTSWOLDS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS; ANDB) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR THE RECRUITMENT, GUIDANCE AND DEPLOYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE PURPOSES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/07/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees

72median age

5aged 70+

Bridget Salvageage band 65-69 since 2025
Christopher Ivan Ridgersage band 70-74 since 2019
Colin Dennisage band 80-84 since 2022
Diane Bellage band 70-74 since 2019
Dr Caroline Holland Bell since 2025
Dr Nigel Moorage band 80-84 since 2022
Gary Martyn Selwynage band 65-69 since 2021
Geoffrey Richard Bennage band 70-74 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Cotswold Friends · 05182191 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/07/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Bingham Library Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Volunteering Matters 1 shared trustee
International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) 1 shared trustee

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