The Buffini Chao Foundation
Registered charity 1111022 Registered since 2005
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- Grace Chan since 2025
- Karen Platt since 2022
- Lady Buffini
- SIR Damon Marcus Buffini
- SUE Jane Gutierrez since 2014
5.7y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- SUE Jane Gutierrez since 2014
17y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Karen Platt since 2022
- SUE Jane Gutierrez since 2014
Portfolio (3)
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 3
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Finance 5Arts and leisure 4Education 2
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.
incomespending£574k 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.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
2 from 1 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
- The Arts Council of England 1 shared trustee
- English National Ballet 1 shared trustee
- The Royal National Theatre 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Community Base Similar size; both General purposes
- The A Team Foundation Limited Similar size; both General purposes
- Watford Women's Centre Similar size; both General purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.buffinichao.com |
| trustees@buffinichao.com | |
| Phone | 07493 652270 |
| Address | THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION, PO BOX 1427, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 9FP |
Finances
£573,854 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £611,132 | £611,132 |
| 2022 | £208,828 | £774,044 |
| 2023 | £743,817 | £743,817 |
| 2024 | £944,854 | £944,854 |
| 2025 | £573,854 | £822,374 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11 MAY 2005.
Trustees (5)
5trustees
64median age
1aged 70+
- Grace Chanage band 80-84 since 2025
- Karen Platt since 2022
- Lady Buffiniage band 60-64
- SIR Damon Marcus Buffiniage band 60-64
- SUE Jane Gutierrez since 2014
Connected charities (4)
- English National Ballet 1 shared trustee
- 19262026 1 shared trustee
- The Royal National Theatre 1 shared trustee
- The Arts Council of England 1 shared trustee
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