The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Operation Christmas BOX

Registered charity 1112260 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

5.3y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (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.

Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 3Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2020
2021
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2024
incomespending£119k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.operationchristmasbox.org
Emailneil.russell@operationchristmasbox.org
Phone07960592490
AddressCastle Hill Barns, High Hill, Hough On The Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2AZ

Finances

£118,917 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£33,188£167,970
2021£71,429£152,503
2022£132,325£155,876
2023£129,701£143,526
2024£118,917£134,921

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES BY CHARITABLE MEANS, BY PROMOTING THE ESPRIT DE CORPS OF ALL SERVING OVERSEAS, PRIMARILY THROUGH CHRISTMAS BOXES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM OF ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 AUGUST 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 6 OCTOBER 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 FEB 2018

Trustees (3)

3trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Operation Christmas BOX · 05523632 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/08/2005

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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