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Family Business Research Foundation

Family Business Research Foundation is a registered charity (number 1134085) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Sir Michael James Bibby since 2015. Latest income £130k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £130k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.fbrf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Family Business Research Foundation
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£130k£142k
  • 2024£158k£128k
  • 2023£179k£146k
Earlier years
  • 2022£122k£126k
  • 2021£143k£146k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

HE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH RESEARCH INTO MATTERS RELATING TO FAMILY BUSINESSES AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH AND FINDINGS; AND THE PROMOTION OF SUCH PURPOSES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

4 grants · £120,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.9y median 2.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 8Education/training 8General 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.

Professional services 14Transport 9Manufacturing 6

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£130k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1134085
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 AUGUST 2009 AS AMENDED ON 24 OCT 2012 AS AMENDED ON 20 AUG 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 AUG 2021 as amended on 19 Oct 2023
Companies House
Company number 07001473 · Active
Contact on the register
44 (0) 7864650836 · info@fbrf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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