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Registered charity · London

Centre for Governance and Scrutiny

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £704k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Iain Murray.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.cfgs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Centre for Governance and Scrutiny
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£704k£603k
  • 2024£698k£774k
  • 2023£577k£596k
Earlier years
  • 2022£572k£531k
  • 2021£618k£549k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 62% · Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY, GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHETHER WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR, INCLUDING SCRUTINY BY ANY STAKEHOLDER, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAINTAINING A NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXPERTISE AND PROMOTING NATIONAL DEBATE AND NETWORKS; 3.2 TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND IMPROVING THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY, GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN GOVERNMENT AND THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND BY PROMOTING STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AMONGST THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF AND ADVICE AND SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY, GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY; AND 3.3 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY GOVERNMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS.

Grants received

1 grant · £33,500 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.

Top funders

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.

5 trustees on the board

11.2y median 9y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

4
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 5Other Charitable Purposes 5

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 4Public administration 4Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£704k 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.

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

7 from 6 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.
96%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1136243
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 MAY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 MARCH 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 JUL 2020 as amended on 22 Sep 2020
Companies House
Company number 05133443 · Active
Contact on the register
07869 717190 · info@cfgs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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