The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

CGD Europe

Registered charity 1157318 Registered since 2014

Operates: Argentina, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 7Health and social care 1

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
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.3 in 2020

41 from 40 in 2020
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.cgdev.org/cgd-europe
EmailEurope@cgdev.org
Phone+44 (0)7856507562
AddressC/O STONE KING LLP, BOUNDARY HOUSE, 91-93 CHARTERHOUSE STREET, LONDON, EC1M 6HR

Finances

£7,763,874 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£8,258,728£5,513,510
2021£5,785,270£6,397,777
2022£10,315,230£7,415,969
2023£6,145,549£6,820,197
2024£7,763,874£7,915,222

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO:1. POVERTY;2. HEALTH;3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;4. ECONOMICS;5. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND6. PUBLIC FINANCE (INCLUDING SOCIAL FINANCE); AND TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS".

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 JAN 2014 as amended on 01 Apr 2019 as amended on 03 Jul 2019 as amended on 17 Nov 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

CGD Europe · 08871642 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/01/2014

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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