The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

Registered charity 1160384 Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras

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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.

5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 14General Charitable Purposes 14The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 13Professional services 7Business services 4

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£56.2m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.1 in 2021

378 from 437 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.cafod.org.uk
Emailcafod@cafod.org.uk
Phone020 7733 7900
AddressC A F O D, ROMERO HOUSE, 55 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 7JB

Finances

£56,200,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£52,404,000£48,944,000
2022£50,542,000£49,811,000
2023£67,916,000£66,273,000
2024£47,930,000£59,170,000
2025£56,200,000£50,565,674

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (4) THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS DISEASE AND PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMUNITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/2015

Trustees (14)

14trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development · 09387398 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/01/2015

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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