The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Society of ST. Columba

Registered charity 1160486 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: West Sussex

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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

3.5y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 5Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 2Tech and media 2Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£34k latest income

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

Websitewww.st-columba.com
Emailinfo@st-columba.com
Phone07775 727030
AddressCrickets, Vera's Walk, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 3JF

Finances

£34,467 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,863£2,074
2022£29,715£26,179
2023£20,627£13,323
2024£28,736£25,091
2025£34,467£51,810

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1. To advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public by fostering spiritual development and in accordance with the Statement of Faith appearing in the Schedule to the Articles of Association and in particular by the practice of prayer, devotional work and devotional learning.2. In the context of the objects at 2.1 and in acknowledgement of the beauty of God?s creation and humankind?s responsibilities towards it, in Christian understanding of God?s salvation of all of creation, to educate through study, engagement and practice, and encourage and promote to the general public (in particular young people and those in need) all matters relating to conservation of the environment and an?understanding of human?impact on?the natural environment.3. To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment?in accordance with the moral principles and the spirit of love that authenticates the Christian faith, for the public benefit of those of all faiths and none.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 13 Feb 2015 as amended on 31 Mar 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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