The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

ST Swithun's, Bournemouth

Registered charity 1162583 Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
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 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 9Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£633k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.1 in 2021

8 from 14 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lovechurch.org.uk
Emailhello@lovechurch.org.uk
Phone01202241077
AddressSt. Swithuns Church, Gervis Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3ED

Finances

£633,493 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£549,590£757,191
2022£635,672£582,179
2023£545,026£557,122
2024£476,427£456,626
2025£633,493£570,368

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 AUG 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/07/2015

Trustees (10)

10trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ST Swithun's, Bournemouth · 09164176 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/08/2014

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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