Registered charity (CIO) · Derby
The Friends of Friar Gate Bridge
- 6 trustees
- Income £460 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Francis Howard Miles ThomasChair · since 2015
- Dr Katharine CoxTrustee · since 2024
- Malcolm HoldenTrustee · since 2016
- Mandy Anne CoonsTrustee · since 2018
- Michael John WalshTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Cecile WrightTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- NEW Zealand Community Association · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Derby City
- Website
- www.friargatebridge.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£460£7
- 2024£250£6
- 2023£280£157
Earlier years
- 2022£390£137
- 2021£410£163
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL, NATURAL AND MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF FRIAR GATE BRIDGE ("THE BRIDGE") IN DERBY.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE HERITAGE OF THE BRIDGE BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARCHITECTURE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE BRIDGE BY MEANS OF PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS AND CO-OPERATION WITH SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND OTHER BODIES AND SOCIETIES.
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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
- Francis Howard Miles Thomas Chair since 2015
- Dr Katharine Cox since 2024
- Mandy Anne Coons since 2018
- Malcolm Holden since 2016
- Michael John Walsh since 2025
- Professor Cecile Wright since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Francis Howard Miles Thomas Chair since 2015
- Mandy Anne Coons since 2018
- Malcolm Holden since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Francis Howard Miles Thomas Chair since 2015
- Dr Katharine Cox since 2024
- Malcolm Holden since 2016
- Michael John Walsh since 2025
- Professor Cecile Wright since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Mandy Anne Coons since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163174
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 18 Aug 2015 as amended on 16 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07932107553
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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