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The Debating Foundation

  • 2 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Rwanda
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022--
  • 2021--

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF WORK EXPERIENCE, DEBATE TRAINING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DEBATING SKILLS.

Board analysis

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.

2 trustees on the board

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 2Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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
1163249
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 21 Aug 2015
Contact on the register
07775657712
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 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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