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Registered charity · No. 1163668 · BrentwoodiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

The Common Good Foundation (aka Common Good)

Income
£199k
▼ 21.4% on 2025
Expenditure
£193k
▼ 44.2% on 2025
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
4
7.1y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
N/A
Not reported
How am I connected?

Overview

The Common Good Foundation's network

4 people1 organisationi4 listed on the board. 1 organisation shares a board member with this charity.The large node is The Common Good Foundation. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

4 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Professor Adrian PabstChair2019
7 yrs
James Randolph, Earl of LindsayTrustee2014
12 yrs
Jenny Katharine Stuart SinclairTrustee2021
5 yrs
Monsignor Jonathan James Armitage MgrTrustee2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board

The board

4 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Professor Adrian PabstChair2019
7 yrs
James Randolph, Earl of LindsayTrustee2014
12 yrs
Jenny Katharine Stuart SinclairTrustee2021
5 yrs
Monsignor Jonathan James Armitage MgrTrustee2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Daniel Leighton (2014-2016). Full officer list

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
6.8y
median 6y
Longest tenure
12y
since 2014
Years in governance
10.8y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
2
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
1
of 4 on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

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

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention or Relief of Poverty 4

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

Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast

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Network

Network

iThe large node is The Common Good Foundation. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

6 financial years held, 2021 to 2026, years ending 31 January.

Income and expenditure

6 years · years end 31 JanuaryiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k202620252024202320222021£199.20k£10.00k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. The Common Good Foundation has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year202120222023202420252026
Totals
Total income£176.52k£203.53k£333.34k£345.70k£253.59k£199.20k
Total expenditure£153.46k£197.75k£322.81k£368.29k£345.57k£192.73k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grants£10.00kNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0. The register shows a rolling five years, so years it no longer shows come from older copies we hold: 2021 from the register extract of 6 September 2026.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. The Common Good Foundation has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years. The next return, for the year ending 31 January 2026, is due by 30 November 2026.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 January 202630 November 20261 October 2026Not yet receivedNot yet dueAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 January 202530 November 202523 October 202523 October 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 January 202430 November 202427 August 202427 August 2024On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 January 202330 November 202323 October 202323 October 2023On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 January 202230 November 202224 October 202224 October 2022On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 January 202130 November 202129 July 202129 July 2021On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF

Accounts filed at Companies House

Company 08835602 has made 13 accounts filings (1 amended filing included) since 2015. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.

Accounts filed at Companies House, newest first
Made up toFiled onTypeDocument
31 January 202618 September 2026Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 January 202521 October 2025Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 January 202414 June 2024Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 January 202316 June 2023Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)13 pages
31 January 20224 January 2023Amended: total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)12 pages
31 January 202220 October 2022Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)12 pages
31 January 202123 July 2021Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 January 202013 July 2020Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 January 201924 October 2019Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)13 pages
31 January 20181 November 2018Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)12 pages
31 January 20173 November 2017Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)11 pages
31 January 201631 December 2016Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)8 pages
31 January 201526 November 2015Total exemption small accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)6 pages
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

1 grantiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.
Total from published grants
£20k
£20,000
Grants
1
published to 360Giving
Funders
1
distinct funders
Latest grant
Mar 2019
13 March 2019

Grants awarded 13 March 2019.

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

1 funder
FunderGrantsTotalYears
Pears Foundation1£20,0002019

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
13 March 2019Pears FoundationGrant to The Common Good Foundation£20,000

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

THE FURTHERANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN A MANNER WHICH PROMOTES MORAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE NOTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY, MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING, HONESTY AND FAIRNESS AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY:

  • A)

    PROMOTING RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;

  • B)

    PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING IN SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;

  • C)

    RELIEVING POVERTY BY REDUCING INEQUALITY; AND

  • D)

    PROMOTING GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

What it does

  • General charitable purposes
  • Education/training
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • Economic/community development/employment

Who it helps

  • The general public/mankind

How it helps

  • Provides services
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
Throughout England
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/01/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/08/2015 as filed
Register history
  • 21 September 2015Registered
Working name
Common Good

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Governing documents at Companies House

  • 11 August 2015Statement of the company's objects
  • 11 August 2015Memorandum and articles
  • 11 August 2015Resolution
  • 29 October 2014Resolution

Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.commongoodfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Common Good Foundation
Registered
2015

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