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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

Holding Forth the Word

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £200k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Buckinghamshire
Website
www.holdingforth.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Holding Forth the Word LTD
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£200k£191k
  • 2024£416k£419k
  • 2023£215k£174k
Earlier years
  • 2022£167k£149k
  • 2021£216k£135k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING BY MEANS OF PROVIDING FOOD AND CLOTHING TO THOSE IN NEED WORLDWIDE AND GIVING ADVISORY SERVICES TOWARDS ACHIEVING THIS OBJECTIVE4) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN MILTON KEYNES

Grants received

1 grant · £30,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

3 trustees on the board

15.3y median 11y
average tenure
24y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

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 5Tech and media 2Construction 1

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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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£200k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1164181
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/06/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/01/2004AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30/09/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/10/2015
Companies House
Company number 04473839 · Active
Contact on the register
07919347157 · admin@holdingforth.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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