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Good Shepherd Foundation UK

Good Shepherd Foundation UK is a registered charity (number 1164364) based in Upminster, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Joseph Gregory D'Souza since 2015. Latest income £971k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £971k (2025)

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Linked company
Good Shepherd Foundation UK
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£971k£946k
  • 2024£351k£423k
  • 2023£741k£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£539k£418k
  • 2021£1.1m£570k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):4.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY SETTING UP AND RUNNING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ESTABLISHING AND RUNNING SCHOLARSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMMES, AND PROVIDING VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING;4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR THE SAVING OF LIVES IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY THE PROVISION OF CLINICS, HOSPITALS, SLUM HEALTH CARE PROGRAMMES, RURAL MEDICAL CAMPS, PROGRAMMES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER, AND HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMMES;4.3 RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT RITUAL PROSTITUTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROVIDING SHELTERS AND RESCUE FACILITIES, AND RUNNING NUTRITION PROGRAMMES;4.4 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY RUNNING NUTRITION PROGRAMMES, MIDDAY MEAL AND FEEDING PROGRAMMES, PROVIDING GRANTS (INCLUDING GRANTS OF LIVESTOCK), PROMOTING ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, PROVIDING MICRO GRANTS FOR SETTING UP SMALL BUSINESSES, PROVIDING TAILORING AND HANDICRAFT TRAINING PROGRAMMES, AND CONDUCTING COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS;4.5 THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.5.1 MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;4.5.2 OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SUPPORT;4.5.3 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;4.5.4 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;4.5.5 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;4.5.6 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;4.5.7 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;4.5.8 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;4.5.9 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;4.5.10 INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;4.5.11 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.4.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY ESTABLISHING CHURCHES AND DISTRIBUTING COPIES OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, FILMS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND ORGANISING CHRISTIAN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES;4.7 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY THE ORGANISATION OF INTER-FAITH EVENTS.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.2y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

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 3

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£971k latest income
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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 21.4 in 2021

1
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164364
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/04/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/12/2015
Companies House
Company number 09543610 · Active
Contact on the register
01708228573
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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