The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Telles Foundation

Registered charity 1165054 Registered since 2016

Operates: Brazil, United States

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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.

7 trustees on the board

8.7y median 9y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£466k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone02077833563
AddressTelles Foundation, Broadfield Law UK LLP, One Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL

Finances

£466,032 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£14,667,300£14,199,127
2021£2,104£22,582,380
2022£16,552,300£1,380,915
2023£37,809,796£20,197,687
2024£466,032£16,621,467

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects (the Objects) are restricted specifically to the advancement and promotion for the public benefit of education for Brazilian students, regardless of where they are studying, particularly but not exclusively, by improving the quality of education of young people, propelling extraordinary talent and supporting tech education for employability, by such means as the Directors may in their discretion think fit.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 MAY 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/07/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02/12/2015 as amended on 19 May 2018 as amended on 22 Jun 2019 as amended on 16 Nov 2021 as amended on 28 Sept 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Telles Foundation · 09578830 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/05/2015

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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