Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Directors Charitable Foundation
- 12 trustees
- Income £58k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew ChownsChair · since 2020
- Alix AustinTrustee · since 2025
- Amanda Jane SykesTrustee · since 2025
- Ben Matthew Vivien WoodiwissTrustee · since 2023
- Daniel Richard ZeffTrustee · since 2020
- Deborah PaigeTrustee · since 2020
- Guy Michael GibbonsTrustee · since 2023
- Hugh Allen WhitworthTrustee · since 2025
- Michael John StricklandTrustee · since 2025
- Nasheed Qamar FaruqiTrustee · since 2025
- Nigel LevyTrustee · since 2025
- Serena DaviesTrustee · since 2025
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.directorscf.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£58k£78k
- 2024£104k£70k
- 2023£62k£60k
Earlier years
- 2022£53k£50k
- 2021£57k£85k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS PARTICULARLY THOSE PRACTISED BY AND RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER PERSONS WITH SIMILAR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVING CREATIVE CHARGE OF UNITS OR SUB-UNITS OF PRODUCTION IN EVERY ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE CREATIVE PROCESS OR ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR;3.2 TO PROMOTE ANY RELATED CHARITABLE PURPOSE INCLUDING THE ARRANGEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF CO-OPERATION WITH AND BETWEEN PUBLIC AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS OR OBJECTS AFFECTING DIRECTORS;3.3 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG THOSE ENGAGED IN THE ARTS AND PARTICULARLY AMONG DIRECTORS THEIR DEPENDANTS AND RELATIVES;3.4 AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE:-3.4.1 TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND TO PRINT PUBLICISE ISSUE AND OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE ANY USEFUL PRODUCTS THEREOF IN ANY LITERARY AURAL OR VISUAL FORM AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE ACQUISITION STORAGE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN ANY FORM RELEVANT TO THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO; AND3.4.2 TO PRESENT PROMOTE ORGANISE PROVIDE MANAGE AND PRODUCE ANY LITERARY AURAL OR VISUAL MATERIAL WHICH MAY ADVANCE THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO PURCHASE ACQUIRE OBTAIN INTERESTS IN AND DEAL WITH COPYRIGHT AND OTHER RIGHTS IN ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,800 total360Giving 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
- Fenton Arts Trust · £2,800
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Andrew Chowns Chair since 2020
- Alix Austin since 2025
- Amanda Jane Sykes since 2025
- Ben Matthew Vivien Woodiwiss since 2023
- Daniel Richard Zeff since 2020
- Deborah Paige since 2020
- Guy Michael Gibbons since 2023
- Hugh Allen Whitworth since 2025
- Michael John Strickland since 2025
- Nasheed Qamar Faruqi since 2025
- Nigel Levy since 2025
- Serena Davies since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Chowns Chair since 2020
- Daniel Richard Zeff since 2020
- Deborah Paige since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Andrew Chowns Chair since 2020
- Alix Austin since 2025
- Amanda Jane Sykes since 2025
- Ben Matthew Vivien Woodiwiss since 2023
- Daniel Richard Zeff since 2020
- Deborah Paige since 2020
- Guy Michael Gibbons since 2023
- Hugh Allen Whitworth since 2025
- Michael John Strickland since 2025
- Nigel Levy since 2025
- Serena Davies since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Nasheed Qamar Faruqi since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 1168715
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 10 Aug 2016 as amended on 02 Nov 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02072400009 · admin@directorscf.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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