The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Song and Hymn Writers Foundation CIO

Registered charity 1170493 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Canada, Germany, Netherlands, United States, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 3General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£159k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.shwf.org.uk
Emailinfo@shwf.org.uk
Phone01509 891429
Address12 Hastings Road, Woodhouse Eaves, LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, LE12 8QU

Finances

£159,356 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£76,482£66,592
2021£103,542£79,731
2022£98,233£100,738
2023£132,394£133,102
2024£159,356£152,458

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT IN SCHEDULE 2, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) BY FURTHERING THE GROWTH OF WRITING, COMPOSING AND USE OF HYMNS AND SONGS.(B) BY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ASSIST CHURCH MUSICIANS IN DEVELOPING THE USE OF OTHER MUSIC FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND THEREBY TO SUPPORT PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL IN CHURCHES, CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS AND GATHERINGS OF A SIMILAR NATURE(C) BY DEVELOPING HYMNS, SONGS AND OTHER MUSIC FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH WORSHIP.(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE WRITING OF HYMNS, SONGS AND OTHER WORDS AND MUSIC FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND IN HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BOTH FOR NEW AND EXISTING WRITERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND RESOURCES TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THE COMPOSITION OF WORDS AND MUSIC FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP(B) BY MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO WRITERS OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Nov 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
77median age
1aged 70+

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