The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Shaftesbury Christian Trust

Registered charity 1176451 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: 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.

5 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 5Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Manufacturing 6Other services 3Business services 1

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£179k 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01162714343
Address45A Willoughby Road, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE8 5UA

Finances

£178,879 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£327,000£37,000
2022£597,491£49,040
2023£872,236£353,158
2024£319,147£314,851
2025£178,879£324,355

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE CHARITY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Dec 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees
68median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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