Registered charity (CIO) · London
Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs
- 9 trustees
- Income £54k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lord Griffiths of FforestfachChair · since 1968
- Anne DevlinTrustee · since 2018
- Philip Kenneth WoodTrustee · since 2001
- Professor Lord Mccoll of Dulwich CBETrustee · since 1998
- Rev John LentonTrustee · since 2018
- Rt Honourable John Philip Glen MPTrustee · since 2025
- Ruth Maria KellyTrustee · since 2016
- Stephen Trevor BeerTrustee · since 2025
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- Thomas James Archer-BurtonTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- The Share Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics · 1 shared trustee
- Environmental Defense Fund UK · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- CRPA-office.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£54k£57k
- 2024£51k£57k
- 2023£59k£52k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£23k
- 2021£10£0
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WORLDWIDE, IN PARTICULAR BY:-(1) FORMING GROUPS AMONG CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND OTHER PROFESSIONS TO MEET FOR DISCUSSION, PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP, TO HELP EACH OTHER INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATELY TO RELATE TO THEIR FAITH TO THEIR WORK, THEIR LIFE AND THEIR SOCIETY(2) BRINGING ABOUT THROUGH THE INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITY OF SUCH GROUPS A WIDER AWARENESS OF THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO DAILY HUMAN ISSUES OR PROBLEMS;(3) PROMOTING THESE AND OTHER GROUPS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS IN EACH COUNTRY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH OTHER GROUPS OF RESPONSIBLE CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME:-(A) A DYNAMIC FORCE FOR CHRIST THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT; AND(B) A CREATIVE AND REDEMPTIVE INFLUENCE FOR GOOD AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Chair since 1968
- Anne Devlin since 2018
- Philip Kenneth Wood since 2001
- Professor Lord Mccoll of Dulwich CBE since 1998
- Ruth Maria Kelly since 2016
- Rev John Lenton since 2018
- Rt Honourable John Philip Glen MP since 2025
- Stephen Trevor Beer since 2025
- Thomas James Archer-Burton since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Chair since 1968
- Anne Devlin since 2018
- Philip Kenneth Wood since 2001
- Professor Lord Mccoll of Dulwich CBE since 1998
- Ruth Maria Kelly since 2016
- Rev John Lenton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anne Devlin since 2018
- Professor Lord Mccoll of Dulwich CBE since 1998
- Rev John Lenton since 2018
- Rt Honourable John Philip Glen MP since 2025
- Stephen Trevor Beer since 2025
- Thomas James Archer-Burton since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Chair since 1968
- Philip Kenneth Wood since 2001
- Ruth Maria Kelly since 2016
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.
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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
- 1177663
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Mar 2018
- Contact on the register
- 02087486029
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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