Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Society of the Divine Word
The Society of the Divine Word is a registered charity (number 1183256) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Rev Eamonn Donnelly since 2019. Latest income £306k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Divine Word Missionaries (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £306k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Rev. Gerhard Osthues.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- WWW.SVDIBP.ORG (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£306k£266k
- 2024£340k£268k
- 2023£328k£239k
Earlier years
- 2022£266k£235k
- 2021£293k£304k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT(S) OF THE CIO ARE: SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE SOCIETY SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR SHALL CEASE TO CARRY ON OR DIRECT OR SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE WORK THEN FOR SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Rev Eamonn Donnelly Chair since 2019
- Rev Nicodemus Lobo Ratu since 2019
- Rev. Gerhard Osthues since 2020
- Sanjeeb Xaxa Fr. since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Eamonn Donnelly Chair since 2019
- Rev Nicodemus Lobo Ratu since 2019
- Rev. Gerhard Osthues since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Rev Eamonn Donnelly Chair since 2019
- Rev Nicodemus Lobo Ratu since 2019
- Sanjeeb Xaxa Fr. since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1183256
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 02084528430 · eadonnelly@aol.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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