Registered charity (CIO) · Coventry
Coventry City of Languages
Coventry City of Languages is a registered charity (number 1212358) based in Coventry, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Professor Katherine Hall since 2025. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Coventry City
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN COVENTRY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN THE USE, LEARNING, AND APPRECIATION OF ALL GLOBAL LANGUAGES, INCLUDING HERITAGE LANGUAGES, AND TO PROMOTE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TEACHING, ADVICE, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND RESEARCH (THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED) THE INCREASED UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE POSITIVE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FUNCTION AND FACILITY OF GLOBAL LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE LEARNING.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE A ‘HERITAGE LANGUAGE’ IS DEFINED AS A MINORITY LANGUAGE (EITHER IMMIGRANT OR INDIGENOUS) LEARNED BY ITS SPEAKERS AT HOME AS CHILDREN, AND DIFFICULT TO BE FULLY DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT INPUT FROM THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
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
- Professor Katherine Hall Chair since 2025
- Dr Ben Dew since 2025
- Helen Sara Masefield since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Professor Katherine Hall Chair since 2025
- Dr Ben Dew since 2025
- Helen Sara Masefield 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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1212358
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Feb 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07867788859 · coventrycityoflanguages@gmail.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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