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Registered charity · London

ST Christopher's Fellowship

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £118,000,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • AT1487 Independent Foster Agencies Provision Buyer: Luton Council £118,000,000 2026-06-23 CPV 85300000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Councils are working collaboratively to re-open and expand the Approved Provider List (APL) for Independent Fostering Agencies to serve all authorities. The APL will support the authori…

  • AT1487 Independent Foster Agencies Provision Buyer: Luton Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85300000 Source: Find a Tender

    Luton Council are leading on the procurement on behalf of the four Local Authority Partners, Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council (the Partnership Authorities). Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfo…

About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Throughout England, Isle Of Man
Website
www.stchris.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST.Christophers Fellowship
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£18m
  • 2024£17m£19m
  • 2023£18m£19m
Earlier years
  • 2022£18m£18m
  • 2021£18m£18m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 44% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1.1 TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO ESTABLISH, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE HOMES AND HOSTELS AND OTHER CENTRES FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OR RESIDENCE OR USE OR BENEFIT OF SUCH PEOPLE TO PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR THE PROVISION OF FOSTERING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE;1.1.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY; AND1.1.3 TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE

Grants received

14 grants · £1,372,422 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

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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.

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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

Health and social care 6Education 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£16.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.8 in 2021

317 from 407 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
46%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207782
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/12/1936AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/06/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/09/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/04/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 SEP 2017 as amended on 13 Sep 2023
Companies House
Company number 00321509 · Active
Contact on the register
02087807800 · info@stchris.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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