The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The South American Mission Society

Registered charity 221328 Registered since 1963

Operates: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras

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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.

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (12)

13
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Religious Activities 3Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 29Education 7Arts and leisure 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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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£622k latest income
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.

15.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.9 in 2021

22 from 29 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.

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

Websitechurchmissionsociety.org/south-american-mission-society-sams
Emailitsupport_sams@churchmissionsociety.org
Phone01865787400
AddressChurch Mission Society, C M S House, Watlington Road, Cowley, OXFORD, OX4 6BZ

Finances

£621,669 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£759,491£617,489
2022£739,874£570,785
2023£623,951£753,758
2024£1,758,379£866,275
2025£621,669£870,150

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY’S OBJECT IS AS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE IN MISSION OBSERVING THE CALL OF GOD, TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN ALL PLACES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON LATIN AMERICA AND TO DRAW ALL PEOPLES INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 FEBRUARY 1900 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 27 MARCH 1957 AND 10TH APRIL 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 AUG 2018

Trustees (13)

13trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The South American Mission Society · 00065048 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/02/1900

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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