The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The United Society

Registered charity 234518 Registered since 1964

Operates: Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Burma, Namibia, Pakistan

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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.

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

4
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 12General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Religious Activities 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 4Finance 3Arts 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

32.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2020

28 from 29 in 2020
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

Websitewww.uspg.org.uk
Emailinfo@uspg.org.uk
Phone02079212200
AddressUSPG, 5 Trinity Street, LONDON, SE1 1DB

Finances

£5,032,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,124,000£3,114,000
2022£3,397,000£3,299,000
2023£3,680,000£3,912,000
2024£3,411,000£4,197,000
2025£5,032,000£4,503,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCHES OF BRITAIN AND IRELANDAMONGST THE CHURCHES OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION AND THE COMMUNITIES THEYSERVE, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWINGMEANS:(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(II) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH;(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY ANDSKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF SUCHCOMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELPMEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(IV) THE TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORT OF CHURCH LEADERS;(V) THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SUCH CHURCHESAND COMMUNITIES; AND(VI) ANY OTHER MEANS AIMED AT IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND PROSPECTS FORTHE FUTURE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLESOF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS PRACTISED IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION;INCLUDING ACTING IN CO-OPERATION WITH PARTNERS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCHCHARITABLE OUTCOMES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTERS OF 16/06/1701, 6/04/1882, 22/08/1921, 21/06/1956, AND ORDER IN COUNCIL 30/10/1964. AS AMENDED ON 19/11/96 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MADE UNDER SECTION 74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 ON 20TH MARCH 1998 AND 9TH JUNE 1998.ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 11/12/2013

Trustees (12)

12trustees
66median age
1aged 70+

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