The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The London City Mission

Registered charity 247186 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

15 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 15Religious Activities 15The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 15

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 18Finance 11Professional services 7

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£8.9m 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.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 75.9 in 2020

180 from 159 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lcm.org.uk
Emailcompanysecretary@lcm.org.uk
Phone02074077585
AddressLONDON CITY MISSION, 175 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 2AH

Finances

£8,430,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,837,085£9,197,541
2022£10,084,000£10,633,000
2023£8,158,000£12,410,000
2024£8,923,000£14,277,000
2025£8,430,000£12,379,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO CARRY ON, DEVELOP AND EXTEND THE CAUSE AND WORK OF THE SAID EXISTING LONDON CITY MISSION, AND GENERALLY TO EXTEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON AND ITS VICINITY (ESPECIALLY THE POOR) WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO DENOMINATIONAL DISTINCTIONS OR THE PECULIARITIES OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10TH SEPTEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19TH JUNE 2002 AND 4TH MARCH 2005

Trustees (15)

15trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The London City Mission · 04284615 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/09/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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