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The Latin Mass Society

The Latin Mass Society is a registered charity (number 248388) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by DR the Honourable Alexander Joseph Ranald Shaw. Latest income £484k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £484k (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.lms.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£484k£605k
  • 2024£359k£409k
  • 2023£948k£343k
Earlier years
  • 2022£271k£326k
  • 2021£319k£281k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO SUPPORT AND UPHOLD THE DEFINED TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE LITURGY AND TO RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. 2) TO SECURE PROVISIONS ENABLING ALL CATHOLICS REGULARLY TO ATTEND LOW MASS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT IN THE LATIN TONGUE. 3) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE ESTABLISHED FORM OF HIGH MASS AND TO FURTHER THE REGULAR AND WIDESPREAD CELEBRATION THEREOF. 4) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE CHURCH AND IN PARTICULAR OF GREGORIAN CHANT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

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company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 10Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£359k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
248388
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION & RULES ADOPTED 14 MAY 1966 AS AMENDED 1981, 1998, 2003 AND 7 JULY 2012
Contact on the register
02074047284 · info@lms.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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