The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Cardinal Newman Charitable Trust

Registered charity 274474 Registered since 1977

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

0
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 5Religious Activities 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
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2025
incomespending£3k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.birminghamoratory.org.uk
Emailfriends@birminghamoratory.org.uk
Phone01214540808
AddressTHE ORATORY, 141 HAGLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B16 8UE

Finances

£2,569 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,364£2,350
2022£8,635£4,685
2023£2,496£5,233
2024£3,031£3,258
2025£2,569£6,136

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEACHING AND PHILOSOPHY OF JOHN HENRY NEWMANI) BY MEANS OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY PUBLICATIONS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT HIM HIS TEACHING AND HIS PHILOSOPHY; ANDII) BY ANY OTHER LAWFUL MEANSPAYING EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH A MONTHLY MASS FOR THE GENERAL INTENTIONS OF THE SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL INTENTIONS OF ITS MEMBERS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 14TH JULY 1977

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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