Registered charity · Kent
The Beshara Trust
The Beshara Trust is a registered charity (number 296769) based in Kent, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Michael Cohen. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Website
- www.beshara.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Beshara Trust
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£17k
- 2024£24k£24k
- 2023£17k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£32k£20k
- 2021£22k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BASIC UNITY OF ALL RELIGIONS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COURSES TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF MAN TO THE UNIVERSE, THE EARTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOCIETY HE LIVES IN, TO REALITY AND TO GOD.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Michael Cohen Chair
- Crispin Roberts since 2018
- DR John Markson Brown since 2015
- Dee Mitting since 2017
- Gary Tonge Latimer since 2025
- Maria Lusitano da Fonseca Moreira Santos since 2025
- Sam Fardghassemi since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Crispin Roberts since 2018
- DR John Markson Brown since 2015
- Dee Mitting since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Michael Cohen Chair
- Crispin Roberts since 2018
- DR John Markson Brown since 2015
- Dee Mitting since 2017
- Gary Tonge Latimer since 2025
- Maria Lusitano da Fonseca Moreira Santos since 2025
- Sam Fardghassemi since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 296769
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/04/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/10/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 02126693 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083007928 · chair@beshara.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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