The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Boys' Brigade

Registered charity 305969 Registered since 1964

Operates: Ireland, Scotland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 12Religious Activities 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Other services 13Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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
2024
2025
incomespending£6.1m latest income
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.

43.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.9 in 2021

27 from 41 in 2021
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.boys-brigade.org.uk
Emailsupport@boys-brigade.org.uk
Phone0300 303 4454
AddressThe Boys' Brigade C/O Adeyfield Free Church Centre, Maylands Avenue, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, Hertfordshire, HP2 4GZ

Finances

£6,068,006 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,725,401£1,667,792
2022£2,043,941£2,249,647
2023£3,005,945£2,815,817
2024£2,789,270£2,815,949
2025£6,068,006£2,358,044

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM AMONG BOYS AND THE PROMOTION OF HABITS OF OBEDIENCE, REVERENCE, DISCIPLINE, SELF-RESPECT AND ALL THAT TENDS TOWARDS A TRUE CHRISTIAN MANLINESS.2. ALL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE AND LAWFUL ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19 OCTOBER 1916 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 24 MARCH 1950 AND 19 SEPTEMBER 2008. as amended on 15 Nov 2021 as amended on 02 Sep 2023 as amended on 21 Mar 2024 as amended on 18 Sept 2024

Trustees (12)

12trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Boys Brigade(the) · 00145122 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/10/1916

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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