The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Charities Trust

Registered charity 327489 Registered since 1987

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, France, Germany, India, Israel, Ireland, Singapore, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada, China

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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.

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 6Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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 9Transport 9Finance 6

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£74.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.1 in 2021

40 from 34 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.charitiestrust.org
Emailinfo@charitiestrust.org
Phone01512865129
AddressCHARITIES TRUST, 2ND FLOOR ELEANOR RATHBONE HOUSE, CONNECT BUSINESS VILLAGE, 24 DERBY ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L5 9PR

Finances

£74,377,771 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£164,284,183£133,822,845
2022£66,029,585£80,123,631
2023£80,089,500£78,699,715
2024£75,670,823£84,913,511
2025£74,377,771£93,969,540

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHERESOEVER IN THE WORLD AS THE COMPANY MAY THINK FIT AND IN SO FAR AS THE SAME ARE ENTIRELY ANCILLARY TO SUCH OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE: (I) TO ACCEPT AND UNDERTAKE THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT (WHETHER COMPLETELY OR ONLY IN PART) OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS WHETHER AS AGENTS FOR THE TRUSTEES OF SUCH TRUSTS OR OTHERWISE AND TO REQUIRE AND ACCEPT FEES ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH WORK OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT. (II) TO ACT AS AN AGENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 713 OF THE INCOME TAX (EARNINGS & PENSIONS) ACT 2003 OR ANY RE-ENACTMENT THEREOF AND TO REQUIRE AND ACCEPT FEES FOR SO ACTING. (III) TO ACT AS A PAYROLLGIVING AGENCY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR APPLICATION TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS THE DONOR MAY SPECIFY AND IF FOR ANY REASON IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CHARITY TO PAY ANY SUCH DONATION TO A CHARITY SPECIFIED BY A DONOR THE CHARITIES SHALL SO FAR AS IS PERMITTED BY LAW PAY THAT AMOUNT TO SUCH OTHER CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS IT MAY CONSIDER HAS OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE CHARITY SPECIFIED BY THE DONOR.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 JUNE 1987 AS AMENDED 5 DECEMBER 2006

Trustees (6)

6trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Charities Trust · 02142757 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/06/1987

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.