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Who runs it, how long they have been there, what else they run, and where the facts come from.

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See who runs it
The trustees as the Charity Commission lists them, longest-serving first, with the year each joined. This is a local charity chosen from the largest in the place.
A national example that shows long-serving seats: no charity listed for Kettering fits this step.
Registered charity - Great Smith Street, LondonThe Archbishops' Council
The Archbishops' Council is a registered charity (number 1074857) based in London, governed by 17 trustees. Latest income £235m (2025).
- Canon Dr James Herbert Harrison 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2015
- Canon Mark Sheard 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2017
- Joseph Diwakar 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2019
- Canon Alison Coulter 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Rachel Margaret Elizabeth Jepson 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
- Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
- Revd Canon Kate Wharton 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
- The Venerable Luke Jonathan Miller 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
9 more people on this board.
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 25th October 2026 · See the whole board
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See what else the trustees run
Organisations with trustees in common. A shared trustee is a formal link, not proof the organisations work together.
A national example that shows long-serving seats: no charity listed for Kettering fits this step.
Registered charity - Brownberrie Lane, LeedsLeeds Trinity University
People on this board also sit on these boards. Each link is a person recorded on both.
- Catholic Education Service1 shared trustee
- Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds)1 shared trustee
- Christ's and Notre Dame College, Liverpool1 shared trustee
- St. Monica's Housing Ltd1 shared trustee
- Leeds Trinity Students Union1 shared trustee
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 25th October 2026 · See the network
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Check where the facts come from
Which register each fact comes from, the date it was read and the licence. Every record also has a link to report a mistake.
A national example that shows long-serving seats: no charity listed for Kettering fits this step.
Registered charity - Head Street, ColchesterSue Ryder
Official source
Charity Commission register
Register edition
25th October 2026
Licence
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Calculated here
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Identity
Records are treated as the same person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved identity-matching evidence and rules. Likely relationships are supported by sufficient evidence to suggest the records concern the same individual, but are not established as confirmed; they are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. How people are matched
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 25th October 2026 · See the sources

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Official sources

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Records are joined into one person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved evidence and rules. Likely relationships are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. Connections are calculated here and labelled as calculated.

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