Key Facts
Key facts taken from the Charity Commission’s 2017 Report
(Taken on Trust: The Awareness and Effectiveness of Charity Trustees in England and Wales)
61
Average age of a trustee is 61
64%
64% of trustees are male in charities with budgets less than 5million GBP
72%
72% of trustees are male in charities with budgets more than 5 million GBP
71%
71% of Chairs are men
75%
75% of trustees have incomes above the national household median
70%
70% of trustees were asked to join the board by the Chair or a fellow board member
5%
Only 5% had been recruited by responding to a job posting online
Takeaway: If a diverse, representative & impactful board is the objective, you have to stop relying in your own networks to recruit future trustees.
