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Registered charity · Swansea

Platfform for Change

Platfform for Change is a registered charity (number 1000889) based in Swansea, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Anne-Louise Tonge since 2020. Latest income £16m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Gofal Housing, Gofal Housing Trust (Charity Commission)

(1) To relieve the needs of people with mental health problems, those at risk of developing mental health problems or suffering from detrimental health risk behaviours and other vulnerable or disadvantaged persons by: a) the provision of housing...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.platfform.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Platfform for Change
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£16m
  • 2024£16m£15m
  • 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£12m£12m
  • 2021£10m£10.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 59% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) To relieve the needs of people with mental health problems, those at risk of developing mental health problems or suffering from detrimental health risk behaviours and other vulnerable or disadvantaged persons by: a) the provision of housing and other associated amenities designed or adapted to meet the disabilities and requirements of such persons; b) the provision of services, advice, support and opportunities which support the mental wellbeing of such persons; and c) advancing the education of the public on the causes and effects of mental health problems and detrimental health risk behaviours. (2) In this Article: a) “detrimental health risk behaviour” means any form of individual behaviour which is harmful and self-detrimental, has a strong negative influence on mental health and which is attributable to poor psychological and social wellbeing for whatever reason, including substance misuse and other risks to individual and public mental health; b) “vulnerable” refers to persons (adults or children) who have, or may have, need of community services by reason of a mental or physical disability, age, or illness; and c) “disadvantaged” refers to a recognised social or welfare disadvantage.

Grants received

11 grants · £2,421,453 total

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Most recent

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.

4.2y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Arts and leisure 3Other services 2

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£16.0m 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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.8 in 2021

418 from 340 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.
63%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1000889
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 OCTOBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 5 FEBRUARY 1997, 28 MARCH 2001, 28 SEPTEMBER 2005, 16 MAY 2006, 8 OCTOBER 2007 AND 24 MARCH 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/06/2015 as amended on 17 Dec 2018 as amended on 06 Aug 2019 as amended on 18 Mar 2020
Companies House
Company number 02546880 · Active
Contact on the register
01656647722 · connect@platfform.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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