The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Forward Trust

Registered charity 1001701 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

10
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 12Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Business services 12Finance 2Health and social care 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£44.4m 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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.5 in 2021

817 from 431 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

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Contact

Websitewww.forwardtrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@forwardtrust.org.uk
Phone02039815525
AddressUnit 106, Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Lane, LONDON, SE11 5DP

Finances

£44,433,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£21,376,000£21,531,000
2022£34,470,000£29,973,000
2023£32,872,000£33,675,000
2024£39,912,000£39,856,000
2025£44,433,000£45,761,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

2. ObjectsThe objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and particularly, but not exclusively, by working with persons suffering from alcoholism, addiction, offenders, ex-offenders, those at risk of offending, and marginalised groups in society:2.1 to relieve poverty, sickness and distress amongst:2.1.1 persons suffering from the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances;2.1.2 persons engaged in substance misuse;2.1.3 persons suffering from other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses; and2.1.4 the families and dependants of such persons;including but not limited to by the provision of treatment, advice, support, information and counselling to such persons, and to assist in the rehabilitation and recovery of such persons;2.2 to promote the health of such persons through the provision of medical or psycho-social interventions or other treatment;2.3 to advance the education: 2.3.1 and training of any person in the care or treatment of such persons working in the field of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances, substance misuse, other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses; and2.3.2 of the public in all aspects of addiction problems, including alcohol and substance abuse; 2.4 to promote research into addiction, substance misuse, compulsive disorders and related mental illness, including their natures and causes, and physical, psychological and social consequences and methods of treatment, and into the care and treatment of persons who are suffering from the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances, persons engaged in substance misuse, and persons suffering from other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses and to disseminate all useful results of such research to the public;2.5 to prevent addiction, substance misuse, compulsive disorders and related mental illness and provide for the after care of those recovering (or who have recovered) from them;2.6 to promote the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending, and to support their families and dependants, in particular (but without limitation) by providing, promoting, supporting or organising the recruitment, employment, education and training of offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending and to assist them in finding employment or self employment and accommodation and in rehabilitating themselves;2.7 to promote the prevention of crime and social exclusion by supporting or carrying on either alone or in co-operation with any other body, authority or person any project of scheme and by providing money for such purposes whether by loan or otherwise;2.8 to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the general public;2.9 to provide or assist in the provision of spiritual help and guidance for the beneficiaries identified in Articles 2.1.1 to 2.1.4 above.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 NOV 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAR 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27 JUN 2017 as amended on 28 Apr 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Forward Trust · 02560474 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/11/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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