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Become Charity
Become Charity is a registered charity (number 1010518) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £2.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Become (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
- Amanda GethinTrustee · since 2025
- Elisa JenkinsTrustee · since 2025
- Frances LangTrustee · since 2023
- Kelly RailtonTrustee · since 2025
- Leslie Ann MorphyTrustee · since 2024
- Marvin Joseph Campbell-SharmaTrustee · since 2024
- Ony ChimaTrustee · since 2020
- Phillipa UdenTrustee · since 2020
- Thomas TurcanTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy AldridgeTrustee · since 2024
- Tom WillettsTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.becomecharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Become Charity
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.8m
- 2024£1.9m£1.7m
- 2023£1.4m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.3m
- 2021£1.2m£913k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN LOOKED AFTER OR ASSISTED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE BODIES CHARGED WITH THE CARE & UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN OR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN THE CARE OF FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
Grants received
43 grants · £3,160,562 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £939,250 (5 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £530,000 (2 grants)
- Mark Leonard Trust · £300,000 (2 grants)
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £200,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £178,424 (4 grants)
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Amanda Gethin since 2025
- Elisa Jenkins since 2025
- Frances Lang since 2023
- Kelly Railton since 2025
- Leslie Ann Morphy since 2024
- Marvin Joseph Campbell-Sharma since 2024
- Ony Chima since 2020
- Phillipa Uden since 2020
- Thomas Turcan since 2025
- Timothy Aldridge since 2024
- Tom Willetts since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Amanda Gethin since 2025
- Elisa Jenkins since 2025
- Kelly Railton since 2025
- Leslie Ann Morphy since 2024
- Marvin Joseph Campbell-Sharma since 2024
- Ony Chima since 2020
- Phillipa Uden since 2020
- Timothy Aldridge since 2024
- Tom Willetts since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Frances Lang since 2023
- Thomas Turcan since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1010518
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 MAR 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 MAR 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2016 as amended on 16 Sep 2020 as amended on 16 Sep 2020 as amended on 16 Sep 2020 as amended on 05 Dec 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 02700693 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072513117 · hello@becomecharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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