The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Become Charity

Registered charity 1010518 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 13Education 3Business 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£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.6 in 2021

33 from 12 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.becomecharity.org.uk
Emailhello@becomecharity.org.uk
Phone02072513117
AddressBecome, 88 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HU

Finances

£1,959,629 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,161,149£913,326
2022£1,488,078£1,335,735
2023£1,407,743£1,471,449
2024£1,916,794£1,708,840
2025£1,959,629£1,849,628

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
48median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Become Charity · 02700693 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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