The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Chance for Childhood

Registered charity 1013587 Registered since 1992

Operates: Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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 8Business services 1Finance 1

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.
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

53
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chanceforchildhood.org
Emailinfo@chanceforchildhood.org
Phone01483203250
AddressChance For Childhood, PO Box 82209, LONDON, EC1P 1HL

Finances

£1,804,371 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£868,129£1,015,359
2021£970,186£975,244
2023£1,555,389£1,429,419
2024£1,468,522£1,426,457
2025£1,804,371£1,740,477

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PREVENT AND/OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS, AND IMPROVE WELLBEING, AMONGDISADVANTAGED AND/OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS ASTHE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED AND/OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES;TO ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:ADVANCING THE INCLUSION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSEWITH DISABILITIES;SEEKING REDRESS FOR, AND/OR THE RELIEF OF NEED OF, CHILD AND OTHER YOUNG VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE,AND/OR SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME INTO CONFLICT WITH THE LAW;RAISING AWARENESS OF, AND/OR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT, THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNGPEOPLE.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARENOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION: "HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS ANY OR ALL OF THE RIGHTS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATIONOF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, AND THE UNITED NATIONSCONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/07/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/02/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 JAN 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chance for Childhood · 02735643 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/07/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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