Drive Forward Foundation

Registered charity 1018750 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Sir Max Hill Chair since 2024
Maggie Collier since 2017
Richard Johnston since 2023
Shona Nichols since 2023

4.2y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Maggie Collier since 2017

13.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Sir Max Hill Chair since 2024
Maggie Collier since 2017

Portfolio (2)

Richard Johnston since 2023
Shona Nichols since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 4Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Environment/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.

Tech and media 79Health and social care 5Education 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.6 in 2021

21 from 16 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

Timegivers 1 shared trustee
The Heritage of London Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
KAA Intrepidus Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

York Mind (Incorporating OUR Celebration) LTD Similar size; both Community development
Youth Adventure Trust Similar size; both Community development
AGE Concern Norfolk Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.driveforwardfoundation.org
Email	anton@driveforwardfoundation.org
Phone	07848889191
Address	1st & 2nd floors, 14/15 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7RJ

Finances

£1,008,400 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,179,187	£704,350
2022	£940,808	£842,621
2023	£1,032,675	£921,890
2024	£1,032,991	£1,064,416
2025	£1,008,400	£1,229,103

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF NEEDY PERSONS, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/02/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/07/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/04/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/04/2012 as amended on 20 Jul 2023

Trustees (4)

4trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Sir Max Hillage band 60-64 Chair since 2024
Maggie Collierage band 60-64 since 2017
Richard Johnstonage band 55-59 since 2023
Shona Nicholsage band 65-69 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Drive Forward Foundation · 02688742 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/02/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

KAA Intrepidus Trust 1 shared trustee
Timegivers 1 shared trustee
The Heritage of London Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

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