Registered charity · London
Place2BE
- 16 trustees
- Income £29m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon Mackenzie-SmithChair · since 2017
- Aamir AhmadTrustee · since 2020
- Adrian Joseph LevyTrustee · since 2013
- Alexander Begbie CBETrustee · since 2018
- David Oliver WeaverTrustee · since 2024
- Debra Jayne WhiteTrustee · since 2025
- Elizabeth GreethamTrustee · since 2016
- Elpha Mary LecointeTrustee
- Marc Lowis Aron JordanTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew Robert BarwellTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Osama KhanTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Stephen ScottTrustee · since 2016
- Richard DouglasTrustee · since 2022
- Sian HillTrustee · since 2014
- Timothy RobinsonTrustee · since 2022
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Margaret Murphy.
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.place2be.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Place2BE
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£29m£28m
- 2024£25m£29m
- 2023£25m£25m
Earlier years
- 2022£19m£21m
- 2021£19m£19m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AMONGST YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY: (A) ENABLING THERAPEUTIC AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO BE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS BASED ON A PRACTICAL MODEL BACKED BY RESEARCH;(B) PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS INCLUDING TEACHERS AND PARENTS;(C) PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES AND METHODS OF PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND IN OTHER ALLIED OR ANCILLARY SUBJECTS; AND(D) PROVIDING SERVICES TO FACILITATE THE PLACING OF PERSONS TRAINED IN THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
Grants received
59 grants · £10,147,265 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
- Postcode Children Trust · £3,300,000 (4 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £1,300,000 (5 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £949,862 (3 grants)
- Greenwood Place · £880,000 (10 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £770,610 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Children Trust
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Simon Mackenzie-Smith Chair since 2017
- Adrian Joseph Levy since 2013
- Aamir Ahmad since 2020
- Alexander Begbie CBE since 2018
- David Oliver Weaver since 2024
- Debra Jayne White since 2025
- Elpha Mary Lecointe
- Elizabeth Greetham since 2016
- Marc Lowis Aron Jordan since 2024
- Margaret Murphy since 2019
- Matthew Robert Barwell since 2024
- Professor Osama Khan since 2022
- Professor Stephen Scott since 2016
- Richard Douglas since 2022
- Sian Hill since 2014
- Timothy Robinson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Mackenzie-Smith Chair since 2017
- Adrian Joseph Levy since 2013
- Aamir Ahmad since 2020
- Alexander Begbie CBE since 2018
- Elizabeth Greetham since 2016
- Margaret Murphy since 2019
- Professor Stephen Scott since 2016
- Sian Hill since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Simon Mackenzie-Smith Chair since 2017
- Adrian Joseph Levy since 2013
- Aamir Ahmad since 2020
- Alexander Begbie CBE since 2018
- David Oliver Weaver since 2024
- Debra Jayne White since 2025
- Elpha Mary Lecointe
- Elizabeth Greetham since 2016
- Matthew Robert Barwell since 2024
- Professor Osama Khan since 2022
- Sian Hill since 2014
- Timothy Robinson since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Marc Lowis Aron Jordan since 2024
- Professor Stephen Scott since 2016
- Richard Douglas since 2022
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
3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1040756
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 APR 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 SEP 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 FEB 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 OCT 2012 as amended on 16 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 02876150 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207 923 5521 · enquiries@place2be.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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