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Big Issue Trust
Big Issue Trust is a registered charity (number 1042514) based in London, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £972k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
The charity's objects ("Objects") are to promote charitable purposes by the provision of grants, financial loans and other assistance in any of the following ways: (a) the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for...
- 5 trustees
- Income £972k (2025)
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Lucy Jane Findlay.
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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.bigissue.com/invest/big-issue-invest-trust (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- BIG Issue Trust
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£972k£1.7m
- 2024£2.6m£1.4m
- 2023£339k£605k
Earlier years
- 2022£833k£394k
- 2021£848k£516k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The charity's objects ("Objects") are to promote charitable purposes by the provision of grants, financial loans and other assistance in any of the following ways: (a) the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for persons who by reason of their youth age infirmity or disablement poverty or social and economic circumstances have need of such facilities or for members or the female members of the public at large, (b) the relief of poverty age and disability by the provision of housing for rental to those in need, (c) the advancement of education by the provision of charitable schools places of learning and educational facilities, (d) the advancement of education training and retraining particularly among the unemployed and the provision of work experience to the unemployed, (e) the advancement of education training and retraining and (in cases of need) financial support in setting up in a trade business or vocation or preparing for entering a profession trade business or employment generally or amongst the unemployed, (f) the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the directors may think fit.
Grants received
3 grants · £190,000 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
- Power to Change Trust · £150,000
- Northern Rock Foundation · £40,000 (2 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Lisa Goransson since 2023
- Lisa Hayden since 2026
- Lizan Kawa since 2023
- Lucy Jane Findlay since 2020
- Parveen Bird since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Lucy Jane Findlay since 2020
- Parveen Bird since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Lisa Goransson since 2023
- Lisa Hayden since 2026
- Lizan Kawa since 2023
- Parveen Bird since 2018
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1042514
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/11/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/06/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 FEB 2018 as amended on 22 Mar 2018 as amended on 24 Apr 2025 as amended on 01 May 2025 as amended on 23 May 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02995859 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02075263429 · enquiries@bigissueinvest.com
- 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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