The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity

Registered charity 1048993 Registered since 1995

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.

3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.3y
average years in governance
0
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£13.2m 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.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.8 in 2021

0
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.trailfinders.com
Phone02079383143
Address9 ABINGDON ROAD, LONDON, W8 6AH

Finances

£13,226,035 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,175,226£4,012,644
2022£8,088,073£6,541,627
2023£8,150,415£5,489,405
2024£4,673,561£4,263,106
2025£13,226,035£8,434,565

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAmateur SportArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES THROUGHOUT THE UK AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE BODIES,TRUST,ASSOCIATIONS,INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED OR ABOUT TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND SELECT IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 26TH JULY 1995.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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