Registered charity · Oxford
Connection Support
4.1 The Charity's objects are:4.1.1 to prevent people from becoming socially excluded; and4.1.2 to support the needs of those who are socially excluded and assist them in acquiring a settled way of life in their community, including through the...
- 11 trustees
- Income £10m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charlotte Barbara DawsonTrustee · since 2024
- Emma DukeTrustee · since 2022
- Helen Catherine AmuraTrustee · since 2023
- Lauren KempTrustee · since 2026
- Lorna Marie MolesTrustee · since 2025
- Michaela ClarkTrustee · since 2025
- Mike WortleyTrustee · since 2019
- Paul AstonTrustee · since 2022
- Peter Gerald CollingwoodTrustee · since 2024
- Peter Jack BayleyTrustee · since 2024
- Zarina WardTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes
- Website
- www.connectionsupport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Connection Support
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10m£9.9m
- 2024£8.6m£8.4m
- 2023£8.6m£8.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.5m£7.3m
- 2021£5.9m£5.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 63% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 The Charity's objects are:4.1.1 to prevent people from becoming socially excluded; and4.1.2 to support the needs of those who are socially excluded and assist them in acquiring a settled way of life in their community, including through the provision of supported accommodation where appropriate.For the purposes of the objects, socially excluded means excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: homelessness; trauma; unemployment; financial hardship; disability; physical or mental health; migration; experience of the public care or penal system.
Grants received
10 grants · £300,889 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
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £198,889 (5 grants)
- Rothschild Foundation · £102,000 (5 grants)
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Charlotte Barbara Dawson since 2024
- Emma Duke since 2022
- Helen Catherine Amura since 2023
- Lauren Kemp since 2026
- Lorna Marie Moles since 2025
- Michaela Clark since 2025
- Mike Wortley since 2019
- Paul Aston since 2022
- Peter Gerald Collingwood since 2024
- Peter Jack Bayley since 2024
- Zarina Ward since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Mike Wortley since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Charlotte Barbara Dawson since 2024
- Emma Duke since 2022
- Helen Catherine Amura since 2023
- Lauren Kemp since 2026
- Lorna Marie Moles since 2025
- Michaela Clark since 2025
- Mike Wortley since 2019
- Paul Aston since 2022
- Peter Gerald Collingwood since 2024
- Peter Jack Bayley since 2024
- Zarina Ward since 2025
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1049740
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JUNE 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 4 SEPTMEBER 1995. as amended on 24 Nov 2021 as amended on 11 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03072719 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865711267 · enquiries@connectionsupport.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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