The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Pret Foundation

Registered charity 1050195 Registered since 1995

Operates: Germany, Hong Kong, France, Scotland, 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.

7 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

9.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.6 in 2020

7 from 5 in 2020
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.pret.co.uk/pret-foundation
Emailnisha.panicker@pret.com
Phone07407792473
AddressPret A Manger, 10 Bressenden Place, LONDON, SW1E 5DH

Finances

£1,479,926 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,802,534£1,303,780
2021£803,030£1,448,502
2022£1,477,298£1,844,319
2023£1,453,071£1,427,664
2024£1,479,926£1,418,294

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY, HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS IN PRET SHOP REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD, THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SURPLUS FOOD REDISTRIBUTION, TARGETED GRANT GIVING, PROVISION OF SHELTER AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES.?

Governing document: TRUST DEED EXCUTED 19 JULY 1995 AS AMENDED ON 11 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01 JAN 2019 as amended on 01 Apr 2020 as amended on 09 Dec 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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