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In Kind Direct

In Kind Direct is a registered charity (number 1052679) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Tim Hinton since 2017. Latest income £37m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £37m (2024)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.inkinddirect.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
In Kind Direct
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£37m£37m
  • 2023£33m£34m
  • 2022£24m£24m
Earlier years
  • 2021£32m£32m
  • 2020£30m£29m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO APPLY FUNDS OR MAKE DONATIONS TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF DONATED GOODS.TO ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING PRACTICES THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND/OR THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND/OR DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING.

Grants received

3 grants · £495,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

11 trustees on the board

6.9y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Utilities 11Education 3Finance 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£37.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

33 from 19 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1052679
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH JANUARY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON THE 25TH MARCH 1997, 25TH FEBRUARY 1999, 8TH DECEMBER 1999, 2ND SEPTEMBER 2003, 23RD SEPTEMBER 2008 AND 24TH NOVEMBER 2008.
Companies House
Company number 03155226 · Active
Contact on the register
03003020200 · info@inkinddirect.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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