The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

In Kind Direct

Registered charity 1052679 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

6.9y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.inkinddirect.org
Emailinfo@inkinddirect.org
Phone03003020200
AddressIn Kind Direct, Arc House, 82 Tanner Street, London

Finances

£37,106,576 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£29,948,251£29,170,322
2021£32,133,804£32,174,093
2022£23,675,750£23,918,242
2023£33,471,480£33,587,100
2024£37,106,576£37,472,013

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

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.

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.

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

In Kind Direct · 03155226 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/01/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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