Registered charity · Chelmsford
The Change Portfolio
4.1 The Charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to promoting, for the public benefit, the good health, both mental and physical, of adults and children in particular (but without limitation) by tackling domestic abuse through the...
- 5 trustees
- Income £937k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Education/training
- Where
- Essex, Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Norfolk
- Website
- www.thechange-project.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Change Portfolio
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£937k£973k
- 2024£823k£830k
- 2023£830k£782k
Earlier years
- 2022£685k£562k
- 2021£594k£555k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 21% · Government grants 67%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 The Charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to promoting, for the public benefit, the good health, both mental and physical, of adults and children in particular (but without limitation) by tackling domestic abuse through the following means:4.1.1 addressing the behaviour of people who use abuse in any relationship and educating and supporting them to achieve a life free of abuse through positive change;4.1.2 providing counselling and therapy to promote healthy relationships between individuals, in families and in the community;4.1.3 enabling young people to develop healthy balanced relationships in later life through a range of therapeutic services; and4.1.4 providing training to professionals and the wider public about relationships in conflict and domestic violence issues. 4.2 Nothing in these articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Grants received
11 grants · £400,893 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £324,830 (3 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £53,191 (6 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £19,200
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,672
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Amy Reeve since 2022
- Balvinder Kaur Nahal since 2025
- IAN James Parkins
- Jacqui Tomsett since 2022
- Rebecca Gendreau Hobbs since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Amy Reeve since 2022
- Balvinder Kaur Nahal since 2025
- IAN James Parkins
- Jacqui Tomsett since 2022
- Rebecca Gendreau Hobbs since 2022
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1053948
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 5 MARCH 1996, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 9 DECEMBER 2003, 23 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 14 OCTOBER 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 APR 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 MAY 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 OCT 2017 as amended on 10 Mar 2021 as amended on 02 Apr 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03167701 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01245 258680 · admin@thechangeportfolio.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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