The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Change Portfolio

Registered charity 1053948 Registered since 1996

Operates: Essex, Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Norfolk

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Board DNA

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5
trustees on the board
3.2y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9y
average years in governance
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Commercial experience

Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 1

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Contact

Websitewww.thechange-project.org
Emailadmin@thechangeportfolio.org
Phone01245 258680
Addressc/o Chelmsford Voluntary Service, Burgess Well House, Coval Lane, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1FW

Finances

£937,451 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£594,094£555,207
2022£684,771£561,690
2023£829,552£781,515
2024£823,094£830,046
2025£937,451£973,139

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

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.

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

Trustees (5)

5trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Change Portfolio · 03167701 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/03/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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