The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Help and Care

Registered charity 1055056 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

5 trustees on the board

5y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Health and social care 10Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021

140 from 120 in 2021
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.
88%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.helpandcare.org.uk
Emailgovernance@helpandcare.org.uk
Phone03001113303
AddressUnit A49, Aerodrome Studios, 2-8 Airfield Way, CHRISTCHURCH, Dorset, BH23 3TS

Finances

£4,268,454 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,055,278£3,179,475
2022£4,452,117£3,723,988
2023£4,692,169£4,239,997
2024£4,020,778£4,285,850
2025£4,268,454£4,551,443

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1.1 TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE;1.2 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR A PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT;1.3 TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE OR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR A PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT;1.4 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HEALTH;1.5 TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD PRACTICE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE; AND1.6 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY REASON OF OLD AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.2 THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE, DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/04/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16/12/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/01/2015

Trustees (5)

5trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Help and Care · 03187574 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/04/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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