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Registered charity · London

Gamcare

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £20m (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.gamcare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Gamcare
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£20m£15m
  • 2025£20m£16m
  • 2024£19m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2023£20m£18m
  • 2022£16m£15m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND INFORMATION ON THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GAMBLING. 2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION INTO THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GAMBLING THROUGH RESEARCH. 3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUFFERING BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A GAMBLING DEPENDENCY. (SEE ARTICLES FOR FULL DETAILS).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.

Grants received

2 grants · £1,191,818 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.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,191,818 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £597,4092020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £594,4092019-04-01
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.

8 trustees on the board

5.9y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Business services 8Tech and media 3Health and social care 2

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.

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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£20.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.8 in 2021

253 from 152 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1060005
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 DEC 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 MAR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 MAY 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 NOV 2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 JUL 2016 as amended on 21 Oct 2020
Companies House
Company number 03297914 · Active
Contact on the register
02078017000 · info@gamcare.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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