Registered charity · Hertfordshire
Pohwer
4. Objects4.1 The Charity’s Objects are, for the public benefit in the United Kingdom:(a) To relieve people in need; (b) To promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and relieving the needs of those who are...
- 7 trustees
- Income £16m (2025)
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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Website
- www.pohwer.net (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Pohwer
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16m£16m
- 2024£16m£16m
- 2023£17m£17m
Earlier years
- 2022£16m£14m
- 2021£16m£15m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 90% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4. Objects4.1 The Charity’s Objects are, for the public benefit in the United Kingdom:(a) To relieve people in need; (b) To promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and relieving the needs of those who are social excluded; and(c) To promote human rights by raising awareness of human rights,in particular but without limitation by providing advocacy, information, advice and guidance.4.2 In these Objects, “social excluded” means being excluded from society or parts of society because of one or more of the following factors: youth or old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, requiring care, substance abuse or dependency; financial hardship, discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment, poor educational or skill attainment or relationship or family breakdown; and “human rights” is as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations.”Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Templeton Chair since 2024
- Gemma Hope since 2022
- John Kanes since 2026
- Maria Aguilar since 2026
- Michelle Tessaro since 2026
- Paul Robinson since 2022
- Rachael Gilthorpe since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Robert Templeton Chair since 2024
- Gemma Hope since 2022
- John Kanes since 2026
- Maria Aguilar since 2026
- Michelle Tessaro since 2026
- Paul Robinson since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Rachael Gilthorpe 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.
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
3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1061543
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/08/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/2011 AS AMENDED ON 03 AUG 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 NOV 2018 as amended on 01 Dec 2019 as amended on 26 Oct 2022 as amended on 26 Oct 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03323040 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03004562370 · pohwer@pohwer.net
- 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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