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Roots and Shoots
Roots and Shoots is a registered charity (number 1064070) based in London, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth
- Website
- www.rootsandshoots.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Roots and Shoots
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.4m
- 2024£1.3m£1.3m
- 2023£1.4m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.1m
- 2021£983k£961k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
Grants received
10 grants · £571,652 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
- City Bridge Trust · £240,200 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £172,452 (5 grants)
- LandAid Charitable Trust · £150,000
- SHAREGIFT · £5,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £4,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Andrew Michael Mitchell
- Darren Coughlan since 2018
- Glenda King
- Jacqueline Thomson since 2019
- Martha Laird Mcdonald since 2019
- Primrose Campbell since 2024
- Rev Graham George Cocking
- Valerie Ann Stapleton since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Darren Coughlan since 2018
- Jacqueline Thomson since 2019
- Martha Laird Mcdonald since 2019
- Valerie Ann Stapleton since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Darren Coughlan since 2018
- Glenda King
- Jacqueline Thomson since 2019
- Martha Laird Mcdonald since 2019
- Primrose Campbell since 2024
- Rev Graham George Cocking
- Valerie Ann Stapleton since 2014
Portfolio (1)
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064070
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH JULY 1997 AS AMENDED BT RESOLUTION DATED 12 NOV 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 03400781 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7587 1131 · office@rootsandshoots.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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