The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Roots and Shoots

Registered charity 1064070 Registered since 1997

Operates: City Of Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth

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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.

7.2y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

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

Education 6Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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.

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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£1.8m 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.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.9 in 2021

27 from 42 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.

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.rootsandshoots.org.uk
Emailoffice@rootsandshoots.org.uk
Phone020 7587 1131
AddressRoots & Shoots, The Vauxhall Centre, Walnut Tree Walk, London, SE11 6DN

Finances

£1,767,081 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£982,880£961,013
2022£1,251,921£1,125,069
2023£1,356,482£1,240,516
2024£1,327,098£1,320,564
2025£1,767,081£1,381,666

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH JULY 1997 AS AMENDED BT RESOLUTION DATED 12 NOV 2007.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
72median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Roots and Shoots · 03400781 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/07/1997

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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