The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The E C Roberts Centre

Registered charity 1066611 Registered since 1997

Operates: Hampshire, Portsmouth City

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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.

8 trustees on the board

11.1y median 10.5y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Accommodation/housing 7Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 9Other services 5Arts and leisure 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£1.0m 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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.8 in 2021

36 from 46 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.
76%
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.robertscentre.org.uk
Emailinfo@robertscentre.org.uk
Phone02392296919
AddressThe EC Roberts Centre, 24 Gamble Road, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 7BN

Finances

£1,045,235 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,625,941£1,549,868
2022£1,823,216£1,753,505
2023£1,527,453£1,654,668
2024£1,198,138£1,461,311
2025£1,045,235£1,244,617

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, POVERTY, OR DISTRESS, INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM A PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITY, ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANSC) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND POVERTYD) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING, INCLUDING TRAINING IN SKILLS RELEVANT TO SECURING EMPLOYMENTE) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEF) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OR SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES DEFINED BY THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN WHICH THEY LIVE OR WORK OR THEIR ETHNIC ORIGINS) AS THE COMPANY SHALL THINK FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 APRIL 1997 AS AMENDED 27 SEPTEMBER 2005 AND 14 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JUNE 2009. as amended on 07 Sep 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
73median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The E.C. Roberts Centre · 03346119 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/04/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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