Registered charity · Ilford

Teen Challenge London

Teen Challenge London is a registered charity (number 1069777) based in Ilford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Rev Stephen John Derbyshire. Latest income £1.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

4 trustees
Income £1.0m (2025)

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

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where: Throughout London
Website: www.tclondon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Teen Challenge London
Registered: 1998

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£1.0m£978k
2024£979k£839k
2023£1.3m£717k

Earlier years

2022£737k£590k
2021£683k£482k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE COUNTY OF GREATER LONDON, THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK, OR WHO ARE HOMELESS, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF HELPING AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL, DRUG OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR ADDICTION AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATIONS AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLDS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID LOCATIONS AND IN SUCH OTHER PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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.

4 trustees on the board

10.5y median 10.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Rev Christopher Terry Scott since 2012
Rev David Charles Langton since 2019

19.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Rev Stephen John Derbyshire Chair

Portfolio (3)

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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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 5Other services 4Business services 2

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£1.0m 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.

4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021

12 from 9 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: 1069777
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND APRIL 1998
Companies House: Company number 03550328 · Active
Contact on the register: 02085533338 · javier@tclondon.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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