The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Empower (Braintree District)

Registered charity 1073418 Registered since 1999

Operates: Essex

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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.

6 trustees on the board

6.5y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Recreation 6Religious Activities 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£87k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.empowerschools.org.uk
Emailinfo@empowerschools.org.uk
Phone07771593506
Address15 Larch Grove, WITHAM, Essex, CM8 2LW

Finances

£86,630 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£42,758£39,417
2022£50,977£47,758
2023£47,598£53,437
2024£52,245£63,694
2025£86,630£63,315

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesRecreation

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human Resources

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO PARTICULARLY AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN BRAINTREE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SAID LOCALITY AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10 NOVEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED ON 10 FEBRUARY 2009. as amended on 17 Jul 2024

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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