Registered charity · Leicestershire
Leicester Charity Organisation Society
Leicester Charity Organisation Society is a registered charity (number 1078271) based in Leicestershire, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £1.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Leicester Charity Link (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Barnaby SturgessTrustee · since 2024
- Cheryl PharoahTrustee · since 2012
- Christopher Thomas SaulTrustee · since 2017
- Clive Edmund SmithTrustee · since 2000
- Craig Ewan ShevasTrustee · since 2017
- Emma Mary AndersonTrustee · since 2026
- George OliverTrustee · since 2019
- Harinder Kaur SahotaTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Surinder Mohan SharmaTrustee · since 2017
- Steven Richard BarradellTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Leicester City, Rutland and more
- Website
- www.charity-link.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Leicester Charity Organisation Society
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£1.3m
- 2024£1.8m£1.8m
- 2023£2.1m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£2.0m
- 2021£1.6m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM
Grants received
7 grants · £108,794 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £53,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £33,852 (2 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £10,000
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £8,000 (2 grants)
- The Grocers' Charity · £3,442
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Barnaby Sturgess since 2024
- Cheryl Pharoah since 2012
- Christopher Thomas Saul since 2017
- Clive Edmund Smith since 2000
- Craig Ewan Shevas since 2017
- Emma Mary Anderson since 2026
- George Oliver since 2019
- Harinder Kaur Sahota since 2021
- Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma since 2017
- Steven Richard Barradell since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Cheryl Pharoah since 2012
- Christopher Thomas Saul since 2017
- Clive Edmund Smith since 2000
- Craig Ewan Shevas since 2017
- George Oliver since 2019
- Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Barnaby Sturgess since 2024
Portfolio (9)
- Cheryl Pharoah since 2012
- Christopher Thomas Saul since 2017
- Clive Edmund Smith since 2000
- Craig Ewan Shevas since 2017
- Emma Mary Anderson since 2026
- George Oliver since 2019
- Harinder Kaur Sahota since 2021
- Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma since 2017
- Steven Richard Barradell since 2026
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1078271
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 APRIL 1999 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 NOV 1999 & 30 OCTOBER 2006 as amended on 26 Nov 2024 as amended on 26 Nov 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03761954 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01162222200 · info@charity-link.org
- 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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