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Registered charity · Maidstone

Unlock, for People With Criminal Records

Unlock, for People With Criminal Records is a registered charity (number 1079046) based in Maidstone, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £327k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Unlock - for people with criminal records (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £327k (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, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.unlock.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Unlock, for People With Criminal Records
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£327k£435k
  • 2024£417k£524k
  • 2023£381k£414k
Earlier years
  • 2022£391k£359k
  • 2021£378k£309k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A CRIMINAL RECORD (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY AT ANY PENAL ESTABLISHMENT AS A PUNISHMENT IMPOSED BY A COURT OF LAW, RECEIVED A NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCE, FINE OR ANY OTHER COURT OR OTHER RECORDED DISPOSAL, SUCH AS A POLICE CAUTION), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING, AND THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PERSONS.

Grants received

26 grants · £1,367,109 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

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.

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11Other Charitable Purposes 10Economic/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.

Other services 13Education 4Business services 3

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£327k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079046
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/06/1999AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02/11/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 JUN 2020 as amended on 16 Jul 2025 as amended on 16 Jul 2025 as amended on 16 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 03791535 · Active
Contact on the register
01634 247350 · admin@unlock.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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