The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

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Registered charity 1079046 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
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

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.unlock.org.uk
Emailadmin@unlock.org.uk
Phone01634 247350
AddressUNLOCK, MAIDSTONE COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE, MARSHAM STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1HH

Finances

£327,170 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£378,151£308,906
2022£390,967£358,859
2023£380,724£414,120
2024£416,849£523,822
2025£327,170£434,606

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
51median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

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PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/06/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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