The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Motivation Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1079358 Registered since 2000

Operates: Bristol City, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

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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.

7 trustees on the board

6.7y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

7
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 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Disability 4Animals 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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.

Health and social care 10Education 3Other services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

18 from 29 in 2020
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.

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.OPUSLLP.COM
EmailCHARLES.TURNER@OPUSLLP.COM
Phone02045099136
AddressOPUS RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY LLP, 322 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WC1V 7PB

Finances

£4,006,722 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,381,710£2,872,676
2021£2,469,150£3,130,926
2022£3,284,282£2,829,276
2023£3,534,938£3,465,238
2024£4,006,722£3,953,659

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY METHODS INCLUDING (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE FOLLOWING:I) UNDERTAKING, FACILITATING AND IMPROVING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FABRICATION OF EQUIPMENT, MACHINES, COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND OBJECTS OF ANY DESCRIPTION FOR USE BY OR IN THE REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR RELATIVES AND CARERS.II) EDUCATING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE UNDERTAKING, FACILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FABRICATION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND OBJECTS.III) PROVIDING TRAINING, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR RELATIVES AND CARERS.2) THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 31 JANUARY 2000. as amended on 21 Feb 2019

Trustees (7)

7trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Motivation Charitable Trust · 03916496 · Liquidation

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/01/2000

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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